Articles filed under Health Crises
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Testing probe to help cancer surgeons know they got it allSep 06, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Patients emerging from cancer surgery want to know, "Did you get it all?" Now scientists are developing a pen-like probe to help surgeons better tell w...
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Science Says: Kate's morning sickness brutal, not dangerousSep 04, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting their third child. And for the third time - as with her previous two pregnancies - the...
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Danger not over: Gas leaks, mold loom for Harvey evacueesSep 02, 2017 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Bound for their Harvey-soaked home east of Houston, Lakeithia Bankhead and her four children left the mass shelter at the city's convention center Friday ...
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Flu outbreak kills 7 residents in Australian aged care homeSep 01, 2017 7:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - An influenza outbreak has killed seven residents of a care home for the elderly in Australia and sickened 116 other residents and staff, an o...
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Mold, gas leaks and other hazards loom for Harvey evacueesSep 01, 2017 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Bound for their Harvey-soaked home east of Houston, Lakeithia Bankhead and her four children left the mass shelter at the city's convention center Friday ...
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US clears breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemiaAug 31, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Opening a new era in cancer care, U.S. health officials have approved a breakthrough treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood cells int...
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Bumgarner a late scratch with flu symptomsAug 31, 2017 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner was a late scratch for Thursday night's game against the St. Louis Cardinals as a result of flu symptoms,...
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US clears breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemiaAug 30, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Opening a new era in cancer care, U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved a breakthrough treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood c...
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Flooding disrupts care at Houston hospital, cancer centerAug 29, 2017 7:00 am - One of the nation's busiest trauma centers began clearing space Monday for the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey even as the storm continued its days-long onslaught of rain....
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New drug reduces heart attacks, but is that enough?Aug 29, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - So-so results for a new type of cholesterol drug have left Merck in a quandary: Does the company try to bring it to market or scrap it? A large, lon...