Articles filed under Health
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Des Plaines Fire Department offers free CPR classesOct 23, 2014 1:01 am - The Des Plaines Fire Department is hosting free CPR instruction classes for residents next week. The classes will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 29 and from 9 a.m. ...
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Poll: Many doubt hospitals can handle EbolaOct 23, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Most Americans have some confidence that the U.S. health care system will prevent Ebola from spreading in this country, but they're not so sure their local ...
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Red Cross official: 6 months to contain EbolaOct 22, 2014 1:01 am - BEIJING - A top Red Cross official said Wednesday that he is confident the Ebola epidemic that has killed thousands of people in West Africa can be contained within four...
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U.S. to track everyone coming from Ebola nationsOct 22, 2014 1:01 am - ATLANTA - All travelers who come into the U.S. from three Ebola-stricken West African nations will now be monitored for three weeks, the latest step by federal officials...
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Seminar on macular degeneration Nov. 2 in Elk Grove VillageOct 22, 2014 1:01 am - A free seminar is being offered Nov. 2 in Elk Grove Village on age-related macular degeneration. The event will feature Dr. Timothy Schoen, an expert on retinal diseases...
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CDH proposes $14.2 million expansion of Winfield campusOct 22, 2014 1:00 am - Central DuPage Hospital is hoping to pursue a $14.2 million plan to modernize its pediatrics unit and neonatal intensive care unit. The Winfield-based hospital earlier t...
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Adult may be in the clear after Chicago Ebola screening; child still quarantinedOct 22, 2014 1:00 am - An adult admitted to Rush University Medical Center Tuesday for Ebola virus monitoring after flying from Liberia was listed in good condition Wednesday and removed from ...
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Ebola: Why virus kills some, other people surviveOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - People who shared an apartment with the country's first Ebola patient are emerging from quarantine healthy. And while Thomas Eric Duncan died and two U.S. n...
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If no checks, more Ebola cases might leave AfricaOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - LONDON - A new study underscores the potential danger of airplane passengers infected with Ebola leaving West Africa: If there were no exit screening in place, researche...
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Mother of nurse with Ebola says she's doing wellOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - ATLANTA - The mother of a nurse infected with the Ebola virus says her daughter is doing well and the family is relieved new guidelines for treating patients with the di...