Articles filed under Health Crises
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HEALTHBEAT: Complex issue of when to stop mammogramsJan 18, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Lost in the arguing over whether women should begin mammograms at age 40 or 50 or somewhere in between is the issue they'll all eventually face: when t...
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Frigid air slows efforts to euthanize turkeys in IndianaJan 18, 2016 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Frigid temperatures are hampering efforts to euthanize turkeys at several southwestern Indiana farms where a strain of bird flu was found last week, ...
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Effort to curb overuse of antibiotics amid cold, flu seasonsJan 18, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - It's cold season, and the miserable continue to trudge in, seeking antibiotics because of mucus turned green, or a cough that has nagged for weeks. Des...
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Indiana officials: No new bird flu infections reportedJan 17, 2016 6:00 am - HUNTINGBURG, Ind. (AP) - No additional turkey farms in a southern Indiana county have tested positive for bird flu since an outbreak at 10 farms, where nearly 250,000 tu...
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9 more Indiana turkey farms infected with bird fluJan 16, 2016 6:00 am - HUNTINGBURG, Ind. (AP) - Turkeys tested positive for bird flu at nine more Indiana farms near the location where authorities first confirmed a strain different from the ...
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New Jersey wants lawsuit from Ebola-quarantined nurse tossedJan 15, 2016 6:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Lawyers for Gov. Chris Christie and state health officials asked a judge Friday to throw out a lawsuit from a nurse who was quarantined because she ...
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New Ebola case emerges in setback for Sierra LeoneJan 15, 2016 6:00 am - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - A woman who died this week in Sierra Leone tested positive for Ebola, officials said Friday, a setback for the region that comes only a day...
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Bird flu found at Indiana turkey farm not same as 2015 virusJan 15, 2016 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A bird flu virus that's a different strain than the one that ravaged turkey and chicken farms in the Midwest last summer has been found at a southern...
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Cancer 'moonshot' aims to speed fight against No. 2 killerJan 15, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Harking back to America's triumphant race into space, the Obama administration is launching what it calls a "moonshot" effort to cure cancer. Don't exp...
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Correction: Cruise Ships-Stomach Bugs storyJan 15, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In a story Jan. 15 about illnesses on cruise ships, The Associated Press erroneously described the drop in illnesses caused by stomach bugs. Since 1990, ...