Articles filed under Health Crises
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Philippines to cull 200,000 fowl after bird flu outbreakAug 11, 2017 7:00 am - MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippines will cull at least 200,000 birds after confirming its first avian flu outbreak, but no animal-to-human transmission has been r...
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Pope Francis to Belgian Catholics: Stop offering euthanasiaAug 10, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Pope Francis has ordered a Belgian Catholic charity to stop offering euthanasia in its psychiatric hospitals. In May, the Brothers of Charity group announc...
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Study boosts hope of 'liquid biopsies' for cancer screeningAug 09, 2017 7:00 am - Scientists have the first major evidence that blood tests called liquid biopsies hold promise for screening people for cancer. Hong Kong doctors tried it for a type of h...
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Report reveals underground US haven for heroin, drug usersAug 07, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A safe haven where drug users inject themselves with heroin and other drugs has been quietly operating in the United States for the past three years, a r...
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Doctor told to stop marketing 3-person baby techniqueAug 04, 2017 7:00 am - U.S. regulators on Friday warned a New York fertility doctor to stop marketing an experimental procedure that uses DNA from three people - a mother, a father and an egg ...
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FDA OKs new drug to treat all forms of hepatitis CAug 03, 2017 7:00 am - U.S. regulators have approved the first drug to treat all forms of hepatitis C in as little as eight weeks. The pill combination from AbbVie Inc. was approved Thursday b...
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Correction: Netherlands-Euthanasia storyAug 03, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - In a story Aug. 2 about euthanasia, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the study authors wrote that euthanasia and assisted suicide had become ...
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First embryo gene-repair holds promise for inherited diseaseAug 02, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Altering human heredity? In a first, researchers safely repaired a disease-causing gene in human embryos, targeting a heart defect best known for killi...
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Science Says: Gene editing widely used in range of researchAug 02, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Gene editing is getting fresh attention thanks to a successful lab experiment with human embryos. But for all the angst over possibly altering reproduc...
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Euthanasia used for 4.5 percent of deaths in the NetherlandsAug 02, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Euthanasia has become "common practice" in the Netherlands, accounting for 4.5 percent of deaths, according to researchers who say requests are increasing ...