Articles filed under Health Crises
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Health agency: Indiana flu deaths reach 25 through Dec. 30Jan 05, 2018 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Health officials say the number of flu-related deaths in Indiana rose to 25 during the final full week of 2017, up from nine such deaths the previous...
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Indiana hospitals taking steps to prevent flu virus' spreadDec 29, 2017 6:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Indiana hospitals are taking precautions to prevent the spread of the flu virus among patients, staff and visitors as the state sees a surge in i...
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In a milestone year, gene therapy finds a place in medicineDec 28, 2017 6:00 am - After decades of hope and high promise, this was the year scientists really showed they could doctor DNA to successfully treat diseases. Gene therapies to treat cancer a...
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Why the legal age to buy tobacco isn't going up to 21 everywhereDec 27, 2017 4:30 am - Efforts to boost the minimum age for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products to 21 have caught on in Lake and Cook counties far more than in the other collar counti...
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Soaring overdose deaths cut US life expectancy for 2nd yearDec 21, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. deaths from drug overdoses skyrocketed 21 percent last year, and for the second straight year dragged down how long Americans are expected to live. ...
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Science Says: Are poinsettias poisonous? Some holiday truthsDec 20, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Are poinsettias really poisonous? Are snowflakes really pure as the driven snow? Does feasting really put on the pounds? Sure as sugarplums, myths and mis...
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Striking a chord, NIH taps the brain to find how music healsDec 19, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Like a friendly Pied Piper, the violinist keeps up a toe-tapping beat as dancers weave through busy hospital hallways and into the chemotherapy unit, p...
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Gene therapy for rare form of blindness wins US approvalDec 19, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health officials on Tuesday approved the nation's first gene therapy for an inherited disease, a treatment that improves the sight of patients wit...
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Opioid group to discuss goalsDec 18, 2017 12:00 am - The Lake County Opioid Initiative will meet from 10:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, Dec. 21, at the College of Lake County, 19351 Washington St., Grayslake, Room A013. Various...
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A CDC ban on 'fetus' and 'transgender?' Experts alarmedDec 17, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Health leaders say they are alarmed about a report that officials at the nation's top public health agency are being told not to use certain words or phr...