LI Woman’s Dying Wish Realized: ‘Everybody To Give Blood’

MASSAPEQUA, NY — Bridget McElroy selflessly thought of others as she was dying of cancer. While having a bad reaction to an experimental treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in Manhattan, Bridget’s white blood count was “nonexistent.” It was blood transfusions that extended her life after the 2020 diagnosis. Bridget was well enough to realize […]

Tori Kelly Is ‘Feeling Stronger’ Amid Health Emergency, But Isn’t ‘Fully Out of the Woods’

Health Update The singer’s husband shared an update on her health condition a few days after it was reported that she collapsed at dinner due to blood clots in her legs and lungs After being rushed to the hospital on Sunday evening, Tori Kelly is “feeling stronger,” according to a recent health update from her […]

Dengue outbreak surges in Bangladesh, raising alarm over record deaths and infections

Dengue is spreading rapidly through densely populated Bangladesh this rainy season, raising fears that the mosquito-borne disease could result in a record number of deaths and infections for the second consecutive year. At least 201 people, more than half of them in the capital Dhaka, have died and more than 37,000 have become infected with […]

Salmonella outbreak in 4 states linked to ground beef, CDC warns

When interviewed, most people who were sick with Salmonella said they’d eaten ground beef from the Northeast supermarket chain ShopRite. (Image credit: Bloomberg / Contributor via Getty Images) A multistate outbreak of Salmonella linked to ground beef has infected 16 people, and of those affected, six have been hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease […]

Tori Kelly’s ‘Feeling Stronger’ After Blood Clot Hospitalization, Says Husband

Tori Kelly‘s moving in the right direction after a scary incident that had her hospitalized for blood clots. Tori’s husband, retired basketball player André Murillo, just posted an update on Tori’s condition, saying, “Tori is smiling again and feeling stronger. Not fully out of the woods but we see the sun. Just waiting on a […]

From blood donations to research: Versiti works to keep Wisconsinites healthy

If you’ve ever donated blood in Wisconsin, you may be familiar with Versiti. The organization runs dozens of blood donation centers throughout the Midwest, and here in Wisconsin, it provides more than 230,000 units of blood to hospitals annually. But Versiti does more than blood donations — it’s also home to the Versiti Blood Research […]

First Drug for Skin Infection from Pox Virus Approved by FDA

The FDA has approved Ycanth (cantharidin) for the topical treatment of molluscum contagiosum in adult and pediatric patients 2 years of age and older as an in-office administered therapy.1 Developed by Verrica Pharmaceuticals, Ycanth (perviously VP-102) is the first FDA-approved treatment for molluscum, a highly contagious viral skin infection affecting about 6 million people annually […]

Bad ad fad leads to IcedID, Gozi infections

Cybercriminals are using paid adverts to lure users to malicious sites and trick them into downloading malware, in a variation on SEO (Search Engine Optimization) poisoning. SEO poisoning involves gaming search engines; threat actors put certain keywords on sites they control (either their own, or ones they’ve compromised), hoping that they get pushed up the […]