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Ebola in DR Congo: Six-year-old 'doing well' after armed men took her from hospital - BBC

Ebola in DR Congo: Six-year-old 'doing well' after armed men took her from hospital - BBC

Health facilities have come under attack during the current outbreak as a result of misinformation and fear.

We Are Admittedly a Bit Startled by This Medical Case Report About Giving an Elderly Woman With Advanced Alzheimer's a Gigantic Dose of Psychedelic Mushrooms Just to See What Would Happen - Futurism

We Are Admittedly a Bit Startled by This Medical Case Report About Giving an Elderly Woman With Advanced Alzheimer's a Gigantic Dose of Psychedelic Mushrooms Just to See What Would Happen - Futurism

A recent case report describes an octogenarian woman with Alzheimer's being given a shockingly high dose of psilocybin.

Could the HPV vaccine eliminate cervical cancer deaths? - Al Jazeera

Could the HPV vaccine eliminate cervical cancer deaths? - Al Jazeera

The HPV vaccine has reduced the risk of cervical cancer death before age 30 to effectively zero in the United Kingdom.

The Medford pharmacy killings: A 15-year-old spotlight on Long Island's opioid crisis - Newsday

The Medford pharmacy killings: A 15-year-old spotlight on Long Island's opioid crisis - Newsday

Fifteen years after the quadruple homicides, progress on stemming the opioid crisis is mixed with memories of the killings and the innocents lost.

RFK Jr.’s New Lyme Plan Is More Conspiracy Than Science - Gizmodo

RFK Jr.’s New Lyme Plan Is More Conspiracy Than Science - Gizmodo

Chronic Lyme disease is a dubious medical diagnosis, but that isn't stopping RFK Jr. from boosting it.

A Signal of Future Alzheimer's May Be Hidden in Your Eyes - ScienceAlert

A Signal of Future Alzheimer's May Be Hidden in Your Eyes - ScienceAlert

With every year, more evidence is connecting our eyes to Alzheimer's disease.

I’m an infectious disease doc — the way-too-common things people do that make me squirm - New York Post

I’m an infectious disease doc — the way-too-common things people do that make me squirm - New York Post

What’s worse than spreading a disease? Not even realizing when you’re doing it.

Know your ticks: Here’s how to spot the ones that carry Lyme and alpha-gal - The Boston Globe

Know your ticks: Here’s how to spot the ones that carry Lyme and alpha-gal - The Boston Globe

Each tick species presents a different risk to humans.

Pseudoscientific Cancer ‘Treatment’ Involves Gassing Naked People in Plastic Bags With Bleach - WIRED

Pseudoscientific Cancer ‘Treatment’ Involves Gassing Naked People in Plastic Bags With Bleach - WIRED

A London clinic owner has claimed he is treating people with stage 4 cancer by sealing them into a plastic bag while they're naked from the waist down and gassing them with chlorine dioxide.