A team of surgeons from New York University has performed the first-ever hands and face transplant! Despite concerns over the coronavirus and extra precautions that had to be taken, the team from NYU Langone Health performed a face and double hand transplant for a 22-year-old New Jersey resident who had been severely burned in a
A 4 year old boy who died from sepsis after being released from the hospital could have apparently survived if hospital staff had managed to contact his family with his test results. Sheldon Farnell died the day after he was released from Sunderland Royal Hospital. His mother first took him to the hospital three days
Scientists have discovered the second person in the world to naturally cure themselves of HIV. The 30-something year old woman, who lives in Argentina, was found to have zero disease-causin ‘intact’ viruses in her blood. Even though she had been infected with HIV and tested positive for it, the woman had undetectable levels of the
By now, you probably know the price tag of the Covid-19 relief bill the Senate passed over the weekend ($1.9 trillion), the partisan split over it (no Republican voted for it) and what’s not in the legislation ($15 minimum wage increase). But here are the policies that are in the bill, per NBC’s Sahil Kapur: $1,400
A drunk driver in Oregon is thought to have recorded the highest ever blood alcohol reading, hitting .77 percent. That is more than nine times the legal limit in the state. Cops breathalyzed the hit-and-run suspect after they noticed he appeared to be “highly intoxicated.” Police attempted to pull over the driver, but the 28-year-old
According to new data, the life expectancy in the United States dropped a full year during the beginning half of 2020 due to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decrease was most significant among people of color, according to preliminary estimates from the CDC. The life expectancy for black Americans dropped almost three
A new study predicts which animals will most likely cause the next deadly COVID-19 outbreak. Among them are cats, rabbits, and hedgehogs. Biologists, using artificial intelligence, designed a prediction model that could prioritize potential hosts of already-existing virus strains that have not reached humans yet. “We want to know where the next coronavirus might come
A parasitic worm infections sounds like a nightmare, but a new study finds that a type of parasite could actually be the key to living a longer and healthier life. According to researchers at University College London, helminth parasites have been harmlessly infecting and living inside humans for most of human history. Only very recently
TikTok user @germanshepardfanaccount went viral on the platform after telling people she contracted Chlamydia in her lungs after smoking a contaminated vape cartridge. The video has almost 2 million views. In it, the girl plays the popular “put a finger down” game. She says, “So, put a finger down if, um, in October you got
Brad Gauthier, 38, had difficulty breathing after waking up one morning. When he tried to drink water, it felt like he was choking. Unaware of just how bad the situation was, Brad carried on with his day with the “strange sensation in his chest.” But when he asked his wife Heather and son Own to
