Articles filed under Health Crises
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AP Investigation: American company bungled Ebola responseMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. company assigned a crucial role in the efforts to battle Ebola in Sierra Leone made a series of costly mistakes during the 2014 outbreak, an Ass...
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Constable: Digging for a green burialMar 05, 2016 12:00 am - As part of typical newspaper routine, my Daily Herald editors have assigned a reporter to write my obituary this month for use whenever it becomes newsworthy. I always h...
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Studies add more evidence of Zika's risk to pregnant womenMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Zika virus may be linked to a wider variety of "grave outcomes" for developing babies than previously reported - threats that can come at any stage...
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Model aims to tell researchers how infection passes placentaMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Researchers have created a cellular model of the human placenta to help uncover how infections, from toxoplasmosis to the Zika virus, may pass from a m...
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Peanuts for babies? Studies back allergy-preventing strategyMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two new studies bolster evidence that feeding babies peanuts or other allergy-inducing foods is more likely to protect them than to cause problems. One st...
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CDC: Superbugs cause 1 in 7 infections caught in hospitalsMar 03, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Supergerms cause 1 out of 7 infections caught in hospitals, health officials said Thursday. The bugs include the staph infection MRSA (MUR'-suh) and five...
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Study: 1st evidence that Zika may cause temporary paralysisFeb 29, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Scientists may have the first evidence that Zika can cause temporary paralysis, according to a new study of patients who developed the rare condition durin...
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Chicago Zika case confirmedFeb 29, 2016 12:00 am - Hospital officials on Monday announced the first case of Zika virus in Chicago - a woman in her 30s who had recently traveled to Colombia - ABC 7 reported on its website...
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London hospital discharges Scottish nurse who had EbolaFeb 28, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - London's Royal Free Hospital says it has discharged Pauline Cafferkey, the Scottish nurse who has twice recovered from Ebola. Cafferkey, who had been suffe...
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CDC: Zika infections confirmed in 9 pregnant women in USFeb 26, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Zika infections have been confirmed in nine pregnant women in the United States, including one who gave birth to a baby with a rare birth defect, health ...