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Nevada boy dies of rare brain-eating amoeba infection after swimming in Lake Mead
By Nicoletta Lanese published
A child died of a brain-eating amoeba infection in Nevada.

Is brain death reversible?
By Stephanie Pappas published
Brain death, also known as death by neurologic critera isn't just damage or a coma. It's irreversible.

Surge of 'flesh-eating' bacteria infections plagues Florida following Hurricane Ian
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Lee and Collier counties in Florida saw increases in flesh-eating bacterial infections after Hurricane Ian.

Nobel prize in medicine awarded to geneticist who sequenced Neanderthal genome
By Ben Turner published
Pääbo's work focused on extracting DNA from ancient pieces of bone

'Love hormone' oxytocin may help mend broken hearts (literally), lab study suggests
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Oxytocin may help regenerate heart tissue after injury.

In a 1st, scientists use designer immune cells to send an autoimmune disease into remission
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Five lupus patients reached remission with CAR T-cell therapy.

Doctors remove 50 AA and AAA batteries from woman's gut and stomach
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Doctors removed dozens of batteries from a woman's GI tract.

A man's voice grew hoarse for no obvious reason. It turns out, he had fungus in his throat.
By Nicoletta Lanese published
A man's rare fungal infection caused his voice to grow hoarser and hoarser.
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