Articles filed under Health Crises
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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 ...
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FDA requires opioid makers to develop doctor trainingSep 28, 2017 7:00 am - U.S. regulators are requiring manufacturers of the most widely prescribed painkillers to provide extensive training to doctors in an attempt to stem the ongoing opioid a...
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Get your flu shots, US urges amid concerns about bad seasonSep 28, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - It's flu shot time, and health officials are bracing for a potentially miserable fall and winter. The clues: The Southern Hemisphere, especially Austra...
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Mosquito gut bacteria may offer clues to malaria controlSep 28, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Mosquitoes harbor gut bacteria just like people do - and the bugs inside the bugs may hold a key to fighting malaria. Today, bed nets and insecticides ...
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FDA requires opioid makers to develop doctor trainingSep 28, 2017 7:00 am - The Food and Drug Administration is requiring manufacturers of the most widely prescribed painkillers to provide extensive training to doctors in an attempt to reduce th...
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FDA approves Lilly pill for common advanced breast cancerSep 28, 2017 7:00 am - U.S. regulators have approved a new medicine for treating a common type of breast cancer after it has spread to other parts of the body. Eli Lilly's Verzenio was approve...
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US sexually transmitted disease hit another highSep 26, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials are reporting another record increase in infections from three sexually transmitted diseases. More than 2 million new cases of chlamydia...