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Jan 30 • 3 months ago

Custom machine kept man alive without lungs for 48 hours

Infections had turned his lungs to soup and had to be cleared before transplant. ...

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Jan 17 • 4 months ago

This may be the grossest eye pic ever—but the cause is what’s truly horrifying

Hypervirulent germ nearly destroys man, invading brain and blowing out an eye. ...

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Nov 06 • 6 months ago

83-year-old man married 50 years nearly stumps doctors with surprise STI

Man said he was in a monogamous 50-year marriage, but doctors aren't so sure now. ...

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Sep 25 • 7 months ago

“Screwworm is dangerously close”: Flesh-eating parasites just 70 miles from US

The detection was along a heavily trafficked commercial thoroughfare, USDA says. ...

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Aug 25 • 8 months ago

Horrifying screwworm infection confirmed in US traveler after overseas trip

It's not a first—there was a case last year—but it's still disturbing. ...

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Aug 14 • 9 months ago

Worm invades man’s eyeball, leading doctors to suck out his eye jelly

These parasites are usually found in the skin, but they can invade anything. ...

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