Beware, consumers: “Monkee” business is afoot. More than 121,000 squishy children’s toys sold at Walmart and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet have been recalled due to “risk of serious injury or death from asbestos exposure,” warns the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. “The recalled Orb Funkee squeeze toys may contain fibrous tremolite (asbestos) in the sand, which … Read more
Researchers found unusually high hantavirus levels in rodents in the Pacific Northwest, suggesting greater exposure risk in the surrounding agricultural communities. The area with the biggest prevalence is the Palouse region, which includes parts of eastern Washington and north-central Idaho in the Pacific Northwest. Researchers from Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine found unexpectedly high levels … Read more
BUNIA, Congo — People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer said, as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors are struggling to contain. The … Read more
Cody Carroll was a healthy toddler when he started struggling with recurring ear infections and hearing loss at the age of two. He was given hearing aids. But his mother, Georgia Nonas, was concerned when she noticed other issues. Cody had started to speak, but then became mute. While Cody was diagnosed with autism, his … Read more
California workplace safety regulators want to completely ban kitchen quartz countertops because they are linked to an incurable lung disease in the workers who make them. The state’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted to move towards prohibiting work on artificial stone to stop infection by the deadly kitchen dust, following Australia’s ban of … Read more
Every year, an estimated 1 million Americans die from food-related chronic illness. Poor diet can prove fatal — meanwhile, the benefits of a good diet are there for the taking. If we know what we’re doing. When it comes to what we should be putting on our plates, though, it’s not always obvious. With social media … Read more
A new treatment for endometrial cancer demonstrated strong potential in a Phase 3 clinical trial. Drugmaker Merck announced Monday that the investigational drug sacituzumab tirumotecan (sac-TMT) met its “primary endpoints” of overall survival and progression-free survival in patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. The TroFuse-005 trial is the first global Phase 3 trial to “demonstrate statistically significant … Read more
AMSTERDAM/MADRID, May 12 (Reuters) – A Dutch hospital has quarantined 12 staff members as a preventive measure after blood and urine from a hantavirus patient were handled without observing strict protocols, as medics around the world work to stop the spread of the outbreak. The 12 will be quarantined for six weeks, the Radboudumc hospital in the … Read more
“Patient zero” isn’t exactly the title you want attached to your travel itinerary. But that’s the grim distinction Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord now holds after authorities identified him as the first case in a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a luxury cruise ship. The 70-year-old birdwatcher and his wife, Mirjam Schilperoord, 69, had toured an Argentinian … Read more
A hantavirus outbreak aboard a luxury cruise ship that has left three people dead is veering into the fringe. Online, a growing number of social media users are floating ivermectin as a possible treatment for the rare infectious disease, which can cause life-threatening heart and lung complications. Yes, you read that right — the antiparasitic … Read more
The deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has put citizens and health authorities on high alert. Experts believe a few passengers were infected with the Andes strain of hantavirus, which has a mortality rate of up to 40% because it affects the lungs and kidneys, which are critical for survival. Hantavirus is typically … Read more
Hantavirus has been all over the news lately due to a shocking outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The virus is typically transmitted to humans when they breathe airborne particles from the dried droppings, urine or saliva of infected rodents. That’s how Oscar winner Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy, died last … Read more
A dream trip has turned into a floating nightmare for passengers and crew aboard the MV Hondius, where a hantavirus outbreak has killed three and sickened at least four others. Nearly 150 people still on board are in quarantine after health officials confirmed that two passengers were infected with the Andes strain, a rare and … Read more
Many are split on whether AI is good for humanity, but a new AI-powered tool could prove revolutionary when it comes to cancer screenings. Pancreatic cancer is considered one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-detect cancers. It has a 13% five-year survival rate and is projected to cause more than 52,700 deaths this year, according … Read more
There aren’t many people who can find the bright side of being diagnosed with cancer. But winemaker Nick Dugmore has found it. “Cancer’s been phenomenal for me, because I’ve never lived so f—ing purely and happy, and just in love with life in all my life,” Dugmore told news.com.au. It’s likely the only compliment the … Read more
After a devastating diagnosis of celiac disease at age 20, Vanessa Phillips had to rewrite the menu in a city that runs on bagels and carbs. Phillips, now 42, wanted nothing more than to be able to eat her go-to comfort foods without spending her days in pain. After the success of her first venture … Read more
Sherrone Moore’s affair with Paige Shiver didn’t just cost him his job — it also led to a pregnancy, and now Shiver is opening up about the painful decision to abort the baby. The 32-year-old former assistant to the disgraced ex-University of Michigan football coach, 40, said in a Friday interview that she initially wanted … Read more
It’s a hard topic to address. A penile cancer survivor is raising awareness of the rare disease that ate away at parts of his penis seven years ago, when he was just 26. Steven Hamill sat down with the hosts of ITV’s “This Morning,” plus his urologist at Britain’s Clatterbridge Hospital, Dr. Arie Parnham, to … Read more
There could be a serious up-tick. The Big Apple is about to be bled dry — and not just because of ferocious tax hikes. This spring and summer, NYC could see an influx of biblical levels of disease-harboring ticks and mosquitoes, borne aloft by warming weather and booming vector populations. It’s enough to have locals … Read more
The yearning to cheat death has infused pop culture for ages, from “The Picture Of Dorian Gray” to “Death Becomes Her” to “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” But in recent years, finding the secret to longer life has transitioned from mythical fiction to actual science with the help of over $5 billion in investments … Read more