Articles filed under Health Crises
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Advice on salt, hidden in an array of foods, gets specificMar 05, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It can be hidden in bread, pizza, soup and other packaged foods and restaurant meals. Now, advice to watch out for salt is coming with a more specific re...
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FDA chief calls out Walgreens over tobacco sales to minorsMar 04, 2019 6:00 am - A top U.S. regulator wants to meet with Walgreens leaders to discuss whether the drugstore chain has a problem with illegal tobacco sales to minors. Scott Gottlieb of th...
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What honor Mundelein chief has in common with John McCain, Nancy PelosiMar 01, 2019 4:35 am - What does Mundelein Police Chief Eric Guenther have in common with the late Sen. John McCain, former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and S...
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State: School's 'football flu' policy can be challengedFeb 28, 2019 6:00 am - BURLINGTON CITY, N.J. (AP) - A southern New Jersey school employee has won a round in a dispute over using a sick day during last year's Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl v...
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Officials see no link between miscarriage risk and flu shotsFeb 28, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials say further research has not found a miscarriage risk for women who get annual flu shots. Two years ago, a puzzling study found women wh...
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Rare flu side effect temporarily paralyzes Illinois boy, 5Feb 28, 2019 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The first sign came during a basketball game. Five-year-old Brysen Mills, normally an energetic cheerleader for his older brother's team, lay quietly...
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New sensors monitor sick babies without wires blocking hugsFeb 28, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Peek into any U.S. hospital's baby ICU, and you'll see sick and premature newborns covered in wired monitors that tear at fragile skin and make it hard...
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Congo: 4 Ebola patients missing after 2nd clinic attackFeb 28, 2019 6:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Intruders attacked a treatment center run by Doctors Without Borders for the second time in four days, leaving four Ebola patients missing and forc...
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Measles exposure at Delnor, Midway reportedFeb 28, 2019 12:00 am - The public was exposed to the measles after an infectious Illinois resident arrived at Midway International Airport last week and then sought treatment Sunday at the eme...
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Isolated flu outbreak at Arlington Heights middle school extends into second dayFeb 28, 2019 12:00 am - A sharp spike in flu-related absences at South Middle School on Wednesday and Thursday was an aberration even within Arlington Heights Elementary District 25, but govern...