Articles filed under Health Crises
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Constable: How a newly sober man plans for a dry St. Patrick's DayMar 14, 2019 5:30 am - Last St. Patrick's Day, Connor celebrated his Irish heritage with a few beers. “Just drinking and enjoying the time,” the 25-year-old Park Ridge man says of his time spe...
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Opioid death toll rises in suburbs, but nonprofit warns 'urgency has died'Mar 14, 2019 5:30 am - Opioid overdose deaths reached record highs last year in DuPage, Lake and Will counties, sparking new calls for action by advocates working to combat the epidemic. DuPag...
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Gluten, lactose in drugs? Study raises questions about riskMar 13, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A man with celiac disease felt sicker after starting a new drug, but it wasn't a typical side effect. It turns out the pills were mixed with gluten the...
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Mystery infections traced to blood-shedding religious ritualMar 13, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Add self-flagellation to the list of ways to get a dangerous viral blood infection. Researchers said Wednesday that they were initially puzzled how 10 Br...
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Claire's recalls makeup after regulators warn of asbestosMar 13, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The retailer Claire's is recalling three makeup products after U.S. regulators warned they might contain asbestos. Last week, the Food and Drug Administr...
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Scientists back temporary global ban on gene-edited babiesMar 13, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - An international group of scientists and ethicists on Wednesday called for a temporary global ban on making babies with edited genes. It's the latest rea...
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NIH cancer chief to serve as acting FDA commissionerMar 12, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the National Cancer Institute will temporarily take charge of the Food and Drug Administration next month after the departure of its curren...
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Gene-edited food quietly arrives in restaurant cooking oilMar 12, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Somewhere in the Midwest, a restaurant is frying foods with oil made from gene-edited soybeans. That's according to the company making the oil, which say...
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US communities reach out to homeless as liver disease surgesMar 12, 2019 7:00 am - WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - This industrial city in central Massachusetts has had many nicknames through the years, including "the Heart of the Commonwealth" and "Wormtown."...
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Ebola treatment center in Congo is attacked again; 1 deadMar 09, 2019 6:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Heavily armed assailants again attacked an Ebola treatment center in the heart of eastern Congo's deadly outbreak on Saturday, with one police off...