Articles filed under Health Crises
-
Health paradox: New US diabetes cases fall as obesity risesMay 28, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The number of new diabetes cases among U.S. adults keeps falling, even as obesity rates climb, and health officials aren't sure why. New federal data rel...
-
Aid group: Most new Ebola cases were not known contactsMay 28, 2019 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization emphasized progress in the fight against Ebola in eastern Congo even as Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday that efforts t...
-
6 months later, gene-edited babies stir new interest, debateMay 28, 2019 7:00 am - Six months after a Chinese scientist was widely scorned for helping to make the world's first gene-edited babies, he remains out of public view, and new information sugg...
-
Study suggests e-cigarette flavorings may pose heart riskMay 27, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - E-cigarettes aren't considered as risky as regular cigarettes, but researchers have found a clue that their flavorings may be bad for the heart. Longti...
-
Flu outbreak among asylum seekers reaches San DiegoMay 24, 2019 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Sixteen asylum seekers who have exhibited flu-like symptoms after being flown to San Diego from South Texas are being quarantined. San Diego County au...
-
At $2M, priciest ever medicine treats fatal genetic diseaseMay 24, 2019 7:00 am - U.S. regulators have approved the most expensive medicine ever, for a rare disorder that destroys a baby's muscle control and kills nearly all of those with the most com...
-
Deaths from brain, heart problems higher for NFL than MLBMay 24, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Pro football players may be more likely to die from degenerative brain diseases and heart problems than baseball players but the reasons are unclear, a ne...
-
West Nile mosquitoes found in Wayne; first report of virus in stateMay 24, 2019 1:00 am - A mosquito trap in Wayne has tested positive for the West Nile virus - the first report of virus activity in Illinois. The arrival of mosquitoes carrying the disease has...
-
UN health agency seeks to halve number of snakebite deathsMay 23, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization is publishing its first-ever global strategy to tackle the problem of snakebites, aiming to halve the number of people killed...
-
Flu outbreak sickens over 30 migrants at border centerMay 22, 2019 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - More than 30 migrants have tested positive for influenza at a major processing center where a flu-stricken teenage boy died, the latest evidence of grow...