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Man dies covered in necrotic lesions after amoebas eat him alive

Of all the known ways to get an Acanthamoeba infection, nasal rinsing was the most likely one in the man’s case. The man had nasal...

Trump nominates Fox News doctor to be the next surgeon general

In a series of social media posts Thursday, President Trump withdrew his nomination of Make America Health Again influencer Casey Means to be surgeon general,...

Flesh-eating bacteria devour man’s arm and leg in just three days

Deadly threat These bacteria have a large arsenal of molecular munitions, including various toxins, that all help the bacteria hijack cells, siphon nutrients, degrade structural...

Trump picks qualified, normal health leader to head CDC; experts still cautious

“We saw what happened with Susan,” Debra Houry, CDC’s former chief medical officer who resigned in protest of Kennedy’s political interference, told Stat News. “She...

Florida surgeon charged with killing man after removing liver instead of spleen

After a while, the staff was unable to resuscitate Bryan, and he was pronounced dead. Shaknovsky extracted an organ he called Bryan’s spleen and put...

Measles takes a plane to Idaho, which has worst vaccination rate in US

Susceptible state Overall, only 78.5 percent were fully vaccinated against the measles virus with the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine. That’s well below the...

RFK Jr. rewrites CDC panel’s charter, opening door to anti-vaccine quacks

As expected, anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has significantly rewritten the charter for a federal vaccine advisory panel. The edits give him more...

Trump admin makes sweeping request for medical records of federal workers

The Trump administration wants to require health insurance companies to hand over troves of sensitive, detailed, and identifiable medical records from millions of federal workers...

After court loss, RFK Jr. gives himself more power over CDC vaccine panel

The membership criteria are also dramatically different between the current charter and today’s renewal. Currently, ACIP members “shall be selected from authorities who are knowledgeable...

Water utility announces it’s ditching fluoride—then reveals it did so years ago

“This is the same board that promised transparency. The same leadership that said they would run this utility the right way. And now they can’t...

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