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New Mexico plague patient was likely exposed to disease while camping  The Independent New Mexico man diagnosed with plague in state’s 1st human case this year: Officials  ABC News Plague infects New Mexico man after run of cases in western states  The Independent Plague cases reported in New Mexico, California, and Arizona  WKRC New Mexico reports first plague case of 2025  KOAT Source link

By ELEN JOHNSTON, HEALTH REPORTER Published: 17:13, 26 August 2025 | Updated: 17:14, 26 August 2025 An illuminating video has captured in alarming detail exactly what happens to the body after catching the plague.  The medieval illness—one of the most deadly in history—ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351 and killed tens of millions of people. Cases of the condition, dubbed …

When an Amish patient arrived at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia with fatigue, a severe headache, and weakness on one side of her body, doctors scrambled to find a cause. All they could see was that she had brain inflammation. That’s usually caused by an infection, but her tests came back normal. High dose steroids, a standard treatment, weren’t effective. …

US screwworm patient recovered, Maryland says, as ranchers criticize secrecy  Reuters The U.S. confirms its first human case of New World screwworm. What is it?  NPR A Maryland resident is diagnosed with screwworm. Here’s what to know about the flesh-eating parasite.  CBS News First human case of flesh-eating screwworm parasite detected in the U.S.  NBC News HHS Allows FDA Emergency Use of Animal Drugs …

Noland Arbaugh, the first person to get a brain chip implant by Elon Musk’s Neuralink, has shared how the new technology has transformed his life 18 months after the surgery. Notably, Arbaugh had dislocated two of his vertebrae during a swimming accident in 2016 and thereafter lost sensation and movement below his shoulders. Arbaugh had received the implant in 2024, …

By RACHEL BOWMAN, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 22:08, 21 August 2025 | Updated: 10:04, 22 August 2025 A top transgender surgeon is being sued by two patients who claim their operations left them with deformed genitals.  Two anonymous transgender men have filed separate lawsuits against Dr. Curtis Cetrulo over their ‘botched’ phalloplasties at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston. Cetrulo, a …

Ticks are migrating, but scant surveillance may leave doctors in the dark on patient treatment  NPRView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Brain eating amoeba-infected patient dies, Missouri health officials confirm  KSDK Man infected with ‘brain-eating’ amoeba in Missouri has died, DHSS says  KOMU 8 Missouri health officials say patient treated for ‘brain-eating’ amoeba after Ozarks excursion has died  KMBC Missouri Patient in ICU for 97% Fatal ‘Brain-Eating’ Infection Linked to Waterskiing on Local Lake  people.com Missouri health leaders confirm death of patient with rare brain-eating …

Diabetes patient produces own insulin after gene-edited cell transplant – without anti-rejection drugs  TechSpot First gene-edited islet transplant in a human passes functional trial  Medical Xpress Transplanted Islet Cells Survive Without Immune Suppression  Medscape Novel T1D Therapy Opens the Door to Cell Transplants Sans Immunosuppressants  MedPage Today Diabetic Man With Gene-Edited Cells Produces His Own Insulin—No Transplant Drugs Required  Gizmodo Source link

WESTFIELD, Ind. — They preached patience, then didn’t practice it. The truth is the Indianapolis Colts were in a hurry the minute they drafted Anthony Richardson fourth overall in 2023. A hurry to get him on the field, a hurry to hand him the starting quarterback job, a hurry to find out if the franchise’s years-long odyssey at the position …