Articles filed under Health
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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...
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Court: Not disclosing HIV before sex is a misdemeanorFeb 18, 2015 10:00 pm - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - An HIV-positive man who told a partner that they could safely have unprotected sex should face a misdemeanor reckless endangerment charge, not a felo...
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Healthy? No thanks: Diets of people worldwide are worseningFeb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - There may be more fruit, vegetables and healthy options available than ever before, but the world is mostly hungry for junk food, according to a study of e...
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Liberia leader to visit US, 1st visit since Ebola outbreakFeb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The president of Liberia will visit the United States later this month, her first trip to the country since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Presiden...
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Hyatt Hotels 4Q adjusted profit tops Wall Street's viewFeb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - Hyatt Hotels Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit rose, benefiting from a gain on the sale of real estate. The Chicago-based company earned $182 million, or $1.2...
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Home construction slips in JanuaryFeb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. homebuilders slowed the pace of construction in January, breaking ground on fewer single-family houses ahead of the spring buying season. Housing ...