Articles filed under Health Crises
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'Michael Jackson drug' still prompts curiosity from patientsJun 22, 2019 7:00 am - It remains the most widely used anesthetic in U.S. hospitals, but many patients still remember propofol as the drug that killed Michael Jackson. Most are no longer afrai...
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New drug to boost women's sex drive approved in USJun 21, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. women will soon have another drug option designed to boost low sex drive: a shot they can give themselves in the thigh or abdomen that raises sexu...
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New Bartlett outreach program to help community members in needJun 18, 2019 11:00 pm - The Village Church of Bartlett and Bartlett Police Department have announced their partnership on a new outreach program called the Bartlett Community Care Initiative to...
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US preschoolers less pudgy in latest sign of falling obesityJun 18, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less pudgy, a U.S. study found, offering fresh evidence that previous signs of declining obesity r...
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Marijuana use doubles in US pregnant women to 1 in 14Jun 18, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Pot use in pregnancy has doubled among U.S. women and is most common during the first trimester, government research shows. Overall, 7% of pregnant women,...
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Kenya patient free of Ebola, as Congo, Uganda fight outbreakJun 17, 2019 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya remains free from Ebola as test results show that a sick woman does not have the deadly hemorrhagic fever, while neighboring Uganda and Congo...
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Ugandan medics now tackling Ebola say they lack suppliesJun 15, 2019 7:00 am -
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Burial of Ugandan Ebola victim shows flash of confrontationJun 14, 2019 7:00 am - KARAMBI, Uganda (AP) - At last the pickup truck carrying the Ebola victim's coffin arrived. The woman's relatives were relieved. But a small group of young people hissed...
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The Latest: UN says Ebola not yet a global emergencyJun 14, 2019 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The Latest on the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda (all times local): 7:30 p.m. The World Health Organization says the Ebola virus outbreak in Congo - wh...
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UN says Ebola outbreak in Congo still not a global emergencyJun 14, 2019 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization on Friday said the Ebola outbreak in Congo - which spilled into Uganda this week - is an "extraordinary event" of deep concer...