Articles filed under Health Crises
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Stem cell scientist suspected of involuntary manslaughterJun 22, 2016 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - A disgraced stem cell scientist is facing preliminary charges of involuntary manslaughter in connection with two patients who died after windpipe transp...
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Temporary blindness tied to smartphone use in darkJun 22, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Warning: Looking at your smartphone while lying in bed at night could wreak havoc on your vision. Two women went temporarily blind from constantly checking...
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Temporary blindness linked to smartphone use in the darkJun 22, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Doctors have an unusual warning for anyone prone to checking their smartphones in the dark: make sure you use both eyes. In a letter published in Thursday'...
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Ouch! Flu spray fails again, panel urges shot insteadJun 22, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The nasal spray version of the annual flu vaccine failed to protect kids again last year, the latest in a string of failures that has prompted an expert ...
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Abortion pill requests spike in Zika outbreak countriesJun 22, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Online requests for abortion pills spiked dramatically this year in Brazil, Ecuador and some other Latin American countries that ban abortions, an indica...
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New for-profit medical schools springing up across USJun 21, 2016 7:00 am - BOISE, Idaho (AP) - For-profit medical schools are starting to pop up around the country, promising to create new family doctors for underserved rural regions. Rural sta...
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NIH begins large study of pregnant women in Zika-hit areasJun 21, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Researchers are beginning a study of up to 10,000 pregnant women in Puerto Rico, Brazil and other Zika-hit parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, to...
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Rx pizza: 1 free meal can sway doctor prescribingJun 20, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - As little as one free meal from a drug company can influence which medicines doctors prescribe for Medicare patients, according to a study using Medicare ...
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As Zika looms, US health officials worry about the neighborsJun 20, 2016 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Saron Wyatt pointed to the secluded end of her small street in Houston's impoverished Fifth Ward, where a mound of old tires keeps popping up. Always a tr...
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Nearly 2 million concussions in kids' sports, play yearly?Jun 19, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Nearly 2 million concussions from sports or play activities occur in U.S. children and teens each year and many receive no treatment, according to a new s...