Articles filed under Health Crises
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Why Stevenson High students wore semicolon pins FridayFeb 15, 2019 12:00 am - Editor's note: The spelling of student Marissa Schwarz's name has been corrected. Hundreds of students and staffers at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire donned...
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Anesthesia, if limited, can be safe for baby's brainFeb 14, 2019 6:00 am - Anesthesia during a short surgery doesn't harm a baby's brain development, according to an experiment involving hundreds of infants in seven countries. While the study c...
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Researchers find clues that depression may speed brain agingFeb 14, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Memory and thinking skills naturally slow with age but now scientists are peeking inside living brains to tell if depression might worsen that decline ...
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The Latest: Hirscher sick with flu-like symptomsFeb 14, 2019 6:00 am - ARE, Sweden (AP) - The Latest from the skiing world championships (all times local): ___ 1:40 p.m. Seven-time overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher is dealing with ...
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Flu vaccine doing a relatively good job this seasonFeb 14, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The flu vaccine is doing a relatively good job this season, protecting about half the people who got it, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Preliminary...
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Cancer death racial gap narrows, but still higher for blacksFeb 14, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - For a long time, blacks have died of cancer at higher rates than other Americans. But a new report says the gap is narrowing. Nearly 30 years ago, black ...
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Cleaning routine shows promise in curbing superbug infectionFeb 13, 2019 6:00 am - Think of it as decontaminating yourself. Hospitalized patients who harbor certain superbugs can cut their risk of developing full-blown infections if they swab medicated...
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Counseling urged to prevent depression in at-risk new momsFeb 12, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Doctors already are supposed to screen new mothers for depression, to find those who need prompt care. Now they're also being urged to identify women a...
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What the FDA's actions mean for dietary supplementsFeb 11, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration announced plans Monday to step up its policing of dietary supplements, which it said has mushroomed into a $40 billion i...
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Horseracing to resume in Britain after equine flu containedFeb 11, 2019 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Horseracing in Britain is to resume on Wednesday with strict biosecurity protocols after an outbreak of equine flu. Racing has been shut down since Thursda...