Articles filed under Health Crises
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This Breathalyzer Detects the FluFeb 02, 2017 6:00 am - A scientist at the University of Texas at Arlington has invented a hand-held breathalyzer that can detect the flu virus. The device-developed by Perena Gouma, a professo...
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Games, crafts, other activities may safeguard aging brainJan 30, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Even in your 70s and beyond, simple activities including web-surfing, playing bridge and socializing can stave off mental decline, new research says. Bene...
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Golden State's Curry out with stomach flu against BlazersJan 29, 2017 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Stephen Curry has been ruled out of Golden State's game Sunday night against the Trail Blazers because of stomach flu. It is the first game Curry h...
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Health experts: Indiana flu season currently ranked minimalJan 28, 2017 6:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - The Indiana State Department of Health says emergency rooms around the state report the number of flu cases is currently below the norm. The (For...
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Gore, others revive canceled US climate and health confabJan 26, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A conference on climate change and health is back on but apparently minus the U.S. government. Several organizers including former Vice President Al Go...
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3 left in race to become UN health agency's next leaderJan 25, 2017 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization has narrowed down the list of candidates to be its next leader to three: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a former Ethiopian h...
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Dying from cancer: Could your location determine your fate?Jan 24, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Americans in certain struggling parts of the country are dying from cancer at rising rates, even as the cancer death rate nationwide continues to fall, an...
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Dying from cancer: Where you live could determine your fateJan 24, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A big new analysis finds that U.S. cancer death rates have steadily climbed in parts of the country struggling with obesity, heavy smoking and other ills....
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US health officials cancel climate conference; don't say whyJan 23, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The government's top public health agency has canceled a conference next month on climate change and health but isn't saying why publicly. But a co-spons...
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1 in 4 US men have cancer-linked HPV genital infectionsJan 19, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The first national estimate suggests that nearly half of U.S. men have genital infections caused by a sexually transmitted virus and that 1 in 4 has strai...