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• 329 Americans Are Injured by Guns Every Day: Study

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• 9/11 First Responders Face Higher Cancer Risk 20 Years Later

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• 988 Mental Health Hotline Back in Business After Daylong Outage

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• AHA News: Want to Help Overstressed ERs? Be Safe at Home

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• Always Be Ready for a Trip to the ER

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• Americans Still Avoiding ERs in Pandemic, But Uptick Seen in Mental Health Crises

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• America's 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Launches Saturday

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• America's ER Docs Alarmed by Rising Violence From Patients

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• America's ER Docs Warn of Surge in Patients Due to 'Tripledemic'

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• America's ERs Are Jammed, Affecting Patients on Other Wards

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• Amid Pandemic, Protest Peacefully While Staying Healthy

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• Amid Pandemic, Too Many Americans Are Hesitating to Call 911

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• Anchor It! Toppling TVs, Furniture Can Injure and Kill Kids

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• Animal Study Offers Hope for a Vaccine Against Lyme Disease

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• Answering the Call: How COVID-19 Hotline Staffers Helped Panicked New Yorkers

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• Appendicitis Often Spotted Later in Black Patients

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• Are ERs Safe? Patients, Nurses and Doctors Say No in New Survey

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• Are Pricey Air Ambulance Rides Really Saving More Lives?

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• As Heat Waves Continue, Experts Urge Steps to Stay Safe

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• Asthma, Lower Grades, Homelessness: How Climate Change Will Harm America's Kids

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• ATVs: How to Avoid Injuries This Summer

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• Avoid Ticks (and Lyme Disease) This Summer

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• Baby First Aid Kit: The 15 Items You Really Need

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• Backyard Fireworks on the 4th?  Rethink It to Keep Your Child Safe

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• Barnacles Inspire a Better Way to Seal Off Wounds

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• Bedside Manner Even More Important for Hospital Patients Admitted Via the ER

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• Bella Hadid Opens Up About Lyme Disease Battle

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• Big Rise in Injuries From E-Scooters, Hoverboards

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• Big Rise in Suicide Attempts by U.S. Teen Girls During Pandemic

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• Black Americans Less Likely to Receive Lifesaving CPR: Study

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• Black Patients More Likely to Be Physically Restrained During ER Visits

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• Black, Hispanic Americans Less Likely to Get Bystander CPR

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• Blood Test Could Spot Those at Highest Risk for Severe COVID-19

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• 'Boarding' Patients for Days, Weeks in Crowded ERs Is Common Now

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• Booming Sales of Legal Marijuana Linked to More Car Crashes

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• Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin Hospitalized: What Experts Know About Cardiac Arrest

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• Bystander CPR, Defib Use Saves Lives Even If Ambulance Arrives Quickly

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• Canadian Wildfire Smoke Caused Spikes in Asthma-Related ER Visits Across the U.S.

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• Carbon Monoxide Deaths Soar During Power Outages

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• Cardiac Arrest During Childbirth Is Rare, But Some Women Face Higher Risks

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• Cardiac Arrest? Someday, Drones May Come to Save You

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• Case Study Examines What's Behind Severe Kids' Illness After COVID-19

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• Cats Injured in Wildfires at High Risk for Blood Clots

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• CDC Warns of Rise in Rabies Linked to Bats

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• Certain Blood Thinners Can Raise Risk of 'Delayed' Bleeding After Head Injury

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• ChatGPT Equals Doctors in Diagnosing Emergency Department Patients

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• Cheap Steroid Could Slash COVID-19 Death Risk

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• Check Smoke, Carbon Monoxide Alarm Batteries as Clocks Go Back on Sunday

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• Child ER Visits for Swallowed Button Batteries Doubled in a Decade

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• Clear Danger: Glass-Topped Tables Injure Thousands Each Year

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• Cold War Antiseptic May Be Valuable Germ Fighter

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• Could Binge Drinking Set Your Heart Rhythm Off-Kilter?

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• Could Drones Delivering Defibrillators Save Lives?

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• Could You Save a Life After Mass Violence? Most Americans Say No

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• Could You Spot and Save a Person Drowning?

