Articles filed under Health Crises
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Old mold from penicillin discoverer auctioned for $14,617Mar 01, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - How much is an old, dried out piece of mold worth? Apparently more than $14,600 if it was created by the doctor who discovered penicillin. The nearly 90-ye...
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Number of suspected mumps cases at 3 Barrington schools now at 12Mar 01, 2017 12:00 am - Health officials said Thursday there are two confirmed cases of mumps at Barrington High School and they have identified 10 probable cases of the disease at the high sch...
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New help for that bane of middle-age: blurry close-up visionFeb 28, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Squinting while texting? Always losing your reading glasses? An eye implant that takes about 10 minutes to put in place is the newest in a list of surg...
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Gene therapy to fight a blood cancer succeeds in major studyFeb 28, 2017 6:00 am - An experimental gene therapy that turns a patient's own blood cells into cancer killers worked in a major study, with more than one-third of very sick lymphoma patients ...
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Colorectal cancer rare but rising among millennials, Gen XFeb 28, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Colorectal cancer mostly strikes middle-aged and older people, but new research shows a disturbing rise in cases among young adults. Tuesday's study by...
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Doctors warn against teen pot use amid looser marijuana lawsFeb 27, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An influential doctors group is beefing up warnings about marijuana's potential harms for teens amid increasingly lax laws and attitudes on pot use. Many ...
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The dirty dozen: UN issues list of 12 most worrying bacteriaFeb 27, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization has issued a list of the top dozen bacteria most dangerous to humans, warning that doctors are fast running out of treatment ...
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Jason Day withdraws from World Golf Championship in MexicoFeb 26, 2017 6:00 am - PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Jason Day has withdrawn from the Mexico Championship because of an infection in both ears and the flu. The World Golf Championship, to be ...
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IU Health restricts visitors at 2 hospitals over fluFeb 24, 2017 6:00 am - MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - Indiana University Health has imposed temporary restrictions on visitors at two of its hospitals in east central Indiana because of an increase in fl...
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Slammed by the flu, businesses scramble to get work doneFeb 22, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The flu season has slammed many small businesses, weakening already thin staffing levels and forcing some owners to scramble to cover shifts or get the w...