Articles filed under Health Crises
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Immunotherapy scores a first win against some breast cancersOct 20, 2018 7:00 am - For the first time, one of the new immunotherapy drugs has shown promise against breast cancer in a large study that combined it with chemotherapy to treat an aggressive...
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EU drug agency urges approval for dengue vaccineOct 19, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Europe's drug regulator has recommended approving the first vaccine for dengue despite concerns about the vaccine's wide use and a lawsuit in the Philippin...
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Journal retracts stem cell work by former Harvard scientistOct 18, 2018 7:00 am - The New England Journal of Medicine has retracted a 2011 study and is investigating two earlier ones describing stem cell research by a former Harvard Medical School sci...
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AP Explains: Why Congo's latest Ebola outbreak is worryingOct 17, 2018 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The World Health Organization has announced that Congo's latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus is not yet considered a global health emergency. S...
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UN: Ebola outbreak is worrying but not a global emergencyOct 17, 2018 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization says it is "deeply concerned" by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo but the situation does not yet warrant being declared a ...
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Obesity surgery may lower heart attack danger in diabeticsOct 16, 2018 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Obesity surgery may dramatically lower the danger of heart attacks and strokes in patients with diabetes, new research suggests, reinforcing evidence that...
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Mysterious paralyzing illness found among kids in 22 statesOct 16, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials on Tuesday reported a jump in cases of a rare paralyzing illness in children, and said it seems to be following an every-other-year...
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Constable: Why hail medical advances when we don't vaccinate?Oct 16, 2018 5:30 am - We all hail the medical advances that are helping us live longer and better. But new evidence suggests that not all of us are moving in the right direction when it comes...
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US wants drug prices in TV ads: 'Patients deserve to know'Oct 15, 2018 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The federal government said Monday that it wants to force drugmakers to disclose prices for prescription medicines in their TV commercials. The drug...
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WHO convenes emergency meeting on Congo's Ebola outbreakOct 15, 2018 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The World Health Organization says it is convening a meeting on Wednesday to determine whether Congo's latest Ebola outbreak constitutes a public hea...