Articles filed under Health
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World Health Organization approves 1st quick test for EbolaFeb 19, 2015 10:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - The World Health Organization said Friday it has approved a quick test for Ebola that will dramatically cut the time it takes to determine - with reasonabl...
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Indian health authorizes say 700 have died in flu outbreakFeb 19, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW DELHI (AP) - Health authorities were working to ensure remote hospitals in northern and western India had adequate medical supplies for a flu outbreak that has claim...
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New woes for HealthCare.gov: Wrong tax info sent outFeb 19, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - In a new setback for the health care law and the people it's supposed to help, the government said Friday it made a tax-reporting error that's fouling ...
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Rents rise in US overall but dip in Chicago and MinneapolisFeb 19, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. home rental prices rose at a steady rate in January, but prices barely budged or even dipped in parts of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Real estate...
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Wheaton doctor serves his patients through house callsFeb 19, 2015 10:00 pm - Twenty-three years ago, Dr. Paul Chiang could not have imagined practicing medicine the way he does in 2015. As with many internal medicine doctors finishing their resi...
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Liberia to end Ebola curfew, open land border crossingsFeb 19, 2015 10:00 pm - MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Liberia's president on Friday ordered officials to lift an overnight curfew put in place six months ago to fight the Ebola epidemic and to reope...
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Judge sides with Donald and Ivanka Trump in name litigationFeb 19, 2015 10:00 pm - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - A bankruptcy court judge sided with Donald and Ivanka Trump on Friday, ruling that they can move forward with a lawsuit seeking to strip the T...
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Small fire at nursing home injures fourFeb 19, 2015 12:00 am - A small fire at the Ballard Nursing Center in unincorporated Cook County near Des Plaines sent four people to the hospital Thursday morning. The fire was largely extingu...
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Rauner: Budget cuts won't affect fight against measles outbreakFeb 19, 2015 12:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposed budget cuts to the department of public health would not affect the state's efforts to control the most recent measles outbreak, a Rauner sp...
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UN Ebola chief hails successes, warns of fatigueFeb 18, 2015 10:00 pm - MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - The head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response on Thursday hailed Liberia's success in the fight against the deadly Ebola v...