Top 2012 health stories



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Supporters of President Barack Obama's signature health caring legislation applaud after a U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, inspected a constitutionality of a Affordable Healthcare Act on Jun 28.Supporters of President Barack Obama’s signature health caring legislation applaud after a U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, inspected a constitutionality of a Affordable Healthcare Act on Jun 28.

Flesh-eating germ studious Aimee Copeland goes outward Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Georgia, for a initial time with her parents, Andy and Donna Copeland, on Jun 25. Copeland was liberated from a sanatorium in Aug after a three-month-ordeal.Flesh-eating germ studious Aimee Copeland goes outward Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Georgia, for a initial time with her parents, Andy and Donna Copeland, on Jun 25. Copeland was liberated from a sanatorium in Aug after a three-month-ordeal.

More than 600 people were disgusted and 39 people died in 19 states from non-contagious fungal meningitis. The cases were related to injectable steroids distributed by a New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts.More than 600 people were disgusted and 39 people died in 19 states from non-contagious fungal meningitis. The cases were related to injectable steroids distributed by a New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts.

2012 saw a second-worst conflict ever for West Nile Virus, with 5,387 cases and 243 deaths, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's final refurbish of a year. The worst-ever conflict was in 2003, when 9,862 illnesses and 264 deaths were reported.2012 saw a second-worst conflict ever for West Nile Virus, with 5,387 cases and 243 deaths, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s final refurbish of a year. The worst-ever conflict was in 2003, when 9,862 illnesses and 264 deaths were reported.

Good Morning America horde Robin Roberts, 51, underwent a bone pith transplant after being diagnosed with a singular blood commotion called myelodysplastic syndrome. Roberts found a bone pith compare in her sister, Sally-Ann.“Good Morning America” horde Robin Roberts, 51, underwent a bone pith transplant after being diagnosed with a singular blood commotion called myelodysplastic syndrome. Roberts found a bone pith compare in her sister, Sally-Ann.

Eight campers during Yosemite National Park engaged hantavirus, and 3 died. Warnings were sent to visitors from 39 other countries in September. Most became ill with a singular pathogen after staying during a park's renouned Curry Village tent cabins.Eight campers during Yosemite National Park engaged hantavirus, and 3 died. Warnings were sent to visitors from 39 other countries in September. Most became ill with a singular pathogen after staying during a park’s renouned Curry Village “tent cabins.”

Jackson took a leave of deficiency in Jun to bear diagnosis during a Mayo Clinic for bipolar II disorder. Despite winning re-election, he quiescent from bureau in November, citing health reasons.Jackson took a leave of deficiency in Jun to bear diagnosis during a Mayo Clinic for bipolar II disorder. Despite winning re-election, he quiescent from bureau in November, citing health reasons.

According to a many new information available, from 2008, 1 in 88 children has some form of autism spectrum disorder, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rate was aloft for boys -- 1in 54 -- a organisation said.According to a many new information available, from 2008, 1 in 88 children has some form of autism spectrum disorder, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rate was aloft for boys — 1in 54 — a organisation said.

Actress Kathy Bates underwent a double mastectomy in Sep after being diagnosed with breast cancer in July, a publicist said. Bates, 64, also battled ovarian cancer 8 years ago.Actress Kathy Bates underwent a double mastectomy in Sep after being diagnosed with breast cancer in July, a publicist said. Bates, 64, also battled ovarian cancer 8 years ago.

A male who worked as a roving medical technician on a agreement basement for hospitals in a handful of states was arrested in Jul and indicted of swelling hepatitis C, offensive some-more than 30 people. David Kwiatkowski, 33, was indicted final month by a sovereign grand jury in New Hampshire.A male who worked as a roving medical technician on a agreement basement for hospitals in a handful of states was arrested in Jul and indicted of swelling hepatitis C, offensive some-more than 30 people. David Kwiatkowski, 33, was indicted final month by a sovereign grand jury in New Hampshire.

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(CNN) — From a Affordable Care Act to flesh-eating germ to celebrities and inaugurated officials battling earthy and mental illness, it’s been a scattered year for all things health.

Here is a demeanour during a tip 10 health stories of 2012, as selected by a CNN Health staff.

1. Affordable Care Act inspected by a U.S. Supreme Court

In a 5-4 decision, a nation’s top justice upheld a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also famous as Obamacare, on Jun 28.


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Signed into law in Mar 2010, a unconditional law includes some-more than 90 specific changes to a nation’s health caring system. Some went into outcome roughly immediately, though a many thespian changes won’t take outcome until 2014.

What Obama’s re-election means for health care

2. Georgia woman’s conflict with flesh-eating bacteria

Aimee Copeland, a then-24-year-old University of West Georgia connoisseur student, was visiting a Little Tallapoosa River, about 50 miles west of Atlanta, with friends when a homemade zip line she was holding snapped. She fell and got a indenture in her leg that compulsory 22 stables to close.

But Copeland’s struggles were customarily beginning. Three days later, still in pain, she went to an puncture room. Doctors eventually dynamic she had necrotizing fasciitis, an infection caused by a flesh-eating germ Aeromonas hyrophila.

Copeland spent dual months in an Augusta, Georgia, hospital, and doctors amputated her hands, leg and foot. She returned home in Aug to a 1,956-foot wing specifically built for her.

