Articles filed under Health Crises
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Uganda begins largest trial of experimental Ebola vaccineAug 02, 2019 7:00 am - KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Researchers in Uganda have launched the largest-ever trial of the experimental Ebola vaccine that is expected to be deployed in neighboring Congo,...
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Cities again see more overdose deaths than country townAug 02, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. drug overdose deaths had been most common in Appalachia and other rural areas in recent years, but they are back to being more concentrated in big c...
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Former Ebola patient calls attention to current outbreakAug 02, 2019 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - As the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history rages in Congo, a doctor who survived the deadly disease five years ago worries that people aren't payin...
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1-year-old daughter, wife of Congo's Goma victim have EbolaAug 01, 2019 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The wife and 1-year-old daughter of the man who died of Ebola in Goma this week have tested positive for the disease, health officials confirmed T...
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The Latest: Wife of Ebola victim in Goma has the virusAug 01, 2019 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The Latest on Congo's Ebola outbreak (all times local): 4:50 p.m. The wife of the man who died of Ebola in Congo's city of Goma this week has test...
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2nd person dies from Ebola in Congo's city of GomaJul 31, 2019 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A second person died Wednesday of Ebola in Congo's major crossroads city of Goma, again raising fears the virus could spread beyond the country's ...
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Congo officials say 2nd Ebola case confirmed in city of GomaJul 30, 2019 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Officials in Congo on Tuesday said a second Ebola case had been confirmed in Goma, the city of more than 2 million people whose first confirmed ca...
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Hurry up and wait: Docs say insurers increasingly interfereJul 29, 2019 7:00 am - After Kim Lauerman was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, doctors wanted to give her a drug that helps prevent infections and fever during chemotherapy. Her insurer said no....
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Saudi Arabia suspends visas to people from Congo over EbolaJul 26, 2019 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Saudi Arabia has stopped issuing visas to people from Congo while citing the Ebola outbreak there, even as the World Health Organization recommend...
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First CRISPR study inside the body to start in USJul 25, 2019 7:00 am - Patients are about to be enrolled in the first study to test a gene-editing technique known as CRISPR inside the body to try to cure an inherited form of blindness. Peop...