Articles filed under Health Crises
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Ohio county fair hogs to be destroyed after swine flu foundJul 14, 2017 7:00 am - WILMINGTON, Ohio (AP) - State officials have ordered the slaughter of nearly 300 hogs at a county fair in Ohio after at least two animals tested positive for swine flu. ...
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FDA OKs new Johnson & Johnson treatment for psoriasisJul 13, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. regulators approved a new psoriasis drug from Johnson & Johnson Thursday, giving people with the itchy and painful condition another treatment ...
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Panel calls on FDA to review safety of opioid painkillersJul 13, 2017 7:00 am - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should review the safety and effectiveness of all opioids, and consider the real-world impacts the powerful painkillers have, not o...
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How severe, ongoing stress can affect a child's brainJul 12, 2017 7:00 am - ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A quiet, unsmiling little girl with big brown eyes crawls inside a carpeted cubicle, hugs a stuffed teddy bear tight, and turns her head away from...
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The Latest: FDA panel endorses potential 1st US gene therapyJul 12, 2017 7:00 am - SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - The Latest on a Food and Drug Administration panel's review of a gene therapy treatment (all times local): 3:30 p.m. A panel of cancer experts ...
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Science Says: Not all cancers need treatment right awayJul 12, 2017 7:00 am - The biopsy shows cancer, so you have to act fast, right? Not necessarily, if it's a prostate tumor. Men increasingly have choices if their cancer is found at an early st...
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Surprising numbers of kids at risk for toxic stress damageJul 12, 2017 7:00 am - Research suggests persistent stress in young children can become toxic, causing brain changes that can interfere with learning and lead to disease in adulthood. It's unk...
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UN health agency: Measles has killed 35 children in EuropeJul 11, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization says measles has killed 35 children in Europe in the last year, calling it an "unacceptable tragedy" that deaths are being ca...
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Pirates RHP Taillon scratched due to flu-like symptomsJul 09, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Jameson Taillon was scratched Sunday due to intense flu-like symptoms. Taillon was sick when he arrived at Wrigley Field f...
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Constable: Family's crusade began before son's disorder even had a nameJul 08, 2017 1:00 am - On their first night as parents, Liz and Mike Pribaz slept in the hospital, blissfully unaware that their newborn son, Jack, had a genetic defect that hadn't been discov...