March 14, 2023 Could COVID cause ‘face blindness'? Study suggests it’s possible Researchers from Dartmouth College have reported the first instance of prosopagnosia (otherwise known as “face blindness”) as a symptom following COVID-19 infection.
March 13, 2023 California woman's blindness is helping to change her body confidence for the better, she says A California woman with a rare disease is losing her eyesight. Here's how she's gaining confidence by lessening the role that physical appearance plays in her happiness.
March 3, 2023 Florida residents warned about tap water after man dies from brain-eating amoeba The 200,000 residents of Charlotte County, Florida are being advised to use tap water cautiously and avoid it from entering their noses after a man died from a brain-eating amoeba.
March 2, 2023 Havana Syndrome 'Patient Zero' rejects intelligence community findings that foreign adversary 'very unlikely' The Victims of Havana Syndrome say they reject the findings that a foreign adversary is "very unlikely" to be behind the Anomalous Health Incidents.
February 28, 2023 Rare Disease Day: Walking Dead Syndrome and other rare conditions baffle doctors and researchers On Rare Disease Day, here are three strange and rare medical conditions that baffle doctors, along with case studies: Walking Dead Syndrome, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome and Foreign Accent Syndrome.
February 27, 2023 Poland reports African swine fever outbreak in local livestock Poland has reported cases of African swine fever in five wild boar in the nation's northern region, the World Organisation for Animal Health announced Monday.
February 16, 2023 Florida boy dies from infection after twisting ankle on treadmill: 'Complete disbelief' An 11-year-old boy in Florida has died after twisting his ankle on a treadmill and then suffering from an infection that caused swelling in his brain.
February 2, 2023 Valley fever could spread from Southwest, driven by climate change, researchers warn: 'New cases emerging' Valley fever is an infection caused by breathing in spores of a fungus called Coccidioides, which originates in soil. ӣƵ Digital spoke to experts about the infection prevalent in the Southwest.
January 16, 2023 Davos conference speaker says climate change, malaria connected, as are inflation and TB Peter Sands, executive director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, argued at Davos on Monday that malaria cases could be linked to climate change.
December 18, 2022 $158,000 price tag for new ALS drug reignites anger at Big Pharma A new drug that slows the progression of ALS is exorbitantly expensive, one again raising anger at the pharmaceutical industry for locking life-changing drugs behind high costs.