Articles filed under Health Crises
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Officials: Zika spread through sex by man with no symptomsAug 26, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials on Friday reported the first case of Zika spread through sex by a man with no symptoms of the disease. In the other 21 U.S. cases o...
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Alaska identifies first case of H5N2 bird fluAug 26, 2016 7:00 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The bird flu strain that wiped out millions of turkeys and chickens in the Midwest last year has been found in Alaska for the first time. State ...
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Survival of quake victims depends on many factorsAug 26, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - How long can people survive in the rubble of an earthquake? A week or more under the best circumstances, some experts say. That means the trapped victims...
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Study finds most teens vaping fruity flavors, not nicotineAug 25, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials warn that electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices are poisoning kids with nicotine. But new research suggests that most teens are...
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Hawthorn Woods mom finds healing in helping othersAug 25, 2016 6:00 am - When Ciri Stom lost her 18-year-old son Jeremy to a heroin overdose in 2009, her world collapsed. “I would cry and say there's nothing worse. What else can happen tha...
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Violence has taken years off of life expectancy in SyriaAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The ongoing violence in Syria has taken years off of people's life expectancy, according to a new analysis published in the journal Lancet on Wednesday. Si...
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Fists not football: Brain injuries seen in domestic assaultsAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - There are no bomb blasts or collisions with burly linemen in Susan Contreras' past. Her headaches, memory loss and bouts of confused thinking were a myste...
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How EpiPen's maker raised prices, and hackles, so muchAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Sky-high price hikes for EpiPen, the injected emergency medicine for severe allergic reactions to foods and bug bites, have made its maker the lates...
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Constable: How a deacon's quest helps cows battle malaria in UgandaAug 23, 2016 5:30 am - A charity crusader known as "Deacon Don," Arlington Heights' Don Grossnickle works through his recent diagnosis of Stage 4 advanced heart failure by focusing on preventi...
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Chickens flock back to state fairs after bird flu outbreakAug 20, 2016 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese are flocking back to state fairs across the country after a one-year absence due to a historic bird flu outbreak th...