Articles filed under Health
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Sickweather app has a few bugs in the systemMar 21, 2015 7:31 am - We are coming out of one of the worst flu seasons in years. As of mid-February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported, flu activity had been elevated f...
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Potent groups take sides on House Medicare planMar 21, 2015 1:00 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A budding bipartisan deal to shelter physicians from Medicare cuts, championed by the House's two top leaders, is drawing powerful all...
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Rejected by Palatine, medical marijuana facility tries Rolling MeadowsMar 20, 2015 5:00 am - A medical marijuana dispensary that was licensed by the state but denied in Palatine is now looking to open in Rolling Meadows instead. Representatives from Nature's Car...
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U.S. wants to know chemicals used in frackingMar 20, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said Friday it is requiring companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic ...
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Liberia: Families of health workers killed by Ebola get $5kMar 18, 2015 11:00 pm - MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Liberia's government has begun making payments to the families of health workers who died of Ebola in the world's worst ever outbreak, an offici...
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Trump says his business experience would play well in gov'tMar 18, 2015 11:00 pm - AMHERST, N.H. (AP) - Real estate mogul Donald Trump, a day after announcing he'll form a presidential exploratory committee, told activists on Thursday his business expe...
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5 key findings from AP's story on WHO and the Ebola outbreakMar 18, 2015 11:00 pm - GENEVA (AP) - In the aftermath of the world's biggest outbreak of Ebola, the World Health Organization acknowledged it was too slow to act, blaming factors including a l...
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Would harder to crush pills help curb drug addiction?Mar 18, 2015 1:00 am - Terri Bartlett of McHenry told lawmakers Wednesday her son would have been less likely to go down the path of the drug addiction that killed him if pills were harder to ...
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Bush served on board of Florida timber firm facing lawsuitsMar 17, 2015 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - In a public move presaging his run for the White House, Jeb Bush resigned from corporate positions at the end of last year. Less noticed: One of the co...
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2 more aid workers flown back to US for Ebola monitoringMar 17, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials say two more American aid workers arrived in the United States on Wednesday night to be monitored for Ebola. The two bring to 17 the num...