Articles filed under Health Crises
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Global Vaccine promises $5 million to develop Ebola vaccineJan 20, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The global vaccine alliance GAVI says it will donate $5 million toward developing the leading Ebola vaccine, hoping that it will be approved by a regulator...
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Q&A: Details about the latest round of bird fluJan 20, 2016 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - In just a few days, a bird flu virus has led to the deaths of more than 400,000 turkeys and chickens on 10 farms in a southwest Indiana county that's...
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HIV testing uncommon in teens despite recommendations: CDCJan 19, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Fewer than 1 in 4 high school students who've had sex have ever been tested for HIV, a troubling low rate that didn't budge over eight years, government r...
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CDC trying to curb overuse of antibiotics amid cold, flu seasonsJan 19, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - 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. Despite ...
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156K chickens added to list of birds being euthanizedJan 19, 2016 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Animal health officials investigating a bird flu strain that affected 10 turkey farms in southwestern Indiana have added 156,000 chickens to the list...
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CDC: Ask pregnant women about trips to Zika outbreak areasJan 19, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials issued new guidance Tuesday for doctors whose pregnant patients may have traveled to regions with a tropical illness linked to birt...
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Whooping cough reported at Warren Twp. High SchoolJan 19, 2016 12:00 am - A case of whooping cough at Warren Township High School in Gurnee has been confirmed by Lake County health officials, ABC 7 reported. In a letter to parents, the school ...
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Sierra Leone identifies more than 100 contacts in Ebola caseJan 18, 2016 6:00 am - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Sierra Leone has identified more than 100 contacts of a new Ebola case that emerged in the West African nation's north last week, and 28 of...
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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, ...