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Phineas the feline internet sensation with a degenerative brain disorder

A disarmingly wobbly ginger tabby has become a social media sensation, inspiring beer brands and baseball caps. He’s also helping his neuroscientist owners convey the impact of a rare, congenital brain disorder. Phineas has trouble with balance, coordination and eating. He also has plenty of fans across the globe.Credit: Wolter Peeters Normal text sizeLarger text […]

‘It doesn’t feel real’: Sault woman, 18, dies of rare fungal infection

Family members and friends are mourning the death of Miah Joy of Sault Ste. Marie, an 18-year-old woman who died of blastomycosis at Sudbury’s Health Sciences North ICU on Aug. 1. Blastomycosis is a rare fungal infection usually acquired by breathing in the spores of fungi that can be found in moist soil and rotting […]

My perfect wedding on a ‘baller budget’ nearly ended with blood

A wedding is supposed to be the happiest period of a person’s life — but not literally. Kylee, from California, who goes by Trailer Park Princess on TikTok, shared a video last year that has since garnered over 2 million views explaining how her wedding took a bloody turn when she unexpectedly started her menstrual […]

Rising COVID hospitalizations point to another summer surge in infections

John Yang: Geoff, after months of decline, numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that reported cases and hospitalizations are on the rise, slowly, to be sure, but still rising. For the week ending July 22, COVID-19 hospital admissions were up by 12 percent from the week before and emergency department visits […]

Blood Bank’s Supplies Rapidly Shrinking, Donors Sought

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“Blood Popsicles” are All the Rage at the Jaguar Enclosure

In Texas, with temperatures rising above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the Houston zoo has been adapting by treating their animals to delicious cold treats – four-year-old female jaguar, Vida, that treat is a giant popsicle made of blood. Yair Ben-Dor has more. #lee-rev-content { margin:0 -5px; } #lee-rev-content h3 { font-family: inherit!important; font-weight: 700!important; border-left: 8px […]

‘I could feel my lungs filling up with blood’: Mother speaks out after being stabbed 13 times by husband

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Tampa Bay area mother is sharing her story of survival after she was stabbed 13 times. “Honestly thought I was going to die there,” Crystal Bresnahan said. “I couldn’t breathe. I could feel my lungs filling up with blood,” she continued. “It was terrifying.” Investigators said Crystal was allegedly attacked […]

LifeStream blood bank calls for donors as supplies rapidly shrinking

One of the Inland Empire’s largest blood banks is scrambling to find donors amid a supply deficit that’s complicating efforts to treat cancer patients and others in need of transfusions, it was announced today. “The summer months have put an enormous strain on the community’s blood supply,” LifeStream CEO Dr. Rick Axelrod said. “All eligible […]

Inland Empire Blood Supply Takes ‘Huge Hit,’ Donors Desperately Needed

INLAND EMPIRE, CA — One of the Inland Empire’s largest blood banks is scrambling to find donors amid a supply deficit that’s complicating efforts to treat cancer patients and others in need of transfusions, it was announced Thursday. “The summer months have put an enormous strain on the community’s blood supply,” LifeStream CEO Dr. Rick […]