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• COVID Can Be More Deadly for Hospitalized Trauma Patients

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• COVID Got You Scared of Performing CPR? Study Finds Infection Risk Is Low

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• COVID-19 Fears Had Sick, Injured Americans Avoiding ERs

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• COVID-19 Fears Stop Americans From Seeking Help for Heart Emergencies

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• COVID-19 Jitters Shouldn't Keep You From the Emergency Room

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• COVID-19 Tied to Blood Clots; Blood Thinners Could Boost Survival

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• Crowded Emergency Rooms Cost Lives: Study

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• Damar Hamlin Improving, Alert, Communicating by Writing

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• Damar Hamlin Moved to Buffalo Hospital As He Recovers From Cardiac Arrest

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• Damar Hamlin Showing 'Signs of Improvement' After Cardiac Arrest

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• Deer Are Spreading Lyme Ticks in Suburban Backyards

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• Dementia Patients Wind up in the ER 1.4 Million Times a Year, Study Shows

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• Despite Threat of Lyme Disease, Tick Control Lags Across U.S.

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• Devastating Tornadoes Leave Hazards in Their Wake: Tips to Stay Safe

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• Do City Lights Mean More Mosquito Bites?

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• Does Your Child Have a Cold or Severe RSV? Signs to Look For

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• Dog Bites More Common on Hot, Hazy Days

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• Dogs Do Want to Rescue Trapped Owners, Experiments Show

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• Drinking, Drunk, Deadly: Know the Signs of Alcohol Overdose

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• DVT Clots Strike Many Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: Study

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• Each Year, People Start Fires That Cost 20,000 American Lives

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• Early Responders to 9/11 Now Face Higher Odds for COPD

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• Earthquakes Are Unpredictable: Plan Ahead to Lower the Danger

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• Emergency Care Vs. Urgent Care: What's the Difference?

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• Emergency Transport Can Surprise Many With Big Bills

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• ER Docs to Parents: Please Don't Dilute Infant Formula

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• ER Visits by Teens in Mental Health Crisis Have Declined: CDC

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• ER Visits for Heart Attacks Rebounded After Pandemic Decline

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• ER Workers' Stress May Affect Patient Care: Study

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• ER-Based Pharmacies Could Improve Kids' Care, Pediatricians' Group Says

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• ERs Can Boost Efforts to Stamp Out Opioid Addiction

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• ERs Seeing Huge Rise in Cases of Sexual Assault

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• Even Preschoolers Can Help Save a Life, Heart Experts Say

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• Even When Stroke Centers Are Near, Black Americans Often Lack Access

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• Even With PPE, Risk of COVID-19 Still High for Frontline Workers

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• Fall in the Southeast Means Guarding Against Fire Ant Stings

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• Farmers at High Risk of Tick-Borne Illness, But Awareness Lacking

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• FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Nasal Spray for Opioid Overdoses

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• FDA Panel Considers Making Opioid Antidote Drug Available Without Prescription

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• FDA Panel Says Opioid Overdose Antidote Safe to Sell Over-the-Counter

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• Feds Warn of Home Carbon Monoxide Detectors That May Fail to Alarm

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• Fewer Suicide-Related ER Visits in COVID Era, and That Has Experts Worried

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• Firefighters' Blood Pressure Can Rise When Duty Calls

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• Firefighters, Police Can Be Lifesavers If You're Hit by Cardiac Arrest

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• Fireworks Deaths Spiked in Pandemic; Stay Safe This 4th

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• Flu Shot Might Help Ward Off Severe COVID

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• Follow-Up Care Can Prevent Repeat ER Visits for Child's Asthma

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• For Kids, Accidental Burns Another Scar of the Pandemic

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• From Cedar Trees and Grapefruit Rinds Comes a New Bug Repellent

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• Guard Against Lyme Disease This Summer

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• He Watched His Hospitalized Son Battle COVID-Linked Illness

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• Head Bump? Here's Signs You Need ER Care

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• Heart Defibs in Schools Are Saving Staff Lives: Study

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• Heart Patients Avoiding Care During Pandemic: Survey

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• Heart Transplant Successful in Young Man Who Survived Severe COVID-19

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• Heat Waves Bring Health Crises to the Homeless

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• Heat Waves Far More Frequent Now Than in 1980s

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• Heat Waves, No A/C: A Deadly Combo at Texas Prisons

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• Helping Undocumented Immigrants Find a Primary Care Doc Lowers ER Costs: Study

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• High Deductibles Keep Folks With Chest Pain From Calling 911

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• High-Dose Withdrawal Drug in ER Can Help Battle Opioid Addiction

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• Hispanics Wait Half-Hour Longer in ER When Chest Pain Strikes

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• Hit Your Head? Look for These Warning Signs of Concussion

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• 'Holiday Heart':  Heart Attacks Spike in Last 2 Weeks of December

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• Holiday Kitchen Accident? Here's How to Treat Minor Cuts, Burns

