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We asked a parasite expert about RFK Jr.'s claim that a worm ate his brain. Here's what they said.
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoHotez said the diseases are seen in poor populations, with a "surprising amount of illness" in...
What is whooping cough, what are the symptoms and how deadly is it?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoKampmann recommends checking your vaccine records in case you missed receiving this jab. It is also...
A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say
Hawaii News Now· 6 days agoAn orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant – the latest example of...
Moderna’s mRNA Dreams Meet Reality With First Post-Covid Shot
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 hours ago(Bloomberg) -- Moderna Inc.’s pioneering Covid shot turned the company into a nearly $200 billion...
Inflammation drug could be repurposed to treat toxic snake bites
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA drug used to treat inflammation could be repurposed to treat toxic snake bites from African...
Squirrels may have given medieval Britons leprosy
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDr Stephen Walker, Associate Professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said: "There's no doubt that in certain circumstances animals do...
RFK Jr. says worm ‘got into my brain and ate a portion of it’
Greensboro News & Record· 15 hours agoDr. Peter Hotez, an infectious disease expert and Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine ...
WHO releases progress report on neglected tropical diseases
World Health Organization· 3 days agoThe report provides Member States and the global community of partners with an account on progress...
You May Have a Brain Worm Like RFK JR. and Not Even Know it
The Daily Beast· 17 hours agoExperts say that even if you do have a parasite in your head, you shouldn’t necessarily freak out.
First Effective Treatment for African Spitting Cobra Bites Identified in New Study
MSN News· 1 day agoFor the first time, researchers have identified an effective treatment for African spitting cobra...