Articles filed under Health Crises
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Tips for giving babies peanut-based foods to prevent allergyJan 05, 2017 6:00 am - New national guidelines say parents can protect their children from becoming allergic to peanuts by feeding them peanut-containing foods as early as 4 to 6 months of age...
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Duck cull in France's foie gras region to contain bird fluJan 05, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French authorities started slaughtering ducks in the main foie gras-producing region on Thursday to try to contain a dangerous form of bird flu. Operations ...
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Brain-injury deaths in high school football players risingJan 05, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Two dozen high school football players died in recent years from traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, and the annual death count has been growing sl...
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Volunteers get bit to test new strategy for malaria vaccineJan 04, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Researchers infected lab mosquitoes with genetically weakened malaria parasites, and then recruited volunteers willing to be bitten - a lot - to test a...
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Albania schools to remain closed amid weather, flu concernsJan 03, 2017 6:00 am - TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Albania is suspending the reopening of schools after the New Year's break because of frigid weather and concern about the spread of flu. A Health ...
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Diet Res-Illusions: Tips from the pros on how to lose weightJan 03, 2017 6:00 am - We make 'em, we break 'em. New Year's diet resolutions fall like needles on Christmas trees as January goes on. Genes can work against us. Metabolism, too. But a food be...
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Hopeful sign in obesity fight? Chubby babies on the declineDec 13, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A decline in chubby babies and toddlers is providing a glimmer of good news in the fight against childhood obesity. The trend was found in a study of chil...
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Surge in drug-affected newborns driven by rural opioid useDec 12, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A surge in U.S infants born with symptoms of withdrawal from heroin or strong prescription painkillers is driven largely by rising drug use among women in...
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Lake Zurich man dies from drug not seen before in Cook CountyDec 09, 2016 12:00 am - A 35-year-old Lake Zurich man was one of two recent deaths attributed to opioids never before seen in Cook County and the number of deaths attributed to a powerful opioi...
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French foie gras producers unworried by bird flu outbreakDec 08, 2016 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Despite a new outbreak of bird flu in France, foie gras producers are confident sales will remain stable during the festive season. Earlier this week, the F...