Articles filed under Health Crises
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Trump calls attackers 'deranged' but mental health link weakNov 06, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - President Donald Trump called the Texas church shootings gunman "deranged," the New York bike path attacker "a very sick and deranged person," and the Las...
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Red Cross: $6 million for Ebola fight stolen through fraudNov 04, 2017 7:00 am - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Fraud by Red Cross workers and others wasted at least $6 million meant to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the organization ...
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US rate for gun deaths is up for the second straight yearNov 03, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. rate for gun deaths has increased for the second straight year, following 15 years of no real change, a government report shows. Roughly two-thi...
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Baby gene therapy study offers hope for fatal muscle diseaseNov 01, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A first attempt at gene therapy for a disease that leaves babies unable to move, swallow and, eventually, breathe has extended the tots' lives, and som...
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Opioid epidemic shares chilling similarities with the pastOct 28, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - While declaring the opioid crisis a national public health emergency Thursday, President Donald Trump said: "Nobody has seen anything like what's going o...
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State officials visit Lake County to learn about substance abuse programsOct 27, 2017 1:00 am - Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti and state health officials visited Waukegan on Friday to discuss the opioid crisis and learn about Lake County's efforts to battle substance ...
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AP Exclusive: Doctors clash over euthanasia for mentally illOct 26, 2017 7:00 am - GHENT, Belgium (AP) - After struggling with mental illness for years, Cornelia Geerts was so desperate to die that she asked her psychiatrist to kill her. Her sister wor...
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"What could help me to die?" Doctors clash over euthanasiaOct 26, 2017 7:00 am - GHENT, Belgium (AP) - After struggling with mental illness for years, Cornelia Geerts was so desperate to die that she asked her psychiatrist to kill her. Her sister wor...
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Trump opioid declaration: What suburban experts sayOct 26, 2017 1:00 am - The suburbs are not immune to the opioid crisis that was declared a national public health emergency Thursday by President Donald Trump. While Trump and his critics batt...
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Panel recommends new, better shingles shot over old versionOct 25, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A federal panel recommended Wednesday that older people already vaccinated for shingles get a new, better shot. The advisory group said the just-approved...