If you were keeping a watchful eye on the news feeds on Friday, you probably heard about a new strain of deadly fungus called Cryptococcus gattii that has emerged in Oregon and Washington, and is threatening to spread into California. If you’re like me, you are also probably confused about how worried you should — [...]
Aker University Hospital is a dingy place to heal. The floors are streaked and scratched. A light layer of dust coats the blood pressure monitors. A faint stench of urine and bleach wafts from a pile of soiled bedsheets dropped in a corner. Look closer, however, at a microscopic level, and this place is pristine. [...]
Since the beginning of the mysterious flu epidemic in at the end of October, at least 633 people have died in Ukraine from the unknown virus. Digital Journal reported in November that the mysterious virus in Ukraine had turned into a black lung epidemic that makes one’s internal organs look burned. One doctor called the [...]