Articles filed under Health Crises
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US Zika case sparks questions about sex and mosquito germsFeb 03, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A sexually transmitted case of Zika in Texas has scientists scrambling to understand how much of a risk infection through sex is for the usually mosquito...
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APNewsbreak: Few Zika samples being shared by BrazilFeb 03, 2016 6:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - U.N. and U.S. health officials tell The Associated Press that Brazil has yet to share enough samples and disease data needed to answer the most wor...
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Controlling mosquitoes will protect against Zika virusFeb 02, 2016 6:00 am - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A Purdue University medical entomologist says taking steps to control mosquitoes and prevent bites can go a long way to protecting public hea...
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Rookie docs can work longer flex hours safely, study findsFeb 02, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Surgery patients fared just as well when junior doctors worked longer than mandated hours in the first major rigorous test of regulations many physicians ...
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Operations normal at Indiana prison after flu outbreakFeb 02, 2016 6:00 am - GREENCASTLE, Ind. (AP) - State officials say normal operations will resume Tuesday at a western Indiana prison where a flu outbreak sickened nearly three dozen and kille...
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AP News Guide: Facts about gene editing as Britain OKs studyFeb 01, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Britain's decision to allow researchers to edit the genes of human embryos - not to create babies but to start unraveling the earliest stages of develo...
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Official: Bird flu cases reminder of need for tracking rulesFeb 01, 2016 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's state veterinarian says a recent bird flu outbreak is a reminder of the importance of all buyers and sellers of poultry to follow state rec...
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Study tries to give C-section babies mom's germs they missedFeb 01, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Sharing bacteria in the operating room normally is a no-no but in a novel experiment, researchers are giving babies born by C-section a dose of presuma...
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Britain approves controversial gene-editing experimentsFeb 01, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - In a landmark decision that some ethicists warned is a step down the path toward "designer babies," Britain gave scientists approval Monday to conduct gene...
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Oxfam: $1.9B in Ebola aid not delivered by donorsJan 31, 2016 6:00 am - ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - International donors have failed to deliver $1.9 billion in promised funds to help West African countries recover from the Ebola epidemic tha...