Articles filed under Health Crises
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US approves 1st drug developed to prevent chronic migrainesMay 17, 2018 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. regulators Thursday approved the first drug designed to prevent chronic migraines. The Food and Drug Administration's action clears the monthly...
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Shorter drug treatment OK for many breast cancer patientsMay 16, 2018 7:00 am - Many women with a common and aggressive form of breast cancer that is treated with Herceptin can get by with six months of the drug instead of the usual 12, greatly redu...
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FDA approves 1st nonopioid drug to ease withdrawal symptomsMay 16, 2018 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Federal regulators on Wednesday approved the first nonopioid treatment to ease withdrawal from quitting addictive opioids. The U.S. Food and Drug Ad...
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Congo's health ministry says doses of Ebola vaccine arriveMay 16, 2018 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Thousands of doses of the experimental Ebola vaccine have arrived in Congo's capital amid the latest outbreak of the deadly disease, the health mi...
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A cancer screening flop: Few smokers seek free lung scansMay 16, 2018 7:00 am - Lung cancer screening has proved to be stunningly unpopular. Five years after government and private insurers started paying for it, less than 2 percent of eligible curr...
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More US adults try vaping but current use is down, data showMay 15, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - New research shows 1 in 7 U.S. adults have tried electronic cigarettes. That's an increase but it's offset by a small decline in the number currently usin...
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UN health agency aims to wipe out trans fats worldwideMay 14, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The World Health Organization has released a plan to help countries wipe out artery-clogging trans fats from the global food supply in the next five year...
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Congo approves use of experimental Ebola vaccine, WHO saysMay 14, 2018 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo has agreed to allow the World Health Organization to use an experimental Ebola vaccine to combat an outbreak announced last week, the WHO di...
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UN agency calls for all countries to rid foods of trans fatMay 13, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The World Health Organization is calling on all nations to rid foods of artificial trans fats in the next five years. The United Nations agency has in th...
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Constable: Born with four legs, girl now celebrates 2nd birthday with moms on two continentsMay 12, 2018 1:00 am - Born with four legs and parts of two bodies, a baby named Dominique celebrates her second birthday today as a healthy, happy, active girl with two moms who love her. She...