Articles filed under Health Crises
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Flu widespread across US for third straight weekJan 26, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Sick with the flu? You've got a lot of company. The flu blanketed the U.S. again last week for the third straight week. Only Hawaii has been spared. The ...
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Tiny implant opens way to deliver drugs deep into the brainJan 24, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have created a hair-thin implant that can drip medications deep into the brain by remote control and with pinpoint precision. Tested only in...
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Study confirms flu increases risk of heart attack in elderlyJan 24, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - As if the flu wasn't bad enough already: Researchers have confirmed that flu sharply increases the risk of heart attack for older people. Doctors have lo...
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Mom: Paramedics said 6-year-old had common flu symptoms; now she's deadJan 24, 2018 12:00 am - Six-year-old Emily Muth first fell ill with the flu on Jan. 16. Three days later, she had difficulty breathing, so her mother, Rhonda Muth, called for an ambulance. Muth...
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US flu season gets worse, has 'lot more steam' than expectedJan 20, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The flu season in the U.S. is getting worse. Health officials last week said flu was blanketing the country but they thought there was a good chance the ...
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Peace be with you, but no touching: Flu season altering MassJan 19, 2018 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Widespread influenza across Maine has prompted the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland to alter some traditions to keep parishioners healthy. The d...
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Afraid of getting sick? 6 things you can do at homeJan 18, 2018 10:00 pm - Coughing, sneezing and misery are a part of many households these days as cold and flu season kicks into high gear. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say we...
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Hospital groups creating company to make cheap generic drugsJan 18, 2018 6:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Several major not-for-profit hospital groups are trying their own solution to drug shortages and high prices: creating a company to make cheaper gen...
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Terminally ill Briton's bid for assisted death can proceedJan 18, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A terminally ill British man has been granted permission to challenge the country's law on assisted dying, after an earlier decision that rejected his case...
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Blood test to detect 8 cancers early gives promising resultsJan 18, 2018 6:00 am - Scientists are reporting progress on a blood test to detect many types of cancer at an early stage, including some of the most deadly ones that lack screening tools now....