Articles filed under Health Crises
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Study: 1 in 3 US adults eat fast food each dayOct 03, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A government study has found that 1 in 3 U.S. adults eat fast food on any given day. That's about 85 million people. It's the first federal study to look...
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US regulators OK updated version of decades-old antibioticOct 02, 2018 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. regulators on Tuesday approved a modernized version of a decades-old antibiotic used to treat a number of infections. Paratek Pharmaceuticals' ...
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Studies in healthy older people aim to prevent Alzheimer'sOct 02, 2018 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - It may be too late to stop Alzheimer's in people who already have some mental decline. But what if a treatment could target the very earliest brain change...
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Study suggests more older women may benefit from bone drugsOct 01, 2018 7:00 am - A bone-strengthening drug given by IV every 18 months greatly lowered the risk of fracture in certain older women, a large study found. The results suggest these medicin...
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Concussions drop in Ivy League football with kickoff changeOct 01, 2018 7:00 am - Concussions plunged in Ivy League football after the kickoff line was moved to thwart what might be the game's most dangerous play, according to a study published Monday...
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Risk of Ebola's spread from Congo now 'very high,' WHO saysSep 29, 2018 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The risk of the deadly Ebola virus spreading from Congo is now "very high" after two confirmed cases were discovered near the Uganda border, the Worl...
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DuPage County resident dies from West Nile VirusSep 29, 2018 1:00 am - Officials said a DuPage County resident died from the West Nile virus, the first to do so this year. The person who died was over the age of 65 and became ill in early S...
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CDC: Death toll from flu last winter highest in at least 40 yearsSep 27, 2018 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter - the disease's highest death toll in at least four decades. The director of ...
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APNewsBreak: 80,000 people died of flu last winter in USSep 26, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter - the disease's highest death toll in at least four decades. The director of ...
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Congo says Ebola efforts can resume after deadly attackSep 26, 2018 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Congo's health ministry says efforts to contain the latest Ebola outbreak can resume Wednesday in a key community where a deadly rebel attack over th...