The Missouri patient who contracted an infection from a brain-eating amoeba has died, local officials confirmed. The patient passed away Tuesday at a hospital in the St. Louis, Missouri area, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The adult Missouri resident, whose personal information has not been released, had been waterskiing at a popular recreational spot in …
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I contracted a virus from a friend’s toilet that caused sepsis… here is why you need to be careful
A woman has issued a stark warning about using shared bathrooms after contracting a dangerous virus that left her with sepsis and took her almost a year to recover from. JaMarriae Lawrence, who goes by Mars, was working overnight at a Walmart distribution center in Virginia last year when she was hit with a ‘sudden, excruciating’ pain in her stomach. Mars, who lives in …
Read More »Woman claims she contracted herpes virus from a nail salon… the dire mistake she made
A 23-year-old woman has sued a Portland nail salon after she claims a manicure left her with a virus that causes a sexually transmitted infection. The anonymous woman said she visited PDX Nails near Portland, Oregon, for an acrylic nail manicure on June 1, 2023, according to The Oregonian/Oregon Live. However, what was meant to be simple beauty service, typically …
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