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Live updates: At NTSB hearing, FAA and Army face questioning over deadly D.C. plane crash  The Washington Post Families of DC plane crash victims break down in hearing as new video is released  ABC News NTSB holds hearings to determine why passenger plane and Army helicopter collided in January, killing 67 people  CNN The NTSB is set to hold a hearing on the …

Ted Cruz looks to force changes to military flights near airports, after deadly airline crash  Politico NTSB launches 3-day investigative hearing on deadly DC plane crash  Fox News The NTSB is set to hold a hearing on the DCA midair collision. Here’s what to know  NPR ‘It’s going to be a gut punch’: Families of Flight 5342 brace for days-long NTSB investigative hearing  WAVY.com …

Health officials in New York have issued a warning following the outbreak of a deadly lung disease in parts of the city, with numbers growing by the day.  The NYC Health Department was alerted to a community cluster of three cases of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem last week. But that number has now grown to eight, officials said Monday. …

An oppressive heat dome has gripped the eastern U.S. this week, prompting the National Weather Service (NWS) to issue heat warnings for nearly 170 million Americans. To make matters worse, severe humidity is making high temperatures feel even hotter. Extreme heat and humidity make for a deadly combination. The human body lowers its temperature by sweating, and when sweat evaporates, …

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced up the nose, like when someone jumps or dives in the water. It causes an infection that swells the brain and destroys tissue. Fewer than 10 cases …

A virus that kills nearly 100 percent with symptoms is spreading in parts of New York for the first time in about 10 years. The threat of rabies is rising in New York State. New York Officials Declare Public Health Emergency New cases of rabies are being reported across the northeast, including 25 new cases in New York. For all …

By SADIE WHITELOCKS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 15:15, 28 July 2025 | Updated: 15:16, 28 July 2025 The FDA is warning Americans of ice pops that could cause a ‘life-threatening allergic reaction.’ Tropicale Foods of Ontario, California, is recalling a variety of its Helados Mexico and La Michoacana ice pops from stores across the country because they may contain undeclared milk. People …

A Pill That Makes Your Blood Deadly to Mosquitoes? It’s Real – And It Works  SciTechDaily A genetic tweak could prevent mosquitoes from transmitting malaria : Goats and Soda  NPR Driving a protective allele of the mosquito FREP1 gene to combat malaria  Nature New findings support ivermectin for malaria control  CIDRAP Mass Administration of Ivermectin Slows Malaria Transmission in Kenya  Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News …

Long before becoming a patient, Ilene Sue Ruhoy was a prominent neurologist in Seattle, accustomed to treating disease.  She had been practicing for a decade when, in 2014, she noticed mounting fatigue, dizziness, nausea, migraines, and irritability that various doctors chalked up to stress, a hormone imbalance, and a sinus infection. None of them, she felt, truly listened or took …

Obsessed with the macabre?! Subscribe to the That Got Dark newsletter to get your weekly dopamine fix of the macabre delivered RIGHT to your inbox! BuzzFeed 1.Fatal Familial Insomnia — An extremely rare genetic neurological disorder that causes progressive insomnia, leading to total sleep deprivation and death. Graphic House / Getty Images At the most basic level, FFI affects the …