AP Top Health News At 3 p.m. EDT
Updated: 1 day 26 min ago
Mon, 08/23/2010 - 13:56
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
2010-08-23T18:56:15Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Need an X-ray or stitches? Online, via text message or flashing on a billboard, some emergency rooms are advertising how long the dreaded wait for care will be, with estimates updated every few minutes....
Mon, 08/23/2010 - 10:04
By ALINA WOLFE MURRAY
2010-08-23T15:04:06Z
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- No sutures and other basics; a dire shortage of staff; catastrophic hygiene; then this - a hospital blaze that killed five premature babies. Romania's hospital system is on the ropes....
Mon, 08/23/2010 - 10:04
By ALINA WOLFE MURRAY
2010-08-23T15:04:06Z
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- No sutures and other basics; a dire shortage of staff; catastrophic hygiene; then this - a hospital blaze that killed five premature babies. Romania's hospital system is on the ropes....
Mon, 08/23/2010 - 10:04
By ALINA WOLFE MURRAY
2010-08-23T15:04:06Z
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- No sutures and other basics; a dire shortage of staff; catastrophic hygiene; then this - a hospital blaze that killed five premature babies. Romania's hospital system is on the ropes....
Mon, 08/23/2010 - 03:27
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2010-08-23T08:27:57Z
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia has closed parks and warned the public about swimming and dumping trash in rivers after up to 10 people died from a disease spread by rats....
Mon, 08/23/2010 - 03:27
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2010-08-23T08:27:57Z
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia has closed parks and warned the public about swimming and dumping trash in rivers after up to 10 people died from a disease spread by rats....
Mon, 08/23/2010 - 03:27
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2010-08-23T08:27:57Z
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia has closed parks and warned the public about swimming and dumping trash in rivers after up to 10 people died from a disease spread by rats....
Sat, 08/21/2010 - 07:03
By TOM ODULA
2010-08-21T12:03:13Z
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A court has sentenced two tuberculosis patients who skipped their medications to spend eight months in prison to avoid spreading the deadly disease among the public, a senior health official said Saturday....
Sat, 08/21/2010 - 07:03
By TOM ODULA
2010-08-21T12:03:13Z
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A court has sentenced two tuberculosis patients who skipped their medications to spend eight months in prison to avoid spreading the deadly disease among the public, a senior health official said Saturday....
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 13:35
By MARIA CHENG
2010-08-20T18:35:24Z
LONDON (AP) -- For Africans wondering whether the malaria drugs they've bought are real, there may soon be a quick way of finding out: sending a text message....
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 13:35
By MARIA CHENG
2010-08-20T18:35:24Z
LONDON (AP) -- For Africans wondering whether the malaria drugs they've bought are real, there may soon be a quick way of finding out: sending a text message....
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 13:35
By MARIA CHENG
2010-08-20T18:35:24Z
LONDON (AP) -- For Africans wondering whether the malaria drugs they've bought are real, there may soon be a quick way of finding out: sending a text message....
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 13:35
By MARIA CHENG
2010-08-20T18:35:24Z
LONDON (AP) -- For Africans wondering whether the malaria drugs they've bought are real, there may soon be a quick way of finding out: sending a text message....
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 16:28
By STEPHANIE NANO
2010-08-19T21:28:20Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a lot less smoking in the movies these days, a new report shows....
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 16:28
By STEPHANIE NANO
2010-08-19T21:28:20Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a lot less smoking in the movies these days, a new report shows....
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 16:28
By STEPHANIE NANO
2010-08-19T21:28:20Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a lot less smoking in the movies these days, a new report shows....
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 16:28
By STEPHANIE NANO
2010-08-19T21:28:20Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a lot less smoking in the movies these days, a new report shows....
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 20:16
By MIKE STOBBE and MARY CLARE JALONICK
2010-08-19T01:16:09Z
ATLANTA (AP) -- Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in four states and possibly more, health officials said Wednesday as a company dramatically expanded a recall to 380 million eggs....
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 20:16
By MIKE STOBBE and MARY CLARE JALONICK
2010-08-19T01:16:09Z
ATLANTA (AP) -- Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in four states and possibly more, health officials said Wednesday as a company dramatically expanded a recall to 380 million eggs....
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 20:16
By MIKE STOBBE and MARY CLARE JALONICK
2010-08-19T01:16:09Z
ATLANTA (AP) -- Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in four states and possibly more, health officials said Wednesday as a company dramatically expanded a recall to 380 million eggs....