Articles filed under Health Crises
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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...
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Schaumburg Boomers host Breast Cancer Awareness NightJul 30, 2018 1:00 am - The Schaumburg Boomers will host Breast Cancer Awareness Night Tuesday, July 31, presented by Women's HealthFirst as the team plays its 2017 championship series rival, t...
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Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in MundeleinJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - Mosquitoes caught in a trap in Mundelein have tested positive for West Nile virus, officials announced Friday. The infected insects were trapped near the old village hal...
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Congo confirms end of latest deadly Ebola outbreakJul 24, 2018 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus is over, the health ministry announced Tuesday, after a speedy response to limit its spread in r...
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Doctors: Woman likely spread Ebola a year after infectionJul 23, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A Liberian woman who probably caught Ebola in 2014 may have infected three relatives a year after she first fell sick, doctors reported in a study publishe...