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Man suspects wife caught fatal flesh-eating bacteria in Clearwater hot tub ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) - Could there be a deadly, flesh eating bacteria here in the Tampa Bay area? She came to Clearwater for a family vacation.
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Woman dies after contracting flesh-eating bacteria on Florida vacation, family says INDIANAPOLIS - An Indianapolis woman is dead after her family says she contracted a flesh-eating bacterium while on vacation, according to WXIN.
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Depression Rate Rising In America, New Data Shows Depression diagnosis escalated by 33 percent between 2013 and 2016, a new report by the Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) released Thursday claimed.
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Husband says wife would be alive if doctors had diagnosed flesh-eating bacteria infection earlier An Indianapolis woman died Saturday after she contracted a flesh-eating bacteria during a vacation in Florida, but her husband believes she would still be alive today if doctors had diagnosed her earlier.
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Child at Massachusetts daycare diagnosed with typhoid fever QUINCY, Mass. - A Massachusetts child care center has shut down temporarily after a child was diagnosed with typhoid fever, which is rare in the U.S.. The state Department of Public Health confirms that one child who attends the Bright Horizons ...
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Consumer Reports Ranks Top Sunscreens for 2018 May 11, 2018 -- Despite concerns about chemical sunscreens, they protect you better from the sun than "natural" sunscreens, Consumer Reports' latest sunscreen report finds.
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Salmonella: What is it and how to avoid it Salmonella accounts for more than 1 million illnesses and 450 deaths in the United States annually. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the infection routinely appears as the cause of recalls of food each year and is more ...
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Solider gets new ear after doctors grow one on her own arm When Shamika Burrage survived a devastating car crash two years ago, she didn't come out entirely unscathed. The 21-year-old, who is a private in the US Army, lost her left ear in the accident, but thanks to some innovative work by Army plastic ...
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Man donates blood weekly for 60 years, saves lives of 2.4 million babies SYDNEY - An Australian man who has spent most of his life donating blood is retiring. James Harrison has donated blood nearly every week for 60 years.
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Melanoma on the rise, especially in young women: What you should know Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is on the rise, especially among young women. Now, according to the American Academy of Dermatology and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, melanoma is the second most common ...
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Depression Striking More Young People Than Ever By Robert Preidt. HealthDay Reporter. FRIDAY, May 11, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Americans are fast becoming a very depressed lot. New research shows there's been a sharp spike in cases of major depression in the United States in recent years, ...
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Ebola Is Back And World Health Officials Are Racing To Stop Another Catastrophe The World Health Organization announced Friday that it hopes to deploy an experimental vaccine against the developing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, even as the agency plans for the "worst case scenario.
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Study: Dispensaries Recommend Marijuana for Pregnant Women A new study found the majority of dispensaries advise pregnant women to use marijuana to treat morning sickness. By Tala Salem, Contributor.
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Man who helped save more than 2 million babies gives final blood donation James Harrison has donated blood for 60 years, but unlike most donors, his blood contains a precious antibody that is used to make a lifesaving medication called Anti-D.
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He donated blood every week for 60 years and saved the lives of 2.4 million babies Most people, when they retire, get a gold watch. James Harrison deserves so much more than that. Harrison, known as the "Man With the Golden Arm," has donated blood nearly every week for 60 years.
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A mom with terminal cancer sees her son graduate in a special hospital ceremony Like many parents, Stephanie Northcott dreamed of the day she would get to see her son Dalton walk across the stage to receive his high school diploma.
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Son Fulfills Dying Mom's Wish By Having His High School Graduation in the Hospital With his mother expected to lose her battle with cancer just weeks before his high school graduation, Dalton Jackson decided to put on his graduation cap and gown a little early so his mom could be a part of the big day.
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Romaine lettuce illnesses are now in Florida. What does it mean for Tampa Bay? Caesar salad fans, you're not going to like this. Eating romaine lettuce has been a no-no for about two months, when a string of related food poisonings emerged around the country.
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Clock ticking on invasion of icky ectoparasites Dear Otus,. I thought Arkansas had a handle on its tick menace when they eradicated the giant Mexican crab tick about 10 years ago.
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Typhoid scare at Boston-area day care after child diagnosed NORTH QUINCY - Some parents are concerned after a child at a day care and preschool in Massachusetts was diagnosed with typhoid fever, CBS Boston reports.
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Ebola Erupts Again in Africa, Only Now There's a Vaccine Ebola has erupted again in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's ninth outbreak since the virus was discovered there in 1976, and world health officials are moving unusually swiftly to contain the outbreak.
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5 Ways To Tickproof Your Yard Without Spraying This year is expected to be one of the worst on record for ticks, and not just in the Northeast. At least one variety of disease-transmitting tick has been found in all of the lower 48 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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This fish has human teeth and it's freaking people out It's not every day you get to see a fish showing off its pearly whites, so when biologists spotted one off the coast of South Carolina, they decided to have some fun by posting a photo of it on Facebook.
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Fatal E. coli outbreak linked to romaine up to 149 people in Illinois, 28 other states The massive E. Coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce has now sickened 149 people spread across 29 different states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports in its latest update.
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Genetic clues reveal origins of killer fungus behind the 'amphibian plague' A deadly fungus responsible for the devastation of amphibian populations around the world may have originated in East Asia, new research has found.
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Why It's So Tough to Avoid Romaine Lettuce Romaine has become the "it" lettuce. It's found, of course, in a wide variety of salads and lettuce mixes and turns up in sandwiches, wraps, burritos—anywhere a little crunch is called for.
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Ailing Mom Risks Life to Deliver Baby After Being Diagnosed with Life-Threatening Brain Disorder Doctors told 38-year-old Jennifer Chase that she'd have to deliver her baby boy before it was too late. Chase, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, was five months pregnant when she first began experiencing neck pains and blurred vision in July 2017 ...
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Origins of amphibian-killing fungus uncovered A deadly fungus that has ravaged amphibian populations worldwide probably originated in East Asia, new research suggests. A study in Science journal supports an idea that the pet trade helped spread killer strains of the chytrid fungus around the globe.
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You're less likely to get a tick bite if you steer clear of these spots It's finally happened. Winter is over, for real this time. That means that in much of the United States, the forests are at their most inviting… and the ticks are out in force.
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At home smear test from LetsGetChecked allows women to check for cervical cancer Cervical cancer has been in the news lately after brave Irish woman Vicky Phelan spoke out about her inaccurate smear test result.
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What 15 People Do To Manage Their Mental Illness Every Day Mental illness is one of the most common kinds of disability in the U.S. In fact, National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) estimates that annually, around one in five American adults experience mental illness, and one in twenty-five American adults ...
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Healthy Living: One in five US children have serious mental disorders SAN DIEGO (KUSI) - May is mental health awareness month. Each year, millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness and many of them are children.
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Genetic Analysis Suggests Squirrels Contributed to the Global Spread of Leprosy Leprosy is one of the oldest known diseases to afflict humans, yet its origin is mired in controversy. A new study, in which 10 strains of the disease were detected in the remains medieval Europeans, is now complicating the picture even further by ...
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