Articles filed under Health Crises
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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...
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New CDC Director questioned about financial conflictsDec 11, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. Senator is criticizing the director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for an apparent financial conflict of interest that the senator ...
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Children's deaths from window blinds show need for cord ban, study saysDec 10, 2017 10:00 pm - Children's injuries and deaths from window blinds have not stalled despite decades of safety concerns, according to a new U.S. study that recommends a complete ban on bl...
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Bird flu: Dutch farmers ordered to keep poultry indoorsDec 08, 2017 6:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The Dutch government has ordered the country's farmers to keep all poultry indoors after bird flu was discovered at a duck farm. Authoritie...
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US flu season off to an early start; widespread in 7 statesDec 08, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - This year's flu season is off to a quick start and so far it seems to be dominated by a nasty bug. Health officials say the flu vaccine seems well matche...