Articles filed under Health Crises
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Study: Transgender children allowed to live openly fare wellFeb 26, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Young transgender children allowed to live openly as the gender they identify with fared as well psychologically as other kids in a small study that sugge...
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UN: Women in Zika countries should breastfeed their babiesFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization says women in countries hit by the Zika virus should breastfeed their babies and there is no proof the disease can spread to ...
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Stillbirth offers another clue to possible damage from ZikaFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A stillbirth in Brazil is offering another clue to possible health effects of the Zika virus, this time beyond the developing brain. In addition to a d...
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Cleveland surgeons perform nation's first uterus transplantFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - CLEVELAND (AP) - Surgeons in Cleveland say they have performed the nation's first uterus transplant, a new frontier that aims to give women who lack wombs a chance at pr...
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NIH taking first steps on huge precision medicine projectFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama held out the promise of medical breakthroughs Thursday as his administration moved ahead with a major project to learn how to be...
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Flu vaccine more effective this year; milder season so farFeb 24, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The flu vaccine is doing a better job this year. Preliminary data suggest it is 59 percent effective. That's a big improvement from last winter's nasty f...
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Small study suggests ZMapp may boost Ebola virus survivalFeb 24, 2016 6:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A tiny study suggests that the experimental Ebola treatment ZMapp sharply increases the chance of surviving the deadly virus. The study included onl...
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Study finds anti-AIDS vaginal ring partially protects womenFeb 23, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In a new approach to HIV prevention, women modestly reduced their risk of infection by inserting a vaginal ring coated with an anti-AIDS drug once a mo...
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CDC: 14 more US reports of possible Zika spread through sexFeb 23, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials are investigating more than a dozen possible Zika infections that may have been spread through sex. The 14 cases all involve men wh...
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CDC: 1 in 2 black gay men in US will be diagnosed with HIVFeb 23, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - About half of gay and bisexual black men will be diagnosed with the AIDS virus in their lifetime, according to new government estimates. Overall, for the...