2026 • Jan 30
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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2026 • Jan 17
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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2025 • Nov 06
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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2025 • Sep 25
“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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Read More2025 • Aug 25
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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2025 • Aug 14
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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