Articles filed under Health Crises
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Adding friendly bacteria to skin lotion wards off bad germsFeb 22, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Bacteria live on everyone's skin, and new research shows some friendly germs produce natural antibiotics that ward off their disease-causing cousins. N...
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Adopted kids see long-lasting effects of Romanian orphanagesFeb 22, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Romanian children adopted from overcrowded orphanages in the 1990s were more likely to suffer psychological problems as adults compared to other children t...
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Testosterone gel shows no benefit for older men's memoriesFeb 21, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Testosterone treatment did not improve older men's memory or mental function in the latest results from landmark government research that challenges the a...
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Mosquito saliva vaccine? NIH tests new way to fight illnessFeb 21, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Wanted: 60 people willing to be bitten by mosquitoes to test a new kind of vaccine - one that acts against the bugs' saliva. Rather than separate vacci...
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Correction: Suicidal Teens-Marriage Laws storyFeb 21, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - In a story Feb. 20 about same-sex marriage laws and teen suicides, The Associated Press, relying on figures published in a JAMA Pediatrics study, reported...
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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...