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• Holidays Are Peak Time for Heart Attack: Protect Yourself

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• Homeless More Likely to Die After Heart Attack

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• Hot Days Can Send Even Younger Folks to the ER

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• How To Fix a Broken Tooth So You’re No Longer in Pain

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• How to Safely Use the Right Flea and Tick Product for Your Pet

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• How to Spot -- Or Prevent -- Dangerous Aortic Dissection

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• Hurricanes Leave Rise in Hospitalizations in Their Wake

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• Illinois Study Shows Big Jump in Suicide-Linked ER Visits by Teens

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• In Public Spaces, Women Less Likely to Get CPR If Cardiac Arrest Strikes

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• Income a Factor in Whether You Get Lifesaving ECMO Breathing Support: Study

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• Injuries a Drain on Employee Productivity

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• Injuries Shoot Up After Fireworks Laws Loosened in West Virginia

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• Is Child's Tummy Pain a Serious Concern? Poll Finds Many Parents Unsure

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• Is COVID-19 Causing More People to Suffer Heart Attacks at Home?

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• Is the First Cure for Advanced Rabies Near?

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• Is Your Tap Water Too Hot? Scalding Burns Send Thousands to ER Each Year

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• It Looks Like a Classic Heart Attack, But in COVID-19 Patients Other Issues May Be at Play

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• It's Tick Season: Protect Yourself From Lyme Disease

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• Japanese Scientists Discover New Disease Carried by Ticks

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• Keeping T-Day Kitchens Safe for the Whole Family

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• Kids' ER Visits for Mental Health Problems Soared Over 10 Years

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• Kids' ER Visits for Swallowed Magnets Soared After U.S. Lifted Sales Ban

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• Kids Still Getting Injured After Swallowing High-Powered Magnets

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• Lessons From a Wildfire on How to Save Pets' Lives

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• Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis

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• Many Deaths Labeled 'Cardiac Arrest' Could Be Drug ODs: Study

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• Marijuana-Linked ER Visits by Seniors Are Rising

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• Minutes Mean Months: Getting Stroke Care Fast Is Vital, Study Confirms

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• Misjudging Thin Ice Can Be Fatal, Check First

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• Monoclonal Antibody Might Help Prevent Malaria

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• More Kids Injured by Tiny Magnets After Sales Ban Was Lifted: Study

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• More U.S. Kids Are Heading to ERs After Drinking Cough Suppressant

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• Moving Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID From Hospital to Home

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• Nearly a Half-Million Americans Might Have Tick-Borne Meat Allergy Syndrome

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• Need Quick Help Learning CPR? Don't Rely on Alexa, Siri

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• Neighborhood Gun Violence Means Worse Mental Health for Kids

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• New Malaria Case Reported in Florida Brings National Total to 8

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• New Tick-Borne Virus Is Spreading Across U.S.

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• New Window Blinds? Go Cordless to Save a Child's Life

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• No 'Fall Back'? Sleep Experts Argue Against Daylight Standard Time

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• Odds for Emergency Room Visits Rise With Pot Use

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• On-the-Road Help: 'Mobile Stroke Units' Are Saving People's Lives

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• Opioid Overdose Survivors Face Higher Odds for Death in Following Year

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• Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests On the Rise During COVID-19 Crisis

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• Paintball Guns Are Being Used to Harm — And Blinding Victims

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• Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey

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• Pandemic Has U.S. Hospitals Overwhelmed With Teens in Mental Crisis

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• Pandemic Is Driving U.S. Surge in Cardiac Arrests Tied to Overdose

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• Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths

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• Pandemic Means More Backyard Fireworks This Year -- And More Danger

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• Pandemic Saw Rise in Kids Swallowing Magnets, Tiny Batteries

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• Panic Attack or Heart Attack? Here's How to Tell the Difference

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• Patients With Diabetes Need More Counseling on Low Blood Sugar

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• People Are Avoiding the ER During COVID-19 Crisis at Their Peril: Study

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• People on Dialysis Face Higher Death Risk After Hurricanes

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• Poll Finds Nearly Half of Americans Unprepared for Medical Emergency

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• Pooch Power: Therapy Dogs Bring Quick Relief in the ER

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• Post-Hurricane Period Is Dangerous for People With Dementia

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• Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids

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• 'Prescribed' Fires' Hidden Bonus: Fewer Ticks

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• Put Safety at Top of Your Holiday Toy Gift List

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• Race, Gender Matter in Receiving Timely Heart Attack Care

