Doctors dismissed healthy 24-year-old runner’s rashes as allergies and sent her home — then she died

Doctors dismissed healthy 24-year-old runner’s rashes as allergies and sent her home — then she died

A Welsh family is mourning the loss of a young runner who died after doctors perplexingly diagnosed her symptoms as allergies. Throughout the summer, 24-year-old Georgia Taylor reported symptoms like rashes, swelling and a mysterious pain in her leg. Shortly after returning home from a trip to Greece, she rapidly deteriorated and was admitted to … Read more

Athletes break out in rashes, fever after Tough Mudder race

Athletes break out in rashes, fever after Tough Mudder race

California health officials have issued an advisory after several people who participated in a Tough Mudder race last weekend got sick.  Nearly two dozen people who ran in the Tough Mudder challenge at Sonoma Raceway on August 19 and 20 developed rashes with fever and reported muscle pain or nausea and vomiting, according to the Sonoma County Department … Read more

Pictures show how monkeypox lesions and rashes really look on different skin tones and body parts, and how they change over time

Pictures show how monkeypox lesions and rashes really look on different skin tones and body parts, and how they change over time

Monkeypox infections can take several weeks to resolve. The lesions, which are highly infectious, can look quite different from person to person and place to place on the body. Here’s a simple guide for spotting monkeypox, with 8 of the most common presentations. Loading Something is loading. Monkeypox infections can look dramatically different from person … Read more