US human rabies patient refuses treatment, dies
From NPR: An 80-year-old Illinois man has died of rabies from a bat bite. It is the first human case of rabies in the state since 1954. The exposure occurred in mid-August, when the patient MORE
From NPR: An 80-year-old Illinois man has died of rabies from a bat bite. It is the first human case of rabies in the state since 1954. The exposure occurred in mid-August, when the patient MORE
According to a paper published today in the journal Science, the footprints were pressed into the mud near an ancient lake at White Sands between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago, a time when many scientists MORE
A UK reproductive immunologist says that reported disruptions to women’s menstrual cycles after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine should be investigated and disclosed for the success of the pro-vaccine campaign. Dr. Victoria Male, a reproductive immunologist MORE
On Tuesday afternoon, a fight broke out at University of Alabama at Birmingham when a student allegedly attacked some guy man and a woman who identified themselves as preachers. A witness to the incident said MORE
Minnesota Senator and former Presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar revealed on Thursday that she was diagnosed and treated for breast cancer earlier this year. In February of this year, doctors at Mayo Clinic found small white MORE
DATELINE: BIGELOW HIGH SHOOL, ARKANSAS – Before delivering the 2020 – 2021 yearbook to students earlier this month, school administrators ripped out a two-page spread depicting a timeline of events from the academic year. Among MORE
On Tuesday, the Newberg Public Schools board voted 4-3 to ban Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ and other “political” signs, flags and articles of clothing from their campuses. At a later date, the Board will vote MORE
Germ theory denialist Facebook group went from 147 members in April 2020 to 18.4K now. Listen up, sheeple: COVID-19 doesn’t exist. Viruses don’t cause disease, and they aren’t contagious. Those doctors and health experts who MORE
Simone Biles, four-time Olympic gold medalist, will not compete in Thursday’s individual all-around competition after withdrawing from the team finals because of a mental health issue, according to an emailed statement from U.S.A. Gymnastics. Biles MORE
Tony PALM BEACH, Fla. – A lawn care worker named Tony as walking to work when he saw a man in a car having a seizure. Without thinking, he ran up to the rolling car and grabbed MORE
“A poll on the 52nd anniversary of the moon landing shows a majority of Republicans now reject science, sparking a COVID-19 comeback.” When the three-man mission had blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in MORE
Corissa McCalister, 22, took a plea deal in which she admitted to the assault in exchange for a sentence of two years’ probation and 80 hours of community service, according to local CBS affiliate WTRF. MORE
Officials at University Hospitals in Cleveland have placed two caregivers on administrative leave after a patient received a kidney was meant for someone else. Although the kidney matched the incorrect recipient and said recipient is MORE
ATLANTA (AP) — Three Democratic U.S. senators from states that have refused to expand Medicaid want the federal government to set up a mirror plan to provide health insurance coverage to people in those states. MORE
The eastern Mediterranean coast was a crowded place 120,000 years ago. By that time, Homo sapiens — anatomically modern humans — had migrated out of Africa and settled in modern-day Israel and Arabia. Meanwhile, Neanderthals MORE
A New York Times analysis found no identifiable DNA for tuna in Subway’s tuna sandwich, the newspaper reported over the weekend, citing tests conducted by a commercial lab. The Times bought 60 inches worth of MORE
(CNN)Paleontologists working in China have discovered a new species of giant rhino, the largest land mammal ever to have walked the earth. Giant rhino, Paraceratherium, were mainly found in Asia, according to a press release MORE
Bessie Lacks and her grandson Jermaine Jackson of Kalamazoo, Michigan, were overwhelmed with emotion when they received their Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations earlier this spring. Not just because they were being vaccinated or because they were MORE
The new map is the product of years of work by a group of 400 scientists from seven countries, known as the Dark Energy Survey (DE.S). . . .(more) In a series of studies published this week, MORE
The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years coincides with a supermoon early Wednesday morning for a great cosmic show, and the Pacific Coast has a fantastic viewing point. “Hawaii has the best MORE
Scientists have uncovered the earliest modern human burial in Africa, which changes what we know about social behaviors in Homo sapiens, according to a new study. The discovery offers new insight into how these ancient people from MORE
Peloton recalled all of its Tread+ and Tread treadmills on Wednesday following a fight with the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s recommendation to do so. The CPSC said that there has been one child death and MORE
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday that it will begin the process of banning menthol flavored cigarettes and all flavored cigars, stopping short of including menthol flavored e-cigarettes. The agency says the move MORE
A total of 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus rex probably existed during the lifespan of the species, researchers have calculated – suggesting that very few survived as fossils. Charles Marshall at the University of California, Berkeley, and MORE
Monday, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. The Ingenuity team at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California confirmed the flight MORE