Articles filed under Health Crises
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Using 1 germ to fight another when today's antibiotics failFeb 26, 2019 6:00 am - NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Bacteria lodged deep in Ella Balasa's lungs were impervious to most antibiotics. At 26, gasping for breath, she sought out a dramatic experiment ...
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The Latest: Keselowski shakes off flu to win at AtlantaFeb 24, 2019 6:00 am - HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) - The Latest on the NASCAR race at Atlanta Motor Speedway (all times local): 5:50 p.m. Brad Keselowski has recovered from a stomach virus to win Sunday...
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Built Ford Tough: Keselowski shakes off flu to win AtlantaFeb 24, 2019 6:00 am - HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) - Brad Keselowski had his hands full with a new car and a new rules package - enough to make for a trying race - before a stomach virus nearly flattene...
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Haunting 'Roma' scene shines a rare spotlight on stillbirthsFeb 22, 2019 6:00 am - Of all the little moments of joy and strife that fill the top-nominated Oscar film "Roma," the most gut-wrenching takes place in a Mexico City hospital room, where a doc...
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Mount Prospect raises age to buy tobacco products to 21 from 18Feb 22, 2019 12:00 am - Mount Prospect village board members this week approved an ordinance increasing the minimum age from 18 to 21 for the sale and purchase of tobacco products. In addition,...
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Year in space put US astronaut's disease defenses on alertFeb 15, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly a year in space put astronaut Scott Kelly's immune system on high alert and changed the activity of some of his genes compared to his Earth-boun...
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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 ...