Articles filed under Health Crises
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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...
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1 new Ebola death confirmed in Congo, bringing total to 12May 27, 2018 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Another person has died in Congo of a confirmed case of Ebola, bringing the number of fatalities from the latest outbreak to 12, the country's hea...
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Ebola vaccinations begin in rural Congo on Monday: MinistryMay 26, 2018 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Ebola vaccinations will begin Monday in the two rural areas of Congo where the latest deadly outbreak was declared this month, the health ministry...
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Congo says confirmed Ebola cases have reached 31; 9 deathsMay 24, 2018 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's fight to rein in a deadly Ebola outbreak has authorities crossing the border to buy up available thermometers, a World Health Organization...
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Gut check: Swallowed capsule could spot trouble, send alertMay 24, 2018 7:00 am - Scientists have developed a swallowed capsule packed with tiny electronics and millions of genetically engineered living cells that might someday be used to spot health ...
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FDA warns teething medicines unsafe, wants them off shelvesMay 23, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials warned parents Wednesday about the dangers of teething remedies that contain a popular numbing ingredient and asked manufactur...
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2 patients who fled Ebola ward among the dead in CongoMay 23, 2018 7:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Two infected patients who fled from an Ebola treatment center in a Congo city of 1.2 million people later died, an aid group said Wednesday while a...