Articles filed under Health Crises
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FDA rejects muscular dystrophy drug, says it doesn't workOct 25, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected an experimental drug for a common type of muscular dystrophy. The FDA's decision Wednesday was ex...
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Dollars targeting opioids hit hurdles as impatience buildsOct 25, 2017 7:00 am - Nearly a year after Congress approved an extraordinary $1 billion to tackle the opioid crisis, the money that poured into all 50 states is gradually reaching places wher...
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Correction: FDA-Shingles Vaccine storyOct 25, 2017 7:00 am - In a story Oct. 20 about U.S. approval of GlaxoSmithKline's shingles vaccine, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the drugmaker is testing its new vaccine aga...
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Scientists working toward reversible kind of gene editingOct 25, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists are altering a powerful gene-editing technology in hopes of one day fighting diseases without making permanent changes to people's DNA. The ...
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US vaccine panel to discuss waning effectiveness, new shotsOct 24, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Two years ago, George Green got stabbing pain and bad blisters around his right arm. It was the worst case of shingles his doctor had ever seen. "I said,...
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Opioid and substance-use forumOct 22, 2017 1:00 am - An Opioid & Substance Use Community Forum will be held Thursday, Oct. 26 at Foglia YMCA, 1025 N. Old McHenry Road, Lake Zurich. Doors open at 6 p.m., with a panel discus...
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Ultra-personal therapy: Gene tumor boards guide cancer careOct 18, 2017 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Doctors were just guessing a decade ago when they gave Alison Cairnes' husband a new drug they hoped would shrink his lung tumors. Now she takes it, but...
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US regulators approve 2nd gene therapy for blood cancerOct 18, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved a second gene therapy for a blood cancer, a one-time, custom-made treatment for aggressive lymphoma in adults....
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Kane County to spend $100,000 more on naloxone to fight overdosesOct 18, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County will spend another $100,000 to order more than 2,000 additional doses of naloxone, a drug used to save the lives of people overdosing on heroin and prescript...
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Correction: Pain Gap storyOct 16, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In a story Oct. 12 about the worldwide gap in pain relief medication, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of a Stanford University psychiatry...