Articles filed under Health Crises
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FDA approves more drugs, and faster, than Europe, study saysApr 05, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Contrary to some political claims, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved more drugs, and two to three months faster on average, than European ...
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Ebola treatment unit torn down as Liberians recall outbreakApr 05, 2017 7:00 am - PAYNESVILLE, Liberia (AP) - Bulldozers cleared the remains of a once busy Ebola treatment unit in Liberia on Wednesday, as health care workers, officials and some who we...
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Weight swings may be risky for overweight heart patientsApr 05, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Losing and regaining weight repeatedly may be dangerous for overweight heart patients, a study suggests. Heart attacks, strokes and death were more common...
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A 'sci-fi' cancer therapy fights brain tumors, study findsApr 03, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - It sounds like science fiction, but a cap-like device that makes electric fields to fight cancer improved survival for the first time in more than a de...
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Mallinckrodt to pay $35M in deal to end feds' opioid probeApr 03, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A top maker of brand-name and generic narcotic painkillers has agreed to pay the U.S. government $35 million to resolve a probe of its distribution ...
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Lawsuit dismissed over Ebola quarantines in ConnecticutApr 03, 2017 7:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and state health officials over quarantines imposed on several people re...
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US enrolls volunteers in large test of possible Zika vaccineMar 31, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health officials have begun enrolling volunteers for critical next-stage testing of an experimental vaccine to protect against Zika, the mosquito-...
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UN sends 3.5M emergency yellow fever vaccines to BrazilMar 30, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization said it and partners have shipped 3.5 million doses of yellow fever vaccine to Brazil to help the country stamp out its worst...
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FDA approves 1st drug for aggressive multiple sclerosisMar 29, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. regulators have approved the first drug for an aggressive kind of multiple sclerosis that steadily reduces coordination and the ability to walk...
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FDA approves 1st drug for moderate & severe eczema casesMar 28, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. regulators have approved the first powerful, injected medicine to treat serious cases of the skin condition eczema. The Food and Drug Administr...