Articles filed under Health Crises
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All those questions about Zika's threat even touch baseballMay 06, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists know the Zika virus causes devastating birth defects but they can't yet tell how big a threat it is or what to do about it. It's not just pr...
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Study strengthens suspected link between Zika and paralysisMay 05, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A study in Brazil found nearly 90 percent of people with a rare paralyzing condition said they had symptoms of Zika earlier - contributing to mounting ev...
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Robot stitches tissue by itself, a step to more automated ORMay 04, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Getting stitched up by Dr. Robot may one day be reality: Scientists have created a robotic system that did just that in living animals without a real d...
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Bird flu forces slaughter of 39K turkeys at Missouri farmMay 04, 2016 7:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A southwestern Missouri turkey farm where bird flu was found remains quarantined after 39,000 of its birds were destroyed last week as a precauti...
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CDC: Preschoolers with ADHD often given drugs before therapyMay 03, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Too many preschoolers with ADHD still are being put on drugs right away, before behavior therapy is tried, health officials say. The Centers for Disease ...
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Constable: Mother's Day a matter of perspectiveMay 03, 2016 5:00 am - My cellphone rings a little late on a weeknight for a work call, so I'm figuring this call probably will be another annoying recording telling me that I won a “luxury cr...
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Chronic insomnia? Docs urged to try behavior therapy firstMay 02, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Tossing and turning night after night? Don't automatically reach for the pill bottle. New guidelines say the first choice to treat chronic insomnia sho...
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Monkey bars alert: Playground concussions are on the riseMay 02, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Playground concussions are on the rise, according to a new government study, and monkey bars and swings are most often involved. Most injuries studied wer...
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Study: Football concussions and resuming play vary by ageMay 02, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Younger football players are more likely to return to the field less than a day after suffering concussions than those in high school and college, accordi...
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Bird flu quarantine lifted at last of 10 Indiana farmsMay 02, 2016 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The last remaining quarantine imposed last winter on southwestern Indiana poultry farms swept by a bird flu outbreak has been lifted, a step official...