“What I miss the most is the smell of my son when I kiss him, the smell of my wife’s body,” says Jean-Michel Maillard. © VALERY HACHE Losing the ability to do something we take for granted like smelling a rose can depress people Anosmia, loss of the sense of …
Read More »Rare case of brain-eating amoeba confirmed in Florida
The Florida Department of Health confirmed a case of what is commonly known as a brain-eating amoeba in the Tampa area. According to the department, a person in Hillsborough County hired Naegleria fowleri, which is a single-celled amoeba that attacks brain tissue and is usually fatal. Since 1962, there have …
Read More »Warning issued in Florida after a rare infection case
Light micrograph of a sample of brain tissue in a case of amoebic Naegleria fowleri infection A case of a rare brain-eating amoeba has been confirmed in Florida, according to health officials in the US state. The Florida Department of Health (DOH) said that a person in Hillsborough County had …
Read More »Expert says United States needs a unified approach to fight coronavirus
People await the health assessment record before entering Jackson Memorial Hospital, as Miami-Dade County alleviates some of the blocking measures implemented during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Miami, Florida, USA, June 18, 2020. Marco Bello | Reuters The United States needs a unified approach to address growing …
Read More »Republican Senator Joni Ernst says Obama ‘failed’ on Ebola, but Trump stepped forward with COVID-19
Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), when faced with her earlier criticism of then-President Barack Obama’s handling of the Ebola outbreak in 2014, said Sunday morning that President Donald Trump is “taking a step go ahead “in his response to the coronavirus pandemic that now killed 130,000 Americans. During the 2014 midterm …
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