Articles filed under Health Crises
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Research shows aggressive treatment of sepsis can save livesMay 22, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Minutes matter when it comes to treating sepsis, the killer condition that most Americans probably have never heard of, and new research shows it's tim...
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AP Exclusive: Strapped UN health agency spends big on travelMay 22, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization routinely spends about $200 million a year on travel - far more than what it doles out to fight some of the biggest problems ...
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AP Exclusive: UN health agency slammed for high travel costsMay 22, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, traveled to Guinea earlier this month to join the country's president in celebrating ...
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Study finds that speeding up sepsis care can save livesMay 21, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Minutes matter when it comes to treating sepsis, the killer condition that most Americans probably have never heard of, and new research shows it's tim...
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Number of suspected Ebola cases in Congo now up to 29May 19, 2017 7:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The World Health Organization says Congo now faces 29 suspected cases of the deadly Ebola virus. WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier on Friday said t...
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Correction: US Births & Deaths storyMay 18, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In a story May 17 about U.S. births and deaths, The Associated Press erroneously reported last year's birth rates. The rates were calculated per 1,000 wo...
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Vaccine may cut HPV infections, an oral cancer risk, in menMay 18, 2017 7:00 am - The HPV vaccine that helps prevent cervical cancer in women also might lower the risk in young men of oral infections that can cause mouth and throat cancers, a new stud...
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WHO: 400 contacts being traced in Congo's Ebola outbreakMay 18, 2017 7:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Health workers are monitoring more than 400 people amid an Ebola outbreak in a remote corner of Congo where already three deaths have been blamed o...
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Buffalo Grove targets rising death rate for women from lung cancerMay 18, 2017 1:00 am - In an effort in which Maureen Welborn, the unofficial queen of Buffalo Grove, was prominent, volunteers tied ribbons on trees and mailboxes throughout the village for th...
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'Fat and frail' seniors benefit from right exercise comboMay 17, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Heavy seniors who want to lose pounds safely shouldn't skip the weight machines or the treadmill, new research suggests. Experts have worried about reco...