Health officials across California are asking people to stay away from wild animals after two children contracted a brain-eating parasite. A CDC report this week revealed a 14-year-old boy and 15-month-old boy suffered from a B. procyonis infection in September 2024 in Los Angeles, prompting a public alert by the agency. B. procyonis infection, also known as raccoon roundworm infection, is a …
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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My wife, “Lynn,” and I have a 4-year-old daughter, “Mackenzie.” Two weeks ago, Mackenzie’s goldfish died while she was at daycare. Lynn’s reaction has left me questioning things. To start, Lynn pulled our daughter out of daycare and brought her …
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The cat who changed everything arrived during the second year of lockdown, when touch had become dangerous and algorithms determined who we could love. Tom found her—a tortoiseshell with one white paw—behind a dumpster in Queens, brought her home to the apartment he shared with Sarah, and named her Mochi. Within a week, she’d chosen Sarah completely, definitively, with the …
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