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People are more likely to buy things when prices end in 99 cents rather than rounded up to the next dollar, or cars with mileage under 1,000 instead of past that mark. Now researchers say something...
DATE: Feb. 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
NEW YORK – It may end up being a bad flu season for kids, but early signs suggest the vaccine is working OK. The vaccine has been more than 50% effective in preventing flu illness severe enough to...
DATE: Feb. 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Aliya Feroe recalls the flustered OB-GYN who referred her to another physician after learning she identified as queer. For Rhi Ledgerwood, who was designated female at birth, identifies as trans...
DATE: Feb. 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
After three siblings were diagnosed with measles at Children’s Hospital Colorado in December, public health officials began tracking down 258 other patients who visited the emergency department...
DATE: Feb. 21, 2020 | UPDATED: 5 days 2 hours ago | CATEGORY: Local News
NEW YORK – A second wave of flu is hitting the U.S., turning this into one of the nastiest seasons for children in a decade. The number of child deaths and the hospitalization rate for youngsters...
DATE: Feb. 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
BEIJING – China’s daily death toll from new virus has topped 100 for first time, with more than 1,000 total deaths recorded, the health ministry announced Tuesday, as the spread of the contagion...
DATE: Feb. 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
WASHINGTON – The U.S. government on Thursday began enforcing restrictions on flavored electronic cigarettes aimed at curbing underage vaping. But some teenagers may be one step ahead of the rules....
DATE: Feb. 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Two experimental drugs failed to prevent or slow mental decline in a study of people who are virtually destined to develop Alzheimer’s disease at a relatively young age because they inherited rare...
DATE: Feb. 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
WASHINGTON – The flu-like virus that exploded from China has researchers worldwide once again scrambling to find a vaccine against a surprise health threat, with no guarantee one will arrive in...
DATE: Feb. 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
FAIRFIELD, Calif. – Two jets carrying about 350 Americans fleeing the virus zone in China arrived Wednesday at an Air Force base in Northern California. Officials said 178 of them will be...
DATE: Feb. 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
GENEVA – The World Health Organization chief has traveled a dozen times to monitor the Ebola response in Congo . But when he planned to visit China’s capital last week over a new viral outbreak...
DATE: Feb. 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
It can spread person to person, even if someone is showing no symptoms. The next in line can continue to pass it on. The incubation period is so long that people may not know where or when they...
DATE: Feb. 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
