Articles filed under Health Crises
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FDA expands use of cervical cancer vaccine up to age 45Oct 06, 2018 7:00 am - U.S. regulators Friday expanded the use of Merck's cervical cancer vaccine to adults up to age 45. The vaccine was previously only for preteens and young adults through ...
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Therapy dogs can spread superbugs to kids, hospital findsOct 05, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Therapy dogs can bring more than joy and comfort to hospitalized kids. They can also bring stubborn germs. Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore...
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Alarm as Red Cross workers attacked in Congo Ebola effortsOct 04, 2018 7:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The international community is sounding new alarm after three Red Cross workers were attacked while trying to contain the latest deadly Ebola outbr...
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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...