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People across Europe, North America slept for days or stared blankly for hours during this 100-year-old strange epidemic and scientists are still searching whyDuring the 1918 flu pandemic, a mysterious illness, encephalitis lethargica, emerged in Europe and North America, causing extreme sleepines...
‘A Muslim producer and a Jewish anchor for 25 years’: Bill Ritter steps down as ABC7 anchor after revealing Alzheimer’s diagnosisVeteran ABC7 anchor Bill Ritter announced his departure from the anchor desk after being diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's disease. Th...
Kerala: Nipah patient's route map released; animal husbandry dept sets up control roomKozhikode district administration has released the route map of a 43-year-old man infected with the Nipah virus. He is currently on ventila...
Psychology says anxiety is not just overthinking, here’s how fear, stress, and uncertainty slowly take control of your mind and bodyPsychology does not suggest that anxiety is merely a result of overthinking. The experience of anxiety is far more intricate than a stream ...
Seven more Shigella cases confirmed in Kerala's WayanadSeven new Shigella infections have been confirmed among students in Wayanad, Kerala, bringing the total to 16. Health officials are intensi...
Dream vacation turns into nightmare: Traveller spends days in coma, then slapped with $147,000 medical bill after more than a yearAn Ontario man's dream Mexico vacation became a $147,000 medical nightmare after a severe illness, seizures, and coma. His travel insurance...
Nipah virus infection reported in Kerala's Kozhikode, 77 contacts identifiedA Nipah virus infection case is confirmed in Kozhikode, Kerala. Authorities have initiated preventive measures and are tracing contacts. Th...
Kerala reports fresh Nipah Virus case: Check symptoms, ways to prevent and other key detailsKerala is on high alert after a man in Kozhikode district tested positive for Nipah virus. Health officials are tracing contacts and implem...
Shigella scare in Kerala: Check symptoms, treatment and causes of the infection that killed 4-year-old in KozhikodeShigella Spreading in Kerala? Kerala has intensified surveillance and testing following its first reported Shigella-related death of a four...
World's most contagious disease detected in California wastewater: Key signs of virus and symptoms you should watchMeasles outbreak: California health officials are alarmed by the detection of measles in wastewater, coinciding with the state's worst outb...
In 1889, a physician noticed a sweet urine clue and helped point medicine toward insulinIn a groundbreaking moment in 1889, two German scientists, Joseph von Mering and Oskar Minkowski, uncovered a crucial link between the panc...
Nearly 150 students of aided school in Kerala's Wayanad fall ill; 38 hospitalisedFever and vomiting have affected nearly 150 students at Mar Baselios Aided Upper Primary School in Koyilandy, Wayanad. Thirty-eight student...
Ahmedabad water contamination: 50 take ill with diarrhoea and vomiting, nine residential societies affected in Ghatlodia areaResidents of Ghatlodia, Ahmedabad, fell ill after contaminated water from a drainage system entered their drinking supply after . Fifty peo...
Rotten, worm-infested and covered in fungus: What could happen to your body if you accidentally drink juice made from such mangoes?FSSAI mango raid: Food safety officials in Gujarat have seized a large stock of rotten, worm-infested mangoes that were allegedly intended ...
Health insurance company denies claim over father’s alleged alcohol history; son fights back and wins Rs 6 lakhA software engineer's father's health insurance claim was denied by HDFC ERGO due to an alleged alcohol history. The insurer repudiated the...
What is the West Nile virus discovered in California? Symptoms, treatment, vaccines and all details explainedWest Nile virus has been detected in California after two dead crows tested positive in San Diego County, prompting officials to urge mosqu...
In the 1930s, rubber factory workers drank alcohol and suddenly felt sick. It wasn't just a workplace illness, it led to the discovery of Antabuse, helping millions quit drinkingAn accidental discovery in a rubber factory in the 1930s revealed that workers exposed to tetraethylthiuram disulfide experienced severe re...
WHO chief reports 5 Ebola recoveries as a new treatment center opens in eastern CongoFive patients have recovered from the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in eastern Congo, offering hope amid an outbreak that has infected 13...
Woman thought it was 'just acidity', kept vomiting after every meal for 8 months; doctors find twisted stomach in chestA 61-year-old woman endured eight months of severe pain, initially treated for acidity. Doctors eventually found a rare paraesophageal hiat...
Strict Ebola screening for foreign arrivals in Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh is taking special steps to prevent Ebola. Passengers arriving from foreign countries are being screened at Vijayawada Intern...