October 25, 2017 Carpenter dies after contracting flesh-eating bacteria infection while fixing Harvey-damaged homes A Texas man who died last week of a flesh-eating bacteria infection has been identified as a carpenter who was helping to repair homes damaged by Hurricane Harvey.
October 24, 2017 Woman who 'sweats blood' a medical mystery for doctors Italian doctors were left bewildered when a woman was admitted to the hospital for “sweating blood” from her palms of her hands and face, a new case published in a medical journal on Monday revealed.
October 23, 2017 Doctors baffled by woman who 'sweats blood' You know there's a problem if you start coughing up blood—but how to react when you start sweating blood?
October 23, 2017 Formerly conjoined twins thriving after separation surgery A pair of twins who were formerly connected at the head are sitting up on their own and continuing to hit crucial developmental milestones after undergoing separation surgery in June.
October 20, 2017 Oklahoma inmate suffered from 91-hour erection, lawsuit claims A former Oklahoma inmate is suing for $5 million dollars in a lawsuit that claims prison officials let him suffer in “unbearable pain” after being denied treatment for a 91-hour erection.
October 19, 2017 Man's artificial hip infected with 'rabbit fever' A severe pain in one man's artificial hip joint turned out to be caused by an extremely rare bacterial infection, according to a new report of the man's case.
October 17, 2017 Mysterious illness causes boy to sleep for 11 days A Kentucky boy woke up after sleeping for 11 days straight for unknown reasons, a medical mystery the left doctors puzzled, a report said.
October 16, 2017 Woman contracts rare bacterial infection on 12-hour flight In a rare case, a woman contracted a potentially deadly bacterial infection while on a 12-hour flight from Japan to Germany, according to a new report.
October 13, 2017 Family blames hospital after mom loses limbs to flesh-eating bacteria following childbirth A Canadian mother has filed a claim against her doctors and the hospital she gave birth in after she lost all four limbs to a flesh-eating bacteria infection and now faces a kidney transplant.
October 13, 2017 Rare virus traced to teen's pet rats A mother and her daughter in Tennessee were infected with a virus rarely seen in the United States, and the culprit seems to be pet rats.