Articles filed under Health Crises
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5-year-old dies of Ebola as outbreak crosses Congo borderJun 12, 2019 7:00 am - KASINDI, Congo (AP) - A 5-year-old boy vomiting blood became the first cross-border victim in the current Ebola outbreak on Wednesday, while his 3-year-old brother and g...
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New gene tests for germs quickly reveal source of infectionsJun 12, 2019 7:00 am - Brian Jetter was on life support, a healthy 40-year-old suddenly battling pneumonia and sepsis, and a slew of tests had failed to find the cause. Mystery illnesses like ...
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Uganda confirms first Ebola case outside outbreak in CongoJun 11, 2019 7:00 am - KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A child in Uganda has tested positive for Ebola in the first cross-border case of the deadly virus since an outbreak started in neighboring Congo ...
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Daily HIV prevention pill urged for healthy people at riskJun 11, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Doctors should offer a daily HIV prevention pill to healthy people who are at high risk of getting infected with the virus, an influential health care ...
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Promise of marijuana leads scientists on search for evidenceJun 11, 2019 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Marijuana has been shown to help ease pain and a few other health problems, yet two-thirds of U.S. states have decided pot should be legal to treat many o...
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Sleeping with the TV on may make you gain weightJun 10, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Dozing off to late-night TV or sleeping with other lights on may mix up your metabolism and lead to weight gain and even obesity, provocative but prelimin...
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Medical pot laws no answer for US opioid deaths, study findsJun 10, 2019 7:00 am - A new study shoots down the notion that medical marijuana laws can prevent opioid overdose deaths, challenging a favorite talking point of legal pot advocates. Researche...
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Scientists feel chill of crackdown on fetal tissue researchJun 08, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - To save babies from brain-damaging birth defects, University of Pittsburgh scientist Carolyn Coyne studies placentas from fetuses that otherwise would ...
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UN says about 25% of Ebola cases could be going undetectedJun 06, 2019 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization says it may be missing a quarter of all Ebola cases in eastern Congo as violent unrest complicates detection. That estimate b...
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US measles count surpasses 1,000Jun 05, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials say this year's U.S. measles epidemic has surpassed 1,000 illnesses. It's already the highest in 27 years. The Centers for Disease Contr...