Articles filed under Health Crises
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After a death, how much can 'broken heart' hurt survivors?Apr 24, 2018 7:00 am - You hear it whenever someone gets sick or dies soon after losing a spouse: Was it because of a broken heart? Stress might not be to blame for former President George H.W...
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First drug approved for most common inherited kidney diseaseApr 24, 2018 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug to slow kidney decline in patients with the most common inherited kidney disease. ...
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Constable: Daily Herald photographer knows what Sox pitcher has enduredApr 24, 2018 5:32 am - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com If White Sox pitcher Danny Farquhar, who remains in critical condition after a ruptured brain aneurysm, needs a role model, ...
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CDC chief makes $375K, far exceeding his predecessors' payApr 23, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The new head of the nation's top public health agency is getting paid nearly twice what his predecessor made and far more than other past directors, gove...
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Veteran who survived blast receives unusual penis transplantApr 23, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A veteran who lost his genitals from a blast in Afghanistan has received the world's most extensive penis transplant, and doctors said Monday he is rec...
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Batavia woman provides clean needles, naloxone to drug addictsApr 23, 2018 5:30 am - Lyndsay Hartman's calling started with a love she couldn't fix. It was the kind of love that demanded everything. It was broken and frustrating in ways more suburban res...
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UN health agency: Hungarian scientist exposed to EbolaApr 20, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization says it has coordinated shipment of an experimental Ebola vaccine and drugs to treat a laboratory scientist in Hungary who wa...
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The Latest: Aide said Prince was quiet in days before deathApr 19, 2018 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Latest on the investigation into Prince's death (all times local): 5:20 p.m. An assistant to Prince told investigators that he had been unusually ...
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New data: Americans filling far fewer opioid prescriptionsApr 19, 2018 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The number of prescriptions for opioid painkillers filled in the U.S. fell dramatically last year, showing their biggest drop in 25 years and contin...
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UN health agency: Dengue vaccine shouldn't be used widelyApr 19, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization says the first-ever vaccine for dengue needs to be dealt with in "a much safer way," meaning that the shot should mostly be g...