Three years ago, Anthony Hoover woke up in a Kentucky hospital to find people shaving his chest, bathing his body in surgical solution and talking about harvesting his organs. TJ was also registered as an…
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A resident of eastern Iowa who had recently traveled to West Africa died after catching Lassa fever, state officials said Monday. The virus, which is in the same viral hemorrhagic fever category as Ebola, is…
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It was the night before we would find out if our fifth – and likely final – try at an embryo transfer worked, and I sat on the couch with my husband, sobbing into a…
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It’s that time of year when any cough or sniffle could be Covid-19, flu or RSV — but there are ways to fend them off. Forecasts from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest…
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Some ER patients are half as likely to receive IV fluids since disruptions from Hurricane Helene
Patients visiting emergency departments for dehydration or nausea are half as likely to receive IV fluids now than they were before Hurricane Helene exacerbated supply shortages, according to an analysis of health records by Truveta…
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Four free home Covid-19 antigen tests are available to order at COVIDTests.gov, part of the seventh round of the federal government’s test-distribution program. And although this round of test orders has been going on for…
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What alarms health experts most about RFK Jr. is what he’s leaving out of his health policy proposals
“I’m going to let him go wild on health,” former President Donald Trump promised Sunday at his rally at Madison Square Garden. “I’m going to get him go wild on the food. I’m going to…
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H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a pig in the United States for the first time, the US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. The USDA and Oregon veterinary officials are investigating bird flu cases…
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Onions are likely source of E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s, federal agencies say; 15 additional cases reported
Fresh slivered onions served on McDonald’s Quarter Pounders were the likely source of an E. coli outbreak that has led to one death and illnesses in more than a dozen states, the US Centers for…
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How disease detectives’ quick work traced deadly E. coli outbreak to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
Silas Mayes rolled into his local McDonald’s drive-through at lunchtime on Monday, October 7, and ordered his usual: a Quarter Pounder, fries and a Sprite. By Thursday morning, he was having waves of stomach cramps…