Articles filed under Health Crises
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UN health chief: Zika virus is 'spreading explosively'Jan 28, 2016 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The Zika virus is "spreading explosively" in the Americas, which could see up to 4 million cases over the next year, international health officials said Th...
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Day hopeful of defending title at Torrey PinesJan 28, 2016 6:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - The best season of Jason Day's career began at the Farmers Insurance Open when he won a four-man playoff, the first of his five victories that for a bri...
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Things to know about the mosquito villain in Zika outbreaksJan 27, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Behind the tropical disease outbreaks that have exploded in Latin America is a tiny menace that just won't go away. It's called the Aedes aegypti (AYE'-d...
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1 inmate in Indiana prison flu outbreak still criticalJan 27, 2016 6:00 am - PUTNAMVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A hospital spokeswoman say one inmate sickened during a flu outbreak at a western Indiana prison where nearly three dozen people became ill rema...
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United, American offering refunds for travel to Zika areasJan 27, 2016 6:00 am - Two major U.S. airlines are offering refunds to passengers worried about the Zika virus outbreak in many tropical countries. United Airlines says customers booked to fly...
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Indiana prison flu outbreak has killed 1, sickened dozensJan 26, 2016 6:00 am - PUTNAMVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A flu outbreak at a western Indiana prison that killed one inmate and has sickened nearly three dozen others is caused by the same swine flu str...
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Task force urges doctors to screen all adults for depressionJan 26, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - All adults, including pregnant women and new mothers, should be screened for depression as a routine part of health care, a government advisory group r...
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Research begins into possibility of a vaccine for Zika virusJan 26, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government is beginning research into a possible vaccine for the mosquito-borne Zika virus that is suspected of causing an unusual birth defec...
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Inmate died from pneumonia after prison sickness outbreakJan 25, 2016 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An inmate who died last week after developing a severe, flu-like illness appears to have succumbed to pneumonia, a coroner said Monday as a western I...
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What to know about the tropical Zika virus in Latin AmericaJan 25, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A rare tropical disease is spreading in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean. The mosquito-borne Zika virus usually causes a mild illness but is now ...