A Pennsylvania coroner has confirmed a second child measles death in the state.The measles deaths are the first reported in the United States this year amid a 35-year high in infections.”Just today, we received a report of another child who died with measles, and we’re in the process of doing an investigation,” Lancaster County Coroner, … Read more
If you’ve heard of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), it may be because of Bruce Willis or Wendy Williams — two celebrities whose diagnoses in recent years have shed light on this infrequently discussed neurodegenerative disease. Though FTD is relatively rare, accounting for about 5 percent to 10 percent of all dementia cases and affecting an estimated … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Chicago resident has died from West Nile virus, marking the city’s first death linked to the mosquito-borne illness this year, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health.Several other cases have been reported throughout Illinois.The virus is most commonly spread to people through the bite of … Read more
Last week, the family of Miki Berkovich revealed that he is living with dementia with Lewy bodies. Alongside the pain prompted by the disclosure, it highlighted one of the central problems in the field: the gap between the moment changes begin to appear in memory, language, orientation or behavior and the point at which a … Read more
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was reported in collaboration with the Global Health Reporting Center and support from the Pulitzer Center. The small business owner was diagnosed with appendicitis. The university lecturer and the government clerk, both struggling with stomach pain for more than a year, were told they had ulcers. In each case, the real … Read more
A genetically modified kidney from a pig called Wilma has kept a 66-year-old man with kidney failure alive for a record nine months and successfully acted as a “bridge” to a human transplant in a world first.Tim Andrews was seriously ill with end-stage kidney disease caused by type 2 diabetes and had only a 9% … Read more
Pig kidney works in human body for 271 days – is this the future of organ transplants? bbc.comGenetically modified pig kidney keeps man alive for record nine months The GuardianBoston doctors report first pig-to-human transplant bridge WCVBA Transplanted Pig Kidney Is Still Working After a Record-Setting 9 Months in a Patient wired.comIn a First, a … Read more
Last week, my mom complained that she’s starting to smell “like an old person”.She had grabbed her favorite sweater and draped it over herself at the movie theater. “It smelled like my grandmother,” she said, almost whispering. “I thought someone must have borrowed the jacket. But it was just me.”My mom, who’s in her 60s, … Read more
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directly intervened to remove two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s online tally, according to a Reuters report. Kennedy asked the new CDC director, Erica Schwartz, to remove the reference from the agency’s web page tracking measles cases and deaths … Read more
When Dustin Matteson moved his family to Orange County’s idyllic Ladera Ranch community in 2011, at first, it seemed like the perfect place to raise a child. Its green, open spaces and community-oriented atmosphere made it an ideal place for their 3-year-old son, Brody, to meet and play with other kids his own age. As he got … Read more