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Health experts are sounding the alarm over the rise of a deadly insect-borne disease following America’s first death from the virus this year. An unnamed individual in Maricopa County, Arizona, was diagnosed with West Nile Virus, which is becoming more prevalent in the US due to a warming climate.  They were among the one percent of patients who develop a severe …

Stingrays are easily identified by their flat, disc-shaped bodies and long tail with venomous spine that keeps them safe from predators says Melissa Hobson. They became infamous in 2006 when TV presenter Steve Irwin died from a stingray barb to the heart but these animals are not aggressive and usually only sting humans when they feel threatened – for example, …

A health alert has been issued for British tourists travelling to a popular European destination this summer as two potentially fatal diseases have been detected.  In Italy, health authorities have reported the first locally acquired cases of both dengue and chikungunya, mosquito-borne viruses that are typically found in tropical regions like South America and India.  Both were previously considered primarily …

“They Were Born Disease-Free”: UK Scientists Use Three-Parent IVF to Deliver 8 Healthy Babies and Eliminate Deadly Genetic Disorders  Rude Baguette Researchers announce babies born from a trial of three-person IVF  MIT Technology Review Babies made using three people’s DNA are born free of hereditary disease  BBC The babies born with DNA from three parents – podcast  The Guardian How a third parent’s DNA …

A breakthrough drug is fighting brain cancer head-on. Glioblastoma is widely considered the deadliest form of brain cancer, killing over 10,000 Americans each year. There is no cure for the highly aggressive disease — many patients survive just nine months after diagnosis. Ben Trotman was diagnosed with glioblastoma in October 2022 at just 40 years old. Marie Mangan Treatment focuses …

Man Hospitalized with Deadly Sepsis After Popping a Pimple on His Neck and Developing Golfball-Sized Abscess  AOL.com Source link

MIT’s Tiny New Device Could Save Diabetics From Deadly Blood Sugar Crashes  SciTechDaily Source link

The number of people missing in Texas after devastating floods hit the state has dropped from 160 people to three, officials said. The flash floods following a torrential downpour on 4 July killed 135 people in, including children at Camp Mystic, a Christian all-girls’ summer camp along the Guadalupe River. Dozens of others were reported missing. But on late Saturday, …

Lindsay Barad felt like she was in the best shape of her life. The 39-year-old New Yorker had just run her fourth 26.2-mile marathon, and was avoiding alcohol and even eating clean. She felt unstoppable. But just a month after the race in 2021, she was hit with a devastating diagnosis of stage four appendiceal cancer and told she had hundreds …

3 people are still missing from deadly July 4 floods in Texas county, down from nearly 100  Politico Texas officials revise number of people missing in Kerr County following catastrophic flooding down to 3  CNN Texas county makes huge update to missing persons list after flood, with most found safe  Fox News Number of Missing in Kerr County, Texas, After Floods Drops to …