Articles filed under Health Crises
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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, ...
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Congo health ministry preps for possible Ebola vaccinationsAug 06, 2018 7:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - Congo's health ministry is preparing to begin Ebola vaccinations Wednesday in the eastern city of Beni and neighboring Mangina village where the outbr...
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Confirmed Ebola cases rise to 13 in Congo's latest outbreakAug 04, 2018 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The number of confirmed cases in Congo's new outbreak of the Ebola virus has risen to 13, including three deaths, the health ministry said late Sa...
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WHO to know soon if new Congo Ebola outbreak can use vaccineAug 03, 2018 7:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - Residents of northeastern Congo braced Friday amid a new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus as the World Health Organization said it hopes to know as ...
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Response to Congo's new Ebola outbreak 'highly complex'Aug 02, 2018 7:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says the response to the new Ebola virus outbreak in Congo's North Kivu provin...
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Congo announces 4 new Ebola cases in country's northeastAug 01, 2018 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - At least four new cases of the Ebola virus have emerged in Congo's northeast, just a week after an outbreak in the northwest was declared over, th...
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Why video game 'disorder' can be a real addictionJul 31, 2018 5:33 am - Editor's note: Ramsen Kasha, of Lincolnwood, is a licensed addiction counselor and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation's regional executive director for East Coast op...