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• Red Cross Appeals for Donors During National Blood Shortage

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• Rural Hospitals' ERs Just as Effective as Urban Ones: Study

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• Safeguarding Your Heart During, After Hurricane Ida

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• Search and Rescue Dogs Fared Well After Working at 9/11 Sites

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• Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER

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• Sepsis Almost Killed Jake Tapper's Daughter, Alice. Now, She's Working to Keep Others Safe

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• Severe COVID-19 Raises Odds for Dangerous Heart Conditions 10-Fold

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• Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic

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• Shark Bites Are Declining Worldwide

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• Shoveling Snow Is a Heart Hazard: Protect Yourself

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• Silent Killer: Watch Out for Carbon Monoxide Dangers This Winter

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• Silent Killers: Space Heaters, Generators Bring Carbon Monoxide Danger

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• Skull Fractures, Broken Jaws: 'Beanbag' Rounds Shot at Protesters Cause Severe Harm

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• Spikes in Blood Pressure Bring Many Americans to the ER

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• Spring, Summer Is Peak Time for Dogs Biting Kids

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• Steroid Hydrocortisone Alone May Not Cut Death Risk From Septic Shock: Study

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• Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic

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• Study Zeroes in on How Zika Virus Is Passed From Mom to Fetus

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• Summer Bug Bite? Expert Gives Answers on Care

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• Summer Water Fun Can Bring Drowning Risks: Stay Safe

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• Surgeons Seeing More 'Mutilating' Hand Injuries With New Utility Terrain Vehicles

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• Tear in Heart's Aorta Often Deadly, Though Survival Improving

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• The 988 Mental Health Hotline Is Coming. Is America Ready?

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• The No. 1 Cause of Halloween Injuries: Carving the Pumpkin

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• This Summer, Could You Spot the Signs of Heat Illness?

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• This Summer, Know Your Risk for Insect Sting Allergy

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• This Super Bowl, Keep Little Hands From Tip-Over TVs

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• Tick Bites Can Trigger Meat Allergy: What You Need to Know

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• Tick Talk: Know Your Risks This Summer

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• Tick-Borne Illness Babesiosis Spreads to New U.S. States

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• Tick-Borne Powassan Virus Can Kill. What Is It, and How Can You Protect Yourself?

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• Ticks Can Take a Licking From Really Tough Weather

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• Ticks May Be Spreading 'Wasting Disease' Among Wisconsin Deer

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• TikTok 'Benadryl Challenge' Has Killed at Least One Teen

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• Time Is Brain: Mobile Stroke Units Reduce Disability, Study Finds

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• 'Time Is Brain': More Americans Waiting Longer for Best Care After Stroke

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• Time to Angioplasty Is Crucial for Better Heart Attack Outcomes

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• Too Few U.S. Cities Have Good Hurricane Evacuation Plans

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• Too Often, Victims of Sexual Assault Face High Medical Bills

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• U.S. Hospitals Under Strain as ER Wait Times Lengthen

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• U.S. Surgeons' Group Is Working to Save Trauma Victims in Ukraine

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• U.S.-Russia Nuclear War Could Leave 5 Billion Dead Due to Famine

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• Urgent Care or the ER? Which Should You Choose?

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• Venturing Out? Guard Yourself Against Disease-Carrying Ticks

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• Wearable Device Spots, Reverses Opioid Overdoses

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• Web Searches for 'Self-Managed Abortion' Rose After Dobbs Decision

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• 'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients

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• What Is a Pulse Oximeter, and Should You Get One to Warn of COVID-19?

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• What Is Babesiosis, a Tick-Borne Illness?

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• What's 'Code Blue'? New Study Finds Some Hospital Staff Mistake Emergency Codes

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• When Cardiac Arrest Strikes, Survival Odds Are Better at Airports

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• When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier

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• When Popping Champagne at New Years', Watch Out for That Cork

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• When Rural Hospitals Close, Nearby Hospitals Suffer

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• When Stroke Team Comes to Patients, Outcomes Improve

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• Which Americans Are Most (and Least) Prepared for Disasters?

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• Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Severe COVID-19?

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• Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update

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• Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?

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• Will CPR Save Your Life? Study Offers a Surprising Answer

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• Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes

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• Women Less Likely to Get Best Care for Deadly Form of Stroke

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• Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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• Women, Black Patients Wait Longer in ERs When Chest Pain Strikes

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• Your Bond With Ticks Is Electric, Study Suggests

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• Your Child Is Sick. Do You Call Your Doctor or Head to the ER?