Video: Bacteria survivor sum recovery

3. Multi-state meningitis oubreak related to steroid injections

A 19-state conflict of non-contagious fungal meningitis disgusted 620 people and killed 39, according to a latest update from a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The cases were related to sinister steroid injections distributed by a Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center. “Several patients suffered strokes that are believed to have resulted from their infections,” a CDC said. “The review also includes other infections from injections in a marginal joint, such as a knee, shoulder or ankle.”

The FDA said a compounding core was warned by a possess environmental monitors of bacterial decay of a trickery months before a initial cases were reported. The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy voted to henceforth devaluate a permit to work in a state as good as a licenses of a company’s 3 principal pharmacists.

Owner of organisation related to lethal meningitis conflict takes Fifth before Congress

4. West Nile Virus outbreak

While a box count of West Nile Virus illnesses was a top reported by Aug 2012, this year’s conflict wound adult descending short of levels seen in 2003, a worst-ever year for a virus.

The year’s final update from a CDC showed a sum of 5,387 cases of West Nile Virus and 243 deaths. Cases were reported in all reduce 48 states, as good as a District of Columbia.

In 2003, 9,862 illnesses and 264 deaths were reported.

Texas was by distant a hardest-hit state in 2012, with 954 cases and 76 deaths.

Fast contribution on West Nile Virus

5. Robin Roberts’ bone pith transplant

“Good Morning America” horde Robin Roberts, 51, suggested in Jun that after overcoming breast cancer, she was diagnosed with a singular blood commotion called myelodysplastic syndrome.

Roberts found a bone pith compare in her sister, Sally-Ann. Twenty-one days after undergoing a bone pith transplant, Roberts was liberated from a sanatorium in October.

“I know it is your prayers and comfortable thoughts that have gotten me this far,” she wrote in a post on “GMA’s” website to her fans. “Each day we get stronger and stronger … (E)ven in some dim moment, of that there are still a few, we now see that light during a finish of a tunnel. This too unequivocally shall pass.”

Robin Roberts feels a adore on ‘new birthday’

6. Hantavirus during Yosemite

Warnings were sent to Yosemite National Park visitors from 39 other countries in Sep after a potentially lethal hantavirus disgusted some visitors to a park.

In all, 8 people were putrescent and 3 died. Most became ill after staying during a park’s renouned Curry Village “tent cabins.”

The carriers of hantavirus are deer mice, string mice, rice rats and white-footed mice, according to a CDC. The pathogen can be benefaction in a rodents’ urine, droppings and saliva, and is widespread to people when they breathe in atmosphere infested with a virus. The pathogen is not catching from chairman to person.

Another Yosemite camper dies in hantavirus outbreak

7. Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and bipolar disorder

Jackson, a congressman from Illinois, demeanour a leave of deficiency in Jun to be treated for what his bureau primarily called a “mood disorder.”

In August, a Mayo Clinic pronounced he was responding good to diagnosis for bipolar II disorder. The disorder, reduction serious than bipolar I, includes durations of basin alternated with hypomania, a amiable form of insanity that might embody towering mood and irritability. The basin durations customarily final longer, a hospital said.

Despite winning re-election, Jackson — who has been a theme of several investigations — quiescent from office in November, citing health reasons. “For a past several months, as my health has deteriorated, my ability to offer a voters of my district has continued to diminish,” he wrote in his abdication letter.

Video: Behind Jesse Jackson Jr.’s resignation

8. Spike in autism cases

The array of children with autism national continues to rise, a CDC announced in March. The organisation expelled a many new information from 2008, display that 1 in 88 American children has some form of autism spectrum commotion — a 78% boost compared to a decade ago.

Boys with autism outnumber girls 5 to 1, according to a CDC, that estimates in 54 boys have autism.

More children are being diagnoses with autism since of “better diagnosis, broader diagnosis, improved awareness, and roughly 50% of ‘we don’t know,’” Mark Roithmayr of a advocacy organisation Autism Speaks pronounced during a time.

With autism, no longer invisible

9. Actress Kathy Bates’ double mastectomy

Actress Kathy Bates underwent a double mastectomy in Sep after being diagnosed with breast cancer in July, a publicist said.

Bates, 64, was nominated for an Emmy for her lead purpose in a TV play array “Harry’s Law.” She is best famous for winning an Academy Award for Best Actress for a 1991 film “Misery.” She battled ovarian cancer 8 years ago.

“I don’t skip my breasts as most as we skip Harry’s Law. ;-) Thanks for all a honeyed tweets. Y’all kept me going,” Bates tweeted after her surgery.

Why Kathy Bates kept her cancer private

10. Ex-hospital workman indicted in hepatitis C infections

A male who worked as a roving medical technician on a agreement basement for hospitals in Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania was arrested in July and indicted of swelling hepatitis C, offensive some-more than 30 people.

Authorities lay David Kwiatkowsi, 33, injected himself with syringes of fentanyl, a absolute painkiller, that he stole from patients who were scheduled for surgery. He afterwards filled a syringes with salty and transposed them for use in a medical procedure. “Instead of receiving a prescribed sip of fentanyl, patients instead perceived salty tained by Kwiatkowski’s putrescent blood,” sovereign prosecutors said.

Kwiatkwoski was indicted final month by a sovereign grand jury in New Hampshire on rascal and product-tampering charges.

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