Articles filed under Health Crises
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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...
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CDC: Puerto Rico may see hundreds of Zika birth defectsJun 17, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Dozens or hundreds of babies in Puerto Rico could develop severe birth defects because of Zika, based on how an outbreak is playing out there, a top U.S....
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Up to 1 in 5 trauma deaths could be prevented, study saysJun 17, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Up to 1 in 5 people may be dying unnecessarily from car crashes, gunshots or other injuries, a stark conclusion from government advisers who say where ...
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CDC: 3 babies with Zika-linked birth defects born in USJun 16, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Three babies with Zika-linked birth defects have been born in the U.S., the government reported Thursday in its first accounting of outcomes for pregnant...
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Coffee struck from list of possible cancer-causing agentsJun 15, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Go on, have another cup. Coffee is now off the list of things that could possibly cause cancer. Experts convened by the World Health Organization's cancer ...
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Zika infections late in pregnancy led to no defects in studyJun 15, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Women infected with the Zika virus late in their pregnancies had babies with no apparent birth defects, according to a study in Colombia that seems to co...
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Hints that antibiotics, C-sections may affect baby gut bugsJun 15, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Two new studies are offering some of the clearest snapshots yet of how babies build up protective gut bacteria, adding to evidence that antibiotics and...