Articles filed under Health Crises
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US warns docs not to abruptly halt opioid pain treatmentApr 09, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health officials Tuesday warned doctors not to abruptly stop prescribing opioid painkillers to patients who are taking them for chronic pain ailme...
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Don't put your child or others at risk for measles, pediatrician campaign urgesApr 09, 2019 1:00 am - Suburban parents who chose not to vaccinate their children against measles will be hearing from pediatricians in the coming days urging them to reconsider. By scheduling...
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US measles tally hits 465, with most illnesses in kidsApr 08, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. measles cases are continuing to jump, and most of the reported illnesses are in children. Health officials say 465 measles cases have been reported ...
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Telemedicine tied to more antibiotics for kids, study findsApr 08, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Telemedicine may be leading to the overprescribing of antibiotics to sniffling children, a new study suggests. Kids with cold symptoms seen via telemedic...
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Batavia woman's outreach to drug addicts is gaining acceptanceApr 08, 2019 5:30 am - Lyndsay Hartman spends Saturday afternoons sitting in front of death and trying not to think about it. She loads up her vehicle with needles, Narcan and fentanyl test s...
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Testing for cancer-causing agent to begin June 1 in Gurnee, WaukeganApr 08, 2019 1:00 am - Testing for cancer-causing ethylene oxide in the air surrounding manufacturing facilities in Gurnee and Waukegan is expected to begin June 1, Lake County health official...
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College student's toughest assignment - finding a new kidneyApr 06, 2019 1:00 am - Writing data quickly onto a page in her three-ring binder, 22-year-old college student Ally Hembd treats this assignment as a matter of life and death. “I could technica...
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From iffy first date to a literal 'perfect match' for kidney donationApr 06, 2019 1:00 am - Their one date in 2001, when Vikki Marazzo was a 15-year-old high school girl and Harl Morgan was a 19-year-old man, featured a walk around downtown St. Charles and a co...
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Autopsy: Migrant boy who died in US had flu infectionApr 04, 2019 7:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An autopsy report confirmed that an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died while in custody of the U.S. Border Patrol on Christmas Eve succumbed to ...
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Study challenges health benefits of moderate drinkingApr 04, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - It might just be enough to kill your buzz: A new study challenges the idea that a drink or two a day could actually be good for you. In a study conducted i...