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Healthy 18-year-old welder nearly died of anthrax—the 9th such puzzling case

In 2022, CDC researchers found an unexpected pattern. Since 1997, there had been seven cases of infections from Bacillus group bacteria producing the anthrax toxin—all...

Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages

The quarantine period for measles is 21 days from the exposure, which is the maximum incubation period before the tell-tale rash appears. Measles is highly...

More FDA drama: Top drug regulator calls it quits after 3 weeks

The top drug regulator at the Food and Drug Administration, Richard Pazdur, has decided to retire from the agency just three weeks after taking the...

There may not be a safe off-ramp for some taking GLP-1 drugs, study suggests

Of the 308 who benefited from tirzepatide, 254 (82 percent) regained at least 25 percent of the weight they had lost on the drug by...

Why you don’t want to get tuberculosis on your penis

Miliary tuberculosis (MTB) is a severe form of tuberculosis in which the instigating bacteria— Mycobacterium tuberculosis or potentially a relative that infects cows and deer,...

Infant botulism outbreak doubles; ByHeart confirms bacteria in formula

ByHeart voluntarily recalled two batches of formula on November 8, but said the decision “was made purely out of caution, to go above and beyond...

Trump admin axed 383 active clinical trials, dumping over 74K participants

“A betrayal” Jena and colleagues examined the greater context, comparing the number of cancelled trials in each treatment category to the total number of all...

As shutdown ends, dubious CDC panel gets back to dismantling vaccine schedule

Nevertheless, Kennedy’s ACIP members planned to push the first dose back a month. A vote was prepared to recommend not giving a birth dose unless...

This flu season looks grim as H3N2 emerges with mutations

Health officials in the United Kingdom are warning that this year’s flu season for the Northern Hemisphere is looking like it will be particularly rough—and...

James Watson, who helped unravel DNA’s double-helix, has died

James Dewey Watson, who helped reveal DNA’s double-helix structure, kicked off the Human Genome Project, and became infamous for his racist, sexist, and otherwise offensive...

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