Articles filed under Health Crises
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First blood test to help diagnose brain injuries gets US OKFeb 14, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The first blood test to help doctors diagnose traumatic brain injuries has won U.S. government approval. The move means Banyan Biomarkers can commercializ...
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Flu-stricken Texas teacher's death puts focus on antiviralsFeb 14, 2018 6:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - A Texas elementary school teacher who died almost a week after getting sick from the flu became a talking point online after her husband said she didn't im...
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How best to treat opioids' youngest sufferers? No one knowsFeb 14, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two babies, born 15 months apart to the same young woman overcoming opioid addiction. Two very different treatments. Sarah Sherbert's first child was whis...
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Central Indiana school cancels classes because of fluFeb 14, 2018 6:00 am - ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) - A central Indiana school has canceled classes for the rest of the week because of a flu outbreak. Liberty Christian School in Anderson says it's ca...
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Can gene therapy be harnessed to fight the AIDS virus?Feb 13, 2018 6:00 am - For more than a decade, the strongest AIDS drugs could not fully control Matt Chappell's HIV infection. Now his body controls it by itself, and researchers are trying to...
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Measles cases in Europe tripled last year, officials sayFeb 13, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control says the number of measles cases across the continent tripled last year and is continuing to cause n...
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14 worms pulled from woman's eye after rare infectionFeb 13, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - An Oregon woman who had worms coming out of her eye is being called the first known human case of a parasitic infection spread by flies. Fourteen tiny wo...
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Constable: Quest for 'likes' boosts deadly 'pass-out challenge'Feb 13, 2018 4:33 am - The suburban mom and her husband were in bed. Their 12-year-old son said good night at 10:45 p.m. before retreating to his bedroom. The boy's sister and two friends were...
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Marijuana's 4/20 holiday tied to rise in fatal car crashesFeb 12, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Marijuana users' self-proclaimed holiday is linked with a slight increase in fatal U.S. car crashes, an analysis of 25 years of data found. The study lack...
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Flu season still getting worse; now as bad as 2009 swine fluFeb 09, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago. A government report out Friday sho...