Articles filed under Health Crises
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Bystander rape-prevention programs face questionsOct 08, 2017 7:00 am - STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Training programs around the country are trying to teach bystanders to stop sexual assault, and now is when they have to be especially alert. C...
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FDA: Drug shortages possible due to Puerto Rico power outageOct 06, 2017 7:00 am - The Food and Drug Administration on Friday warned that U.S. drug shortages are possible because power outages in Puerto Rico have stopped or limited production at many m...
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UK rejects terminally ill man's request to be killedOct 05, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Britain's High Court has rejected a terminally ill man's request to be killed with medical help. In a ruling on Thursday, three judges turned down Noel Con...
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Study questions European approval process for cancer drugsOct 04, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Only about half of the cancer drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency in the last few years were later shown to help patients live longer or improv...
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Gene therapy helps boys with 'Lorenzo's Oil' diseaseOct 04, 2017 7:00 am - The fledgling field of gene therapy has scored another win: An experimental treatment seemed to help boys with the inherited nerve disease featured in the movie "Lorenzo...
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Concert shooting puts many at risk for post-traumatic stressOct 03, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - For the survivors of the Las Vegas shootings, overcoming emotional wounds may be just as tough as recovering from their physical injuries. The psychologic...
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Study examines how far US women must travel to get abortionOct 03, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - How far do American women need to travel in order to obtain an abortion? A new study, billed as the first of its kind, makes those calculations state-by-...
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Trying to get sober? NIH offers tool to help find good careOct 03, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - The phone calls come - from fellow scientists and desperate strangers - with a single question for the alcohol chief at the National Institutes of Health: W...
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Correction: FDA-Generic Medicines storyOct 03, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - In a story Oct. 2 on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration taking steps to encourage development of generic versions of complex medicines, The Assoc...
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FDA OKs continuous blood sugar monitor without finger pricksSep 28, 2017 7:00 am - U.S. regulators have approved the first continuous blood sugar monitor for diabetics that doesn't need backup finger prick tests. Current models require users to test a ...