You’ve heard of Lyme disease — now, infectious disease experts are warning of another serious tick-borne illness that’s on the rise: babesiosis. “If you live in areas where babesiosis is endemic, mostly states in the Northeast and the Midwest, take precautions, especially during the summer months,” said lead study author Paddy Ssentongo, an infectious disease fellow … Read more
A motorcyclist traveling with a pack of fellow riders died from heat exposure Saturday in Death Valley as large swaths of the US continue to grapple with triple-digit temperatures or close to it. The unidentified motorcyclist died from the punishing hot weather while the group of six were riding through Death Valley National Park, officials … Read more
After the planet’s warmest year on record and a record number of heat-related deaths in 2023 for some cities across the nation, U.S. agencies developed a tool to combat heat exposure that anyone with a computer or smartphone can access. NOAA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention partnered to address the skyrocketing number of heat-related deaths each … Read more
The devastated mother of the Taylor Swift concertgoer who died from extreme heat at the singer’s Rio de Janeiro concert last weekend thanked fans for crowdfunding to bring her daughter’s body home after she slammed the event organizers for not helping to facilitate her return. Ana Clara Benevides’ mother, Adriana, appeared emotional in a video … Read more
Life expectancy for Americans has dropped to the lowest levels in nearly three decades, according to a prominent global report. With a middling current average of 76.4 years, the United States has now been eclipsed by nearly every other developed nation, according to recent data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The … Read more
Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, died Friday of a heart attack at 68. Li was China’s No. 2 leader from 2013-23 and an advocate for private business but was left with little authority after President Xi Jinping made himself the most powerful Chinese leader in decades and tightened control … Read more
Certain groups of people may have twice the risk of dying from a heart attack during heat waves and high levels of fine particulate pollution, according to a new study published in Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association (AHA). Researchers analyzed the specifics of over 202,000 heart attacks that occurred in the Chinese province of … Read more
A cat with infinite lives. Soren High, a clothing designer from Portland, Oregon, paid $3,200 to freeze-dry Lokicat, her 16-year-old dead cat. In the viral video, posted on her TikTok account @teapourn, with 4.9 million views, High shared the preservation and mourning process with followers. “I witnessed my cat being killed by a dog I … Read more
Honda Motor on Friday issued a “Do Not Drive” warning for 8,200 Acura and Honda vehicles with unrepaired Takata air bag inflators in the United States. The urgent warning covers various 2001-2003 Honda Accord, Civic, CR-V, Odyssey and Pilot models and Acura 3.2CL and 3.2TL vehicles with so-called “Alpha” inflators. The National Highway Traffic Safety … Read more
A father has tragically died from a suspected venomous snakebite at a private property in Queensland. The man, aged in his sixties, was reportedly bitten on his hand at Lockyer Valley, about 50 kilometers from Brisbane before 10am on Saturday. The father-of-two died before paramedics arrived. The snake species is yet to be confirmed following … Read more