Articles filed under Health Crises
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Licking cancer: US postal stamp helped fund key breast studyJun 04, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Countless breast cancer patients in the future will be spared millions of dollars of chemotherapy thanks in part to something that millions of Americans d...
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Many breast cancer patients can skip chemo, big study findsJun 04, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Most women with the most common form of early-stage breast cancer can safely skip chemotherapy without hurting their chances of beating the disease, docto...
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Study finds rare gain for tough-to-treat pancreatic cancerJun 04, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Patients with pancreatic cancer that hadn't spread lived substantially longer on a four-drug combo than on a single standard cancer drug, a rare advance f...
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US blocks UN health panel from backing taxes on sugar drinksJun 01, 2018 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The Trump administration has torpedoed a plan to recommend higher taxes on sugary drinks, forcing a World Health Organization panel to back off the U.N. ag...
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Blacks fare surprisingly well in prostate cancer researchJun 01, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Black men with advanced prostate cancer fared surprisingly well in two new studies that challenge current thinking about racial disparities in the disease...
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5 dead, nearly 200 sickened in romaine lettuce outbreakJun 01, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Four more deaths have been linked to a national food poisoning outbreak blamed on tainted lettuce, bringing the total to five. Health officials have tied...
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Nearly 700 get Ebola vaccine in Congo; more cases possibleJun 01, 2018 7:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - More than 680 people have received Ebola vaccinations in the three health zones where dozens of cases of the deadly virus have been confirmed, Cong...
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Cancer group says colon screening should start at 45, not 50May 30, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - New guidelines released Wednesday recommend U.S. adults start colon cancer screening earlier, at age 45 instead of 50. The American Cancer Society's advi...
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Health officials 'cautiously optimistic' on Ebola responseMay 29, 2018 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization said Tuesday it is "cautiously optimistic" about efforts to curb the spread of Ebola in an urban area in Congo, although the ...
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Ebola vaccinations begin in Congo's northwest town of BikoroMay 28, 2018 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Officials began vaccinating health workers and others on Monday in Bikoro, where Congo's current Ebola outbreak was first declared at the beginnin...