Boy’s unusual symptoms could help identify the next case sooner. Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living amoeba (a single-celled living organism) […]
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US boosts drone surveillance as flesh-eating screwworms spread in Texas
With the landowner’s permission, the drone teams arrived shortly after sunrise to survey both livestock and wildlife on the ranch. […]
Trump wants Big Pharma to split MMR vaccine; Big Pharma thinks it’s idiotic
Backlash to Trump’s vaccine order on Monday has been swift and sharp, with various public health and medical organizations and […]
Less than 2.5% of Taylor Farms’ recalled lettuce went to Taco Bells
Although shredded iceberg lettuce at Taco Bell restaurants has been a prime suspect in an explosive outbreak of the diarrheal […]
Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don’t exist
President Trump signed an executive order Monday that makes sweeping, unilateral changes to federal vaccine recommendations. The order aims to […]
Taylor Farms recalls jalapeño products for Salmonella amid Cyclospora outbreak
Taylor Farms’ record Taylor Farms, based in Salinas, California, is a major distributor of fresh produce in the US. It […]
Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500
The study identified 204 cases in all, but two did not have sufficient data to be included in the analysis. […]
Report: White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism
Still, for Trump, holding onto the debunked and dangerous claim appears to be a personal issue. Trump’s health secretary, Robert […]
Organ donation group accused of trying to take living man’s organs faces shutdown
Horror story NFH made headlines when reports surfaced about a 2021 incident in which a Kentucky man in his 30s […]
Moderna’s mRNA flu shot earns FDA approval after rollercoaster review
Remaining uncertainty At the FDA advisory committee’s June meeting, experts expressed optimism about an mRNA-based flu vaccine. The platform—the same […]