1402 Articles Matching "cases"
Number Of Cases Of Mysterious Polio-Like Illness In Children Climbs To Record High, Well Above Previous Years
Dec 12, 2018What's more, CDC officials say many children have lasting paralysis, and close to half the kids diagnosed with it this year were admitted to hospital intensive care units. In other public health news: CRISPR and gene editing ethics; screen time for kids; telemedicine; suicide; and...
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Record number of cases of polio-like illness AFM in US this year
Dec 11, 2018With 24 newly confirmed cases of the polio-like illness acute flaccid myelitis announced Monday, 2018 has become a record year for the illness....
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Ebola cases surge in Congo, with women and children disproportionately sick
Dec 07, 2018There have been 18 more cases of illness and five more deaths reported in just two days in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the Ministry of Health. Since the outbreak began, the total number of probable cases is now 471, including 273 deaths, the ministry reported Thursday....
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Another Tally Puts Autism Cases at 1 in 40
Dec 06, 2018Title: Another Tally Puts Autism Cases at 1 in 40Category: Health NewsCreated: 12/3/2018 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 12/4/2018 12:00:00...
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China reports more African swine fever outbreaks in Beijing, Sichuan, Shaanxi
Dec 06, 2018More African swine fever cases have been detected in the capital Beijing as well as in the provinces of Sichuan and Shaanxi, the agricultural ministry said on Wednesday....
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Police chief apologizes to rape victims and vows reforms in response to CNN investigation
Dec 05, 2018The police chief in Springfield, Missouri, has apologized to the city's sexual assault victims and ordered changes in how the department handles sex crimes cases. The reaction follows a CNN investigation into rape kit destruction that highlighted the agency's practices, which experts called "disturbing."...
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CDC Says Cases Of Mysterious, Polio-Like Illness Are Expected To Decline For Remainder Of 2018
Dec 05, 2018A new task force is starting to understand the underlying cause of Acute Flaccid Myelitis, which appears to be following the same patterns as past years when cases have spiked in the fall....
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Many Cases of Polio-Like Illness in Kids May Be Misdiagnosed
Dec 05, 2018Title: Many Cases of Polio-Like Illness in Kids May Be MisdiagnosedCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/30/2018 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 12/3/2018 12:00:00...
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Global Spike in Measles a 'Serious Concern'
Dec 05, 2018Measles cases surged in 2017, as many countries saw severe outbreaks due to gaps in vaccination coverage, according to new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the CDC. Since 2000, more than 21 million lives have been saved through measles immunizations, but cases reported since 2016 increased by more than 30% worldwide, the report...
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CDC: Cases of Polio-Like Illness May Have Peaked
Dec 05, 2018As of Nov. 30, there had been 134 cases of AFM confirmed in 33 states out of 299 cases reported to the CDC. This is an increase of 18 confirmed cases from the previous week, but most of the latest confirmed cases occurred in September and...
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Blockchain: 3 charts highlight today's infrastructure, interest and initial use cases
Dec 04, 2018HIMSS Analytics found health facilities more prepared for the distributed ledger tech than many might think, but that doesn’t mean they’re making forward progress just...
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Another Tally Puts Autism Cases at 1 in 40
Dec 04, 2018A federal study reported last week that one in 40 children have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and a second study that was published online Dec. 3 in the journal JAMA Pediatrics arrived at the same conclusion. Previously, it was estimated that one in 59 children have...
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Polio-like illness AFM 'appears to have peaked' in US for the year
Dec 04, 2018The number of cases of the polio-like illness acute flaccid myelitis "appears to have peaked" for 2018, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday....
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Distinguishing Child Polio-Like Illness From Similar Diseases
Dec 01, 2018
Johns Hopkins researchers have analyzed patient data from 45 cases of what they thought was acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), the polio-like outbreak occurring in U.S. children, and realized that only 75% of diagnosed cases were AFM.
The researchers say they hope that clearer diagnostic criteria identi......
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Polio cases no longer declining; WHO fears global resurgence
Dec 01, 2018Progress has stalled in ridding the world of polio. An emergency committee of the World Health Organization unanimously agreed Friday to continue to designate the paralyzing disease a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern." WHO originally designated polio in this way in 2014, deeming it a health threat serious enough to endanger communities worldwide....
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Congo Ebola outbreak is 2nd largest, 2nd deadliest
Nov 30, 2018The current Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- with 426 total cases, including 245 deaths -- is now the second largest and second deadliest in history, according to Thursday's report from the nation's Ministry of Health....
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Ebola outbreak in east Congo now world's second biggest
Nov 30, 2018The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is now the second biggest in history, with 426 confirmed and probable cases, the health ministry said late on Thursday....
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Measles surged globally in 2017, health agencies say
Nov 30, 2018Measles cases around the world surged 31% from 2016 to 2017, according to new reports by the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
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Measles cases rise in Europe, Latin America: WHO report
Nov 30, 2018Measles is on the rise around the world and especially in Europe and Latin America, in part because parents shun vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday....
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Ping An Good Doctor showcases AI-powered, unstaffed clinics
Nov 30, 2018The system would also include a smart medicine cabinet that could dispense more than 100...
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