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Flu has arrived earlier, and its symptoms are severe The flu season started earlier this year than the past two seasons, saw a rapid rise in cases in recent weeks and may already be near a peak.
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This Is How Bad This Flu Season Is The current flu season has produced overcrowded emergency rooms and medication shortages. CDC officials say there are a number of reasons for the flu's severity this year.
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Scientists seek super-shot for flu 100 years after pandemic Biologist Rebecca Gillespie holds a vial of flu-fighting antibodies at the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, in Bethesda, Md.
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Scientists seek super-shot for flu 100 years after pandemic Add Flu Season as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Flu Season news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Flu Season. Add Interest.
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Reduce Legal Blood-Alcohol Limit to Cut Drunk Driving Deaths: Report WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Lower legal blood alcohol levels for drivers are needed to eliminate drunk driving deaths in the United States, according to a new report.
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Doctors warn of severe and deadly flu cases The current flu season may be reaching its peak. New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a serious influenza outbreak from coast to coast.
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Science panel recommends lowering blood-alcohol threshold for drunken driving In this Dec. 29, 2011 photo, a car approaches a sobriety checkpoint set up along a busy street in Albuquerque, N.M. A scientific panel is recommending that states significantly lower their drunken driving thresholds as part of a blueprint to eliminate ...
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Experts recommend lower drunken driving threshold to prevent deaths WASHINGTON - A prestigious scientific panel is recommending that states significantly lower their drunken driving thresholds as part of a blueprint to eliminate the "entirely preventable" 10,000 alcohol-impaired driving deaths in the United States ...
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Century After Pandemic, Science Takes Its Best Shot at Flu Scientists hunting universal vaccine to protect against regular winter flu _ and the next super-flu, too. Jan. 17, 2018, at 8:58 a.m.. Century After Pandemic, Science Takes Its Best Shot at Flu. Share. ×. Share on Facebook · Post on Twitter · Post to ...
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'It's Actually a Nightmare.' Mother Warns Others After 10-Year-Old Suddenly Dies From Flu The mother of a healthy 10-year-old Connecticut boy who died suddenly of complications from the flu is warning other parents to watch their children closely during one of the most active flu seasons in years.
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Science panel's sweeping recommendations on drunken driving FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2011 file photo, a car approaches a sobriety checkpoint set up along a busy street in Albuquerque, N.M. A prestigious scientific panel is recommending that states significantly lower their drunken... WASHINGTON (AP) - The ...
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VIDEO: 40-year-old San Jose woman dies 2 days after catching the flu SAN JOSE (KRON) - The family of a South Bay woman who died after contracting the flu is speaking about her death in the hope it will alert others to the spread of the potentially deadly virus.
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Restaurants fear reducing the blood-alcohol content for drunken driving could keep customers home Bar and restaurant owners are concerned that a recommendation to reduce the blood-alcohol level for drunken driving from 0.08 to 0.05 percent could have "a chilling effect" and cause patrons to stay home.
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Trump's Height and Weight Puts Him Just on the Cusp of Obesity If he were one pound heavier, or a half-inch shorter, the numbers wouldn't be so forgiving. By Jeremy Samuel Faust. Jan 16, 20185:20 PM.
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[WATCH] Influenza cases skyrocket as doctors talk of 'worst flu season ever' The influenza season has been particularly bad this year, with Mater Dei hospital being swamped with people presenting severe flu symptoms.
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Mystery deepens over mass die-off of antelopes A mass die-off of wild antelopes in Kazakhstan was triggered by environmental factors, scientists believe. More than 200,000 saiga antelopes collapsed and died suddenly in 2015, wiping out most of the global population.
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Pennsylvania says flu cases have increased 'sharply' HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) - The Pennsylvania Department of Health says information from hospital emergency rooms medical providers indicate that flu activity has increased sharply from past weeks.
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Walmart Offers Product To Destroy Leftover Opioids, But Critics Say It's Unnecessary On Wednesday Walmart began distributing a new solution to help customers dispose of leftover opioid prescriptions. But CDC says, just flush them down the toilet.
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Scientists just uncovered the cause of a massive epidemic using 500-year-old teeth Nearly 500 years ago in what we now call Mexico, a disease started rippling through the population. Red spots appeared on the skin, accompanied by wretched vomiting, bleeding from multiple orifices, and eventually, death.
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Flu Complications, Leading To Pneumonia And Sepsis, Killed 10-Year-Old Nico Mallozzi A 10-year-old Connecticut boy died during a school sports trip over the weekend of complications from flu that led to pneumonia and sepsis, according to officials.
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Health department reports 2nd case of measles in 2 days at O'Hare Passengers with measles arrived at O'Hare's international terminal Jan. 9 and Jan. 10, 2018, in unrelated cases, officials say.
