Articles filed under Health Crises
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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...
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E-cigarettes disappoint in a workplace quit-smoking studyMay 23, 2018 7:00 am - It's a big question for smokers and policymakers alike: Do electronic cigarettes help people quit? In a large study of company wellness programs, e-cigarettes worked no ...
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With death rate up, US life expectancy is likely down againMay 23, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. death rate rose last year, and 2017 likely will mark the third straight year of decline in American life expectancy, according to preliminary da...
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Congo announces 6 new confirmed cases of Ebola virusMay 22, 2018 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's health ministry announced six new confirmed Ebola cases and two new suspected cases Tuesday as vaccinations entered a second day in an eff...
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Many cancer patients juggle care along with financial painMay 22, 2018 7:00 am - Josephine Rizo survived chemotherapy, surgery and radiation, but breast cancer treatment wrecked her finances. Money was already tight when doctors told the Phoenix resi...
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Nurse dead in Congo as Ebola vaccination campaign startsMay 21, 2018 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A nurse has died from Ebola in Bikoro, the rural northwestern town where the outbreak began, as the country Monday begins a vaccination campaign i...
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Congo to begin vaccinating against Ebola on MondayMay 20, 2018 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo will begin administering an experimental Ebola vaccine Monday in Mbandaka, the northwestern city of 1.2 million where the deadly disease has...
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Congo says 3 new Ebola cases confirmed in large cityMay 19, 2018 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Three new cases of the often lethal Ebola virus have been confirmed in a city of more than 1 million people, Congo's health minister announced, as...