Business Insider Unsafe oral sex is causing a rise in cases of untreatable ‘super-gonorrhoea’Business InsiderThe World Health Organization has warned that cases of untreatable, antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea are on the rise due to unsafe oral sex and a decline in condom use. Data from 77 countries showed that when someone contracts the common …This STD is Becoming … Read more
CBS News Alabama health officials issue warning about flesh-eating bacteriaCBS NewsLast Updated Jul 8, 2017 12:19 AM EDT. MOBILE, Ala. — Health officials in Alabama are warning residents of a flesh-eating bacteria found in bodies of water throughout the state. The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) on Friday warned residents …Alabama Department of Public Health … Read more
Los Angeles Times In rural America, opioid prescriptions continue to flow, new CDC report showsLos Angeles TimesAfter years of fitful efforts to get doctors to prescribe fewer opioid painkillers, the nation’s annual dose of the potentially addictive medications remained roughly three times higher in 2015 than it was in 1999, when overdose deaths began their … Read more
PennLive.com You can now snort chocolate. But should you?PennLive.comNow meet Coco Loko, a “snortable” chocolate powder being marketed as a drug-free way to get a buzz. The product, created by Orlando-based company Legal Lean, includes cacao powder, as well as gingko biloba, taurine and guarana, which are …Why would anyone use snortable chocolate? For an energy … Read more
New York Times Georgia’s Health Commissioner Named to Lead CDCNew York TimesDr. Brenda Fitzgerald in 2014 with Gov. Nathan Deal of Georgia, when she was the public health commissioner for the state. Credit David Tulis/Associated Press. The Trump administration on Friday named Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, the public health …Georgia Health Commissioner to Lead CDCU.S. News & … Read more
WNDU-TV 11 teens hospitalized after eating THC-infused gummy bearsWNDU-TVLAPORTE COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) – Police in La Porte County are investigating after a group of teenagers ate drug-infused gummy bears. Late Thursday night, police were called out to the 5200 block of County Road 325 West. A 19-year-old had called 911 …11 teens ill after eating drug-laced … Read more
Forbes CDC Report: If You Are Eating Walrus Meat, Make Sure It Is Well-CookedForbesThis may alter your dinner plans…if your plans include walrus. No, not eating with walruses, which may require very large chairs, but eating walrus meat. The recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly …Rx for orphan walrus … Read more
CNN Hospital requests new hearing for sick baby Charlie GardCNN(CNN) The London hospital caring for 11-month-old Charlie Gard has requested a new hearing to consider “fresh evidence” about a possible treatment for his rare condition. The hospital said in a statement Friday that it “applied to the (UK’s) High Court …Charlie Gard will likely die … Read more
NBCNews.com Ohio Sheriff Says His Officers Won’t Carry NarcanNBCNews.comThe sheriff of one opioid-ravaged Ohio county is refusing to equip his deputies with Narcan, the drug that has saved the lives of countless overdosing addicts. Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones insists he is not