Articles filed under Health Crises
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Ela coalition against substance abuse seeks volunteersMar 27, 2017 1:00 am - Ela Coalition Against Youth Substance Abuse will host a presentation for interested potential volunteers from 10-11:30 a.m. Monday, April 17, at Ela Township Hall, 1155 ...
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Constable: Long Grove woman rebuilding life after brain injuryMar 25, 2017 1:00 am - An elite soccer player, speedy Carmel High School freshman Quinna Phillips raced toward a loose ball in the final regular-season game against Stevenson High School. A c...
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SCIENCE SAYS: Unavoidable typos in DNA help fuel cancerMar 23, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Cancer patients often wonder "why me?" Does their tumor run in the family? Did they try hard enough to avoid risks like smoking, too much sun or a bad ...
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UN aims to immunize more than 115 million kids against polioMar 23, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization says it's aiming to vaccinate more than 115 million children against polio across Africa next week, in its continuing bid to ...
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Dani Carvajal misses Spain training with fluMar 22, 2017 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Spain defender Dani Carvajal missed the team's training session on Wednesday because of flu, while reserve goalkeeper Pepe Reina was dropped from the squad...
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FDA links very rare cancer, 9 deaths, to breast implantsMar 22, 2017 7:00 am - Nine deaths from a very rare kind of cancer have been linked to breast implants, indicating a very low but increased risk in women with implants, according to the U.S. F...
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Mumps cases at Station Middle School now considered an outbreak tooMar 22, 2017 5:15 am - Station Middle School now has three confirmed cases of the mumps, making it the second Barrington Area Unit School District 220 school to have an outbreak of the disease...
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FDA OKs new drug as add-on treatment for Parkinson'sMar 21, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. regulators have approved the first new drug in a decade for Parkinson's disease, a chronic neurological disorder that causes tremors and moveme...
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Bonucci misses Italy training session with fluMar 21, 2017 7:00 am - FLORENCE, Italy (AP) - Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci has missed a national team training session with the flu, three days before the Azzurri's World Cup qualifier agai...
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Bird flu confirmed in 2 poultry flocks in north AlabamaMar 21, 2017 7:00 am - MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama officials have confirmed bird flu in two poultry flocks, just a week after three commercial breeders had to kill their chickens across th...