Articles filed under Health Crises
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New Jersey agrees to new quarantine rules to end Ebola suitJul 27, 2017 7:00 am - NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey agreed to put in place new rules regarding quarantines after a nurse who was quarantined in 2014 after working in Sierra Leone during the ...
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FDA panel: Not enough data to OK "abuse-deterrent" opioidJul 26, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers voted against approving a new opioid painkiller with a unique feature for deterring abuse: It relea...
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Blowing smoke? E-cigarettes might help smokers quitJul 26, 2017 7:00 am - People who used e-cigarettes were more likely to kick the habit than those who didn't, a new study found. Nicotine patches, gums and medications are known to aid smoking...
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Drug wholesaler to make board change after opioid protestJul 26, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Top U.S. drug wholesaler McKesson agreed Wednesday to create an independent board chairman, responding to a Teamsters-led shareholder protest over i...
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Black seniors test reminiscing to guard against Alzheimer'sJul 25, 2017 7:00 am - Sharon Steen dons her tennis shoes and, with two fellow seniors, walks streets that in her youth were a vibrant center of Portland, Oregon's African-American community. ...
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Brain disease seen in most football players in large reportJul 25, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease linked to repeated head blows in nearly all of them, from athletes in the Nation...
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Brain disease seen in most football players in large reportJul 25, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease linked to repeated head blows in nearly all of them, from athletes in the Nation...
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Girl's HIV infection seems under control without AIDS drugsJul 24, 2017 7:00 am - A South African girl born with the AIDS virus has kept her infection suppressed for more than eight years after stopping anti-HIV medicines - more evidence that early tr...
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Native Hawaiians not very healthy, first national study saysJul 21, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Hawaii consistently ranks among the healthiest states, but a federal survey found Native Hawaiians are in unusually bad health. Native Hawaiians - descen...
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No dye: Cancer patients' gray hair darkened on immune drugsJul 21, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Cancer patients' gray hair unexpectedly turned youthfully dark while taking novel drugs, and it has doctors scratching their heads. Chemotherapy is notori...