Articles filed under Health Crises
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Mosquito tidbits: First wave will hit in mid-MayMay 02, 2016 5:45 am - Mosquito-related things we learned while working on this report: • The mild and relatively dry winter was good for mosquito reproduction, but Clarke Environmental of St....
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As mosquito season begins, will Zika strike here?May 02, 2016 5:00 am - West Nile virus. Sunburn. Lyme disease. Do we need to add Zika virus to the list of ways nature could hurt us this summer? The answer is: No. Yes. Maybe. It depends on w...
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Monkey bars alert: Playground concussions are on the riseMay 01, 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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Top-seeded Timea Bacsinszky wins in MoroccoApr 30, 2016 7:00 am - RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Top-seeded Timea Bacsinszky comfortably beat qualifier Marina Erakovic of New Zealand 6-2, 6-1 to win the Grand Prix SAR on Saturday. It was a four...
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Top-seeded Timea Bacsinszky reaches Grand Prix SAR finalApr 29, 2016 7:00 am - RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Top-seeded Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland beat fifth-seeded Timea Babos of Hungary 6-4, 7-5 on Friday to reach the Grand Prix SAR final, where she...
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CDC: Teen birth rates plunge, but racial disparities persistApr 28, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Birth rates are falling dramatically for black and Hispanic teenagers, but they continue to be much higher than the birth rate for white teens. The Hispa...
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Bacsinszky survives scare to reach Grand Prix SAR quartersApr 27, 2016 7:00 am - RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Top-seeded Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland overcame five breaks of serve to beat Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 and reach the quarterfin...
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Top-seeded Bacsinszky eases into Grand Prix SAR second roundApr 26, 2016 7:00 am - RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Top-seeded Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland beat Anna Blinkova of Russia 6-4, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Grand Prix SAR on Tuesday. The 15...
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Report: Third of suicides in US are among middle-aged whitesApr 22, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Middle-aged white people now account for a third of all suicides in the U.S., a new government report shows. Suicide is the nation's 10th leading cause o...
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Mild flu season winding down, still widespread in NortheastApr 22, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Flu season is winding down, and it's been a relatively mild one. It's not over - flu is still widespread in 14 states, mostly in the Northeast. But healt...