Articles filed under Health Crises
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Pregnant women told to avoid countries with Zika outbreaksJan 15, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Pregnant women should avoid traveling to Latin America and Caribbean countries that have outbreaks of a tropical illness linked to birth defects, health ...
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Cancer 'moonshot' aims to speed fight against No. 2 killerJan 14, 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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Average age of new US moms at all-time high, now over 26Jan 14, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The average age of first-time mothers is at an all-time high in the U.S - over 26. The change is largely due to a big drop in teen moms. But more first b...
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World Health Organization declares Liberia free of EbolaJan 14, 2016 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization has formally announced the end of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, joining Sierra Leone and Guinea - the epicenters of the late...
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Health officials: Dog flu may be in King CountyJan 13, 2016 6:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Health officials in Seattle are warning that a new strain of dog flu that sickened at least 2,000 dogs in 25 states since last spring may be in King Count...
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Implanted coils help some lung disease patients, study saysJan 12, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A novel, minimally invasive way to treat severe breathing problems caused by lung disease showed modest but promising benefits in a small French study. Th...
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Task force: Mammograms an option at 40, do more good at 50Jan 11, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Mammograms do the most good later in life, a government task force declared Monday in recommending that women get one every other year starting at age ...
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Secondhand smoke hits almost half of teens who don't smokeJan 11, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Even though fewer U.S. teens are smoking, secondhand smoke remains a big problem for them, a government study found. Nearly half of nonsmoking kids in mid...
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Q&A on UK's new drinking guidelines, alcohol link to cancerJan 08, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British health officials say drinking alcohol regularly increases the risk of cancer. And they've issued tough new guidelines that could prove hard to swal...
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Cancer now No. 1 killer in 22 states, ahead of heart diseaseJan 07, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - . Cancer death rates actually have been falling for nearly 25 years, but deaths from heart disease - the No. 1 killer nationwide - have been dropping at ...