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FDA crackdown on vaping flavors has blind spot: disposables

A woman holds a Puff Bar flavored disposable vape device in New York. On Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, the U.S.…

February 10, 2020

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Drugs fail to slow decline in inherited Alzheimer’s disease

A doctor looks at a PET brain scan at the Banner Alzheimers Institute in Phoenix. Two experimental drugs failed to…

February 10, 2020

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Pathways Physical Therapy to host free workshop about birth

Women’s health physical therapists from Pathways will share how to reduce pregnancy-related pain, tips for childbirth preparation, positioning to reduce…

February 7, 2020

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Experts scramble, but new virus vaccine may not come in time

French lab scientists in hazmat gear inserting liquid in test tube manipulate potentially infected patient samples at Pasteur Institute in…

February 7, 2020

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More Americans escaping China virus zone quarantined in U.S.

A plane carrying evacuees from the virus zone in China lands at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on Wednesday in…

February 5, 2020

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Centura Health Pharmacy at Mercy to celebrate heart month

For every prescription transferred or new prescription filled at the pharmacy during the month of February, customers will be asked…

February 4, 2020

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Special open enrollment period for former Trinity Healthshare customers

The DOI has received a number of complaints from consumers regarding these companies and is concerned that the companies may…

February 3, 2020

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Mercy to offer free six-session weight management course

The courses will be led by Dr. Sarah Goodpastor, CSU Extension agent Nicole Clark, Flow Wolf and Marge Morris. Topics…

February 3, 2020

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San Juan Regional Medical Center preparing, screening patients for Coronavirus

As a precautionary measure, patients visiting the emergency department and San Juan Health Partners Urgent Care will be asked travel-related…

February 3, 2020

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UN health agency tackles misinformation over virus outbreak

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, waits prior the opening of the 146th session of the…

February 3, 2020

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New China virus details show challenge for outbreak control

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).…

February 3, 2020

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Study is halted as HIV vaccine fails test in South Africa

Pharmacist Mary Chindanyika looks at documents on a fridge containing a trial vaccine against HIV on the outskirts of Cape…

February 3, 2020

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U.S. evacuees ‘relieved’ about quarantine on military base

The main entrance to March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif. Nearly 200 Americans evacuated from China because of the…

January 31, 2020

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FDA approves first treatment for kids with peanut allergy

Eighteen-year-old Nina Nichols takes her daily dose of Palforzia as her mother, Maria Acebal watches, in her home in Washington.…

January 31, 2020

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U.S. beefs up screening of travelers for new virus from China

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks at a news conference about the federal government’s response to a virus…

January 28, 2020

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Arizona, California cases push U.S. tally of new virus to 5

Two new cases were reported Sunday – one in Los Angeles County in California and the other in Maricopa County,…

January 27, 2020

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Chicago woman is 2nd U.S. patient with new virus from China

Robin Addison, a nurse at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Wash., demonstrates how she wears a respirator helmet with…

January 24, 2020

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Weight loss and maintenance support group to meet

Participants will build supportive habits, develop awareness, be surrounded by inspiration and take away resources. For more information, call 382-6461…

January 24, 2020

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High school students can learn about health care jobs

Workshops will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. either in-person or via Zoom live-stream video conferencing. These workshops will…

January 22, 2020

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Science Says: What to know about the viral outbreak in China

Pharmacist Liu Zhuzhen stands near a sign reading “face masks are sold out” at her pharmacy in Shanghai, Tuesday, Jan.…

January 21, 2020

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Washington man is 1st in U.S. to catch new virus from China

People wear face masks as they ride an escalator at the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan.…

January 21, 2020

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Human-to-human transmission of viral pneumonia confirmed in China

Coronavirus could spread more quickly during busy travel season

January 20, 2020

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U.S. to screen airline passengers from China for new illness

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials say they will begin taking temperatures and asking about symptoms of passengers at…

January 18, 2020

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U.S. drinking more now than just before Prohibition

According to federal health statistics, Americans are drinking more now than when Prohibition was enacted a century earlier. What’s more,…

January 18, 2020