Articles filed under Health Crises
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Congo: 2 who received experimental Ebola treatment recoverAug 25, 2018 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's health ministry says two of the first 10 people to receive an experimental treatment for the Ebola virus in the latest outbreak have recov...
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Congo approves 4 experimental Ebola treatments in outbreakAug 22, 2018 7:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Congo has approved the use of four more experimental treatments in the Ebola virus outbreak in its northeast, as health officials try to contain th...
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DuPage County reports second case of West Nile virusAug 15, 2018 1:00 am - An Aurora woman is the second person in DuPage County to be infected with West Nile virus, officials said Wednesday. The woman, who is in her 30s, became ill in late Ju...
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Congo's health ministry says Ebola spreads to 2nd provinceAug 14, 2018 7:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - Congo's latest deadly Ebola outbreak has spread into a neighboring province, the health ministry said Tuesday, as health workers began using an experi...
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Congo's latest Ebola outbreak taking place in a war zoneAug 12, 2018 7:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - Highlighting the dangers in containing an Ebola outbreak in a war zone, suspected rebels killed seven people in northeastern Congo and sent residents ...
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Palatine man revived by Lake County sheriff's deputies with NaloxoneAug 11, 2018 1:00 am - A Palatine man who stopped breathing after being taken into custody early Saturday on the Chain O' Lakes was revived by sheriff's deputies using Naloxone, the Lake Count...
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Congo's latest outbreak more challenging than ever, WHO saysAug 10, 2018 7:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - Armed groups, dense populations and mass displacement make Congo's latest deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus more challenging than ever to contain, th...
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Why West Nile risk is at the highest levels since 2012 outbreakAug 10, 2018 1:00 am - The risk for West Nile virus in the suburbs is at its highest level since an outbreak in 2012, officials say. During the past week, North Shore Mosquito Abatement Distri...
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Ebola vaccinations begin in Congo's latest deadly outbreakAug 08, 2018 7:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Ebola vaccinations began Wednesday for Congo's latest outbreak of the deadly virus that has already claimed at least nine lives. Health officials h...
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Ebola vaccinations could start Wednesday in Congo outbreakAug 07, 2018 7:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - The deadly Ebola virus has killed at least nine people in Congo's latest outbreak in North Kivu province, the country's health ministry said Tuesday, ...