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Concerns Grow That Infections From 'Zombie Deer' Meat Can Jump To Humans Would you eat venison if there was a chance it could slowly eat away at your brain? If there's a slight possibility, it doesn't bother Patrick States.
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Could Colorado's Zombie Deer Disease Ever Spread To People? A deer head turned in for Chronic Wasting Disease testing in Fort Collins, Colo. It's skinless because the animal had previously been taken to a taxidermist.
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Trump's Physical Revealed Serious Heart Concerns, Outside Experts Say WASHINGTON - Cardiologists not associated with the White House said Wednesday that President Trump's physical exam revealed serious heart concerns, including very high levels of so-called bad cholesterol, which raises the risk that Mr. Trump could ...
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California Mom, 40, Who Competed in Marathons Dies Two Days After Flu Diagnosis A mother of three from California, who was an avid runner and enjoyed being active, died within days of showing symptoms of influenza—a virus that has led to the deaths of dozens of people in the state and across the country this season.
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Flu kills 10-year-old Connecticut boy who traveled to hockey tournament A 10-year-old Connecticut boy attending a hockey tournament in neighboring New York state has died from complications caused by the flu.
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State officials say flu 'very virulent' this year Raleigh, N.C. - This year's flu season has gotten off to an early start and will only get worse in the coming weeks, North Carolina Secretary for Health and Human Services Dr.
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Judge orders Illinois to expand medical marijuana qualifying conditions to include pain The drying room at Revolution Enterprise's medical cannabis cultivation facility in Delavan, Ill., near Peoria. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune).
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As opioid crisis rages, Walmart hopes this powder packet will keep people from abusing painkillers In an effort to help fight the nation's opioid epidemic, Walmart is giving its pharmacy customers a free drug disposal product to help customers safely discard of painkillers they don't want or need.
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A family's wrenching goodbye to their 5-year-old touched hearts. Days later, she died. Braylynn Lawhon's nickname was Princess Bel. Nurses in Florida recently dressed the terminally ill 5-year-old girl in a canary yellow ball gown, "hoping she'll wake up and lose her mind over how she turned into a princess overnight," her mother wrote ...
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Twin States Battle Flu Lebanon - The number of cases of flu and flu-like symptoms appear to be peaking in the Upper Valley and beyond in recent weeks. As the number of cases peak, public health officials are urging those who have not yet gotten a flu shot to get one and ...
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US plastic surgeon arrested after allegedly showing up to operate on a patient while drunk HAVING surgery is daunting at the best of times. But when your doctor turns up to work wasted? It's the stuff of nightmares. Nicole Darrah.
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Child in heartbreaking photo dies of aggressive brain cancer PENSACOLA, Fla. - A 5-year-old whose photo with her grandfather touched the hearts of people all over the world has died of an aggressive form of brain cancer.
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Anxiety Could Be an Early Sign of Alzheimer's Disease According to a new study, anxiety could be a harbinger of Alzheimer's disease. It would be triggered years before cognitive impairment occurs.
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Veteran Sues After Scalpel Found Inside His Body 4 Years After Surgery Glenford Turner had surgery in 2013 at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut. Four years later, according to a new lawsuit, doctors discovered that a sharp metal surgical instrument had been accidentally left inside the Army veteran's body.
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Donald Trump Weight: Critics Think Trump Is Lying About His Weight To Avoid Admitting He Is Obese Donald Trump has a weight problem, a newly released report from the president's doctor shows, but critics think that Trump may be lying to save himself the embarrassment of admitting that he is obese.
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Obesity care often team effort between primary care, community resources Obesity in the United States is a common and costly problem, and for many of my primary care patients it decreases quality of life.
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Trump is a schlub, but no more than most Americans President Donald Trump is overweight but not quite obese and while he struggles to control his cholesterol, he has no indication of heart disease, his physician said Tuesday.
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Army veteran claims doctors left scalpel inside his abdomen NEW HAVEN (WTIC) - An Army veteran is suing the West Haven Veteran Administration Hospital after doctors find a scalpel that had been left in his body four years earlier.
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Are Rats Innocent of Spreading the Black Plague? A new study suggests that human parasites—like fleas and lice—and not rats, may be responsible for spreading the Black Death that killed millions of people in Medieval Europe.
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Flu-related deaths hit record-high 142 as epidemic surges in San Diego County The latest weekly flu report from the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency shows that the flu continues to kill local residents.
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Pioneering HIV Researcher Mathilde Krim Remembered For Her Activism With the death of biologist Mathilde Krim on Monday, at the age of 91 at her home in New York, the world lost a pioneering scientist, activist and fundraiser in AIDS research.
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Hamilton hospitals over capacity as flu season surges Emergency rooms in Hamilton are over capacity, as local hospitals feel the strain of flu season spreading through the city. Health officials across the country are reporting higher than normal lab-confirmed cases of the flu.
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