Articles filed under Health Crises
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Science Says: What happens when researchers make mistakesJun 13, 2018 7:00 am - Everyone makes mistakes, but when scientists do, the remedy goes far beyond saying you're sorry. Two fresh examples show how some journals and universities react when th...
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Frustrated AMA adopts sweeping policies to cut gun violenceJun 12, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - With frustration mounting over lawmakers' inaction on gun control, the American Medical Association on Tuesday pressed for a ban on assault weapons and ca...
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How do you count deaths from a hurricane?Jun 12, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - How many people died in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria? It's a question that has been debated since the powerful storm slammed into the island and deva...
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We're doing everything we can with suicide, just not enoughJun 12, 2018 5:33 am - Most fatal diseases come with a game plan. We receive a dire diagnosis and willingly surrender responsibility for our treatment to the professionals. They are the ones w...
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'Strong progress' in calming Congo Ebola outbreak: WHOJun 08, 2018 7:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - "Strong progress" has been made in calming Congo's deadly Ebola outbreak in a city of 1.2 million and in the rural outpost where the epidemic was d...
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Flu season was one of the deadliest for US childrenJun 08, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The past flu season was the deadliest for U.S. children in nearly a decade, health officials said Friday. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offi...
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Celebrity suicides highlight troubling trend in midlifeJun 08, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The deaths of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and fashion designer Kate Spade highlight a troubling trend - rising suicides among middle-aged Americans. M...
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Study says vaping by kids isn't up, but some are skepticalJun 07, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Vaping held steady last year in high school students and declined in middle school kids, according to new government data, but some researchers are skept...
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Sobering report teases out factors leading to suicidesJun 07, 2018 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Suicide rates inched up in nearly every U.S. state from 1999 through 2016, according to a new government report released Thursday. More than half of suici...
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Superbug infections rising among injection drug usersJun 07, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - One type of superbug bacteria is increasingly spreading among people who inject drugs, according to a new government report. Users of heroin and other in...