Articles filed under Health Crises
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Flu vaccine ineffective for people 65 and older last winterJun 21, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The flu vaccine did a poor job protecting older Americans against the illness last winter, even though the vaccine was well-matched to the flu bugs going...
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Few opioid-addicted youth get standard treatment medicationJun 19, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Only 1 in 4 teens and young adults with opioid addiction receive recommended treatment medication despite having good health insurance, according to a stu...
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Shootings kill or injure at least 19 US children each dayJun 19, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Shootings kill or injure at least 19 U.S. children each day, with boys, teenagers and blacks most at risk, according to a government study that paints a b...
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London fire may have destroyed DNA needed to ID victimsJun 16, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The devastating fire that struck a high-rise tower in London may have been so powerful that it destroyed much of the DNA evidence needed to identify its vi...
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No longer the hot new thing? Teen vaping falls, study saysJun 15, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Teen vaping, which has been skyrocketing, fell dramatically last year in the United States. A government survey released Thursday suggests the number of ...
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Overcoming Opioids: Easing an epidemic 1 doctor at a timeJun 15, 2017 7:00 am - MONROEVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Even doctors can be addicted to opioids, in a way: It's hard to stop prescribing them. Melissa Jones is on a mission to break doctors of their ha...
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FDA approves new, cheaper rival to EpiPen allergy shotJun 15, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. regulators have approved new competition for EpiPen, the emergency allergy medicine that made Mylan a poster child for pharmaceutical company g...
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Drones carrying defibrillators could aid heart emergenciesJun 13, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - It sounds futuristic: drones carrying heart defibrillators swooping in to help bystanders revive people stricken by cardiac arrest. Researchers tested the...
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Obesity rising in nations rich and poor, especially in kidsJun 12, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The global obesity problem now affects 1 in 10 people in the world, it is rising in countries rich and poor, and in many countries it is increasing faste...
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New frontier in cancer care: Turning blood into living drugsJun 12, 2017 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Ken Shefveland's body was swollen with cancer, treatment after treatment failing until doctors gambled on a radical approach: They removed some of his imm...