Articles filed under Health Crises
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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...
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Weeks after 2030 HIV pledge, report shows US headway stalledFeb 27, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Three weeks after President Donald Trump announced a campaign to end the U.S. HIV epidemic by 2030, new government data show that progress against the di...
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How 'completely avoidable' measles cases continue to climbFeb 27, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. has counted more measles cases in the first two months of this year than in all of 2017 - and part of the rising threat is misinformation that...
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Ebola medical center attacked in Congo for 2nd time in weekFeb 27, 2019 6:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - The mayor of a city in Congo and medical aid group Doctors Without Borders say intruders wreaked havoc at an Ebola treatment center in the eastern cit...
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Ebola treatment center attacked in Congo's eastFeb 26, 2019 6:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Assailants attacked an Ebola treatment center in Congo's eastern town of Katwa on Sunday night, killing one caretaker and injuring another as the ...