Articles filed under Health Crises
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New technique opens window into how brain cells communicateJul 20, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The brain's nerve cells communicate by firing messages to each other through junctions called synapses, and problems with those connections are linked ...
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GOP convention planners come down with stomach fluJul 19, 2016 7:00 am - CLEVELAND (AP) - Eleven members of the planning team for the California delegation to the Republican convention were recovering Tuesday from a bout of norovirus, or what...
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Fracking may worsen asthma for nearby residents, study saysJul 18, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Fracking may worsen asthma in children and adults who live near sites where the oil and gas drilling method is used, according to an 8-year study in Penns...
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How does Zika spread? Utah infection raises new questionsJul 18, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials are trying to unravel how a relative may have picked up a Zika infection from a Utah man who died. The tropical virus rarely spreads fro...
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Constable: AIDS lessons help scientist tackle ZikaJul 17, 2016 7:16 am - YouTube Now a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, O'Connor, 39, was continuing a decadelong HIV research project in Br...
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Woman found to spread Zika through sex for 1st timeJul 15, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City woman infected her male partner with Zika virus through sex, the first time female-to-male transmission of the germ has been documented. ...
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Digest this: heavy people may die up to 3 years earlyJul 14, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Being too heavy may cost you your life - literally. Scientists say overweight people die one year earlier than expected and that moderately obese people di...
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Low risk in all but 4 countries of Olympics-related ZikaJul 13, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The upcoming Olympic games are not likely to have a major impact on the spread of Zika virus, although four developing countries could face a substantial...
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Digest this: heavy people may die up to 3 years earlyJul 13, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Being too heavy may cost you your life - literally. Scientists say overweight people die one year earlier than expected and that moderately obese people di...
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New kidneys 40 years apart show transplant progress, hurdlesJul 11, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Brenda Hudson recalls weeks spent in a glass-enclosed isolation room after her first kidney transplant, her family allowed to visit only when suited up...