Articles filed under Health
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Team climbs Willis Tower in honor of Arlington Heights boyNov 02, 2014 12:01 am - A team of more than 40 people climbed the stairs at Chicago's Willis Tower on Sunday in honor of an Arlington Heights boy who team members hope will soon be able to tack...
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IDPH: Maine nurse would not be quarantined in IllinoisNov 01, 2014 7:45 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health's guidelines on Ebola monitoring exactly matches the ruling made by a Maine judge on Friday regarding nurse Kaci Hickox, authori...
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Americans' new way of losing pounds is leaving Weight Watchers behindNov 01, 2014 7:43 am - This should be the perfect time for a company such as Weight Watchers to thrive. The United States is still one of the fattest nations on the planet, with a third of the...
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Soldier or civilian, Ebola protocols not the sameOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - A U.S. soldier returning from an Ebola response mission in West Africa would have to spend 21 days being monitored, isolated in a military facility away fro...
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Samsung Life told to brace for 96-year life spansOct 30, 2014 1:01 am - South Korea's insurers have been told by regulators to boost capital to prepare for an aging population, with the United Nations predicting a world-beating average life ...
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AP: U.S. health care unprepared for EbolaOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - The U.S. health care apparatus is so unprepared and short on resources to deal with the deadly Ebola virus that even small clusters of cases could overwhelm parts of the...
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Sandy's mental health impact looms largeOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - LONG BEACH, N.Y. - Kathy and Mark Michaels huddled in the attic of their Long Beach home as Superstorm Sandy turned streets into canals, ripped apart the iconic boardwal...
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Funding to tame an Ebola outbreak has fallen shortOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - The nation's preparedness effort to fight outbreaks of Ebola and other infectious diseases has been underfunded and lacking in political will and commitment. "We don't r...
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Nurse who had Ebola released from hospitalOct 28, 2014 1:00 am - ATLANTA — A Dallas nurse who flew from Texas to Ohio and back before being diagnosed with Ebola was released from an Atlanta hospital Tuesday after tests showed she's vi...
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Donations and volunteers make new Ronald McDonald House possible in DuPageOct 27, 2014 11:00 am - Katie Allabough counts herself blessed to have a happy, healthy 5-year-old daughter. She knows not everyone is so lucky, that there are many families who have a child wh...