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What to know about screwworm amid US human case of flesh-eating parasite
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What to know about screwworm amid US human case of flesh-eating parasite

BA;TIMORE — A person in Maryland was recently infected by the flesh-eating New World screwworm after traveling to El Salvador, US health officials confirmed this week. The blowflies primarily affect livestock — human…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025
U.S. confirms nation’s first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak 
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U.S. confirms nation’s first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025
Puerto Rico’s schools are ill equipped to cope with ever hotter heat waves
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Puerto Rico’s schools are ill equipped to cope with ever hotter heat waves

CULEBRA, Puerto Rico (AP) — When temperatures soar at a public school on the small Puerto Rican island of Culebra, students scatter in search of relief. During a summer program last month,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2025
Sixth death confirmed in NYC Legionnaires’ outbreak
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Sixth death confirmed in NYC Legionnaires’ outbreak

NEW YORK — A sixth person has died from the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City, according to city health officials. The latest death came as there have been…
Posted by John McCarthy August 22, 2025
Lake Tahoe resident tests positive for PLAGUE after being bitten by infected flea while camping
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Lake Tahoe resident tests positive for PLAGUE after being bitten by infected flea while camping

A person in Lake Tahoe has tested positive for the plague after seemingly being bitten by an infected flea while camping. On Tuesday, Aug. 19, El Dorado County health officials…
Posted by John McCarthy August 21, 2025
Common supplement taken by thousands could help protect women against Alzheimer’s
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Common supplement taken by thousands could help protect women against Alzheimer’s

A supplement already taken by thousands, which costs less than 10p a pill, could help ward of Alzheimer's disease in women, promising new research has suggested.  British researchers found that omega fatty…
Posted by John McCarthy August 20, 2025
Florida woman charged with posing as nurse and treating more than 4,000 patients with stolen license
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Florida woman charged with posing as nurse and treating more than 4,000 patients with stolen license

MIAMI — A Florida woman was arrested and accused of posing as a nurse and treating thousands of patients with another nurse's license, authorities said. Autumn Bardisa, 29, of Palm…
Posted by John McCarthy August 8, 2025
Dead Colorado cat tests positive for the plague — just weeks after Arizona resident dies of troubling disease
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Dead Colorado cat tests positive for the plague — just weeks after Arizona resident dies of troubling disease

A domestic cat died of the bubonic plague in Colorado just weeks after a man in Arizona died of the same troubling disease, according to authorities. The cat, from Evergreen, was diagnosed…
Posted by John McCarthy August 8, 2025
Baby smaller than grapefruit at birth breaks Guinness World Record on 1st birthday
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Baby smaller than grapefruit at birth breaks Guinness World Record on 1st birthday

IOWA CITY, Iowa  — Nash Keen’s life was in jeopardy in the few hours following his birth, which came 133 days early. The baby born at a 21-week gestational age…
Posted by John McCarthy July 23, 2025
Scientists discover Pfizer COVID jab linked to major eye damage
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Scientists discover Pfizer COVID jab linked to major eye damage

Scientists have discovered that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine may increase the risk of eye damage, leading to vision loss.  The new study specifically examined how the vaccine affected patients' corneas, the clear front part of…
Posted by John McCarthy July 18, 2025

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