Articles filed under Health Crises
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Talk to babies and let them babble back to bridge word gapFeb 18, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Even infants can have conversations with mom or dad. Their turn just tends to involve a smile or some gibberish instead of words. That's a key lesson f...
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AP Explains: Why there's a US surge in mumps despite vaccineFeb 17, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Fifty years ago, mumps was once a childhood rite of passage of puffy cheeks and swollen jaws. That all changed with the arrival of a vaccine in the late ...
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Talk to babies and let them babble back to bridge word gapFeb 17, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Even infants can have conversations with mom or dad. Their turn just tends to involve a smile or some gibberish instead of words. That's a key lesson f...
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China closes live poultry markets amid deadly flu outbreakFeb 17, 2017 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China is ordering the closure of live poultry markets in its south-central regions as it grapples with the worst outbreak of bird flu in years that has ki...
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New mosquito trap smart enough to keep just the bad bugsFeb 16, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A smart trap for mosquitoes? A new high-tech version is promising to catch the bloodsuckers while letting friendlier insects escape - and even record t...
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US flu vaccine a good match; season moderate so farFeb 16, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - This season's flu vaccine seems to be working pretty well, weakening the punch of a nasty bug that's going around, U.S. health officials said Thursday. P...
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Kids with ADHD have some smaller brain regions than normalFeb 15, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder have several brain regions that are slightly smaller than usual, more evidence that the disorder sho...
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Could gene editing help avoid disease? MaybeFeb 15, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Don't expect designer babies any time soon - but a major new ethics report leaves open the possibility of one day altering human heredity to fight gene...
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Surgeons rude to patients may pose problem in OR, study saysFeb 15, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Surgeons who are rude to patients and others may pose a problem in the operating room, according to a study linking unprofessional doctor behavior with in...
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China Jan. bird flu deaths hit 79, most since at least 2013Feb 15, 2017 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - An outbreak of H7N9 bird flu in China killed 79 people in January, the most in a single month in at least three years, the country's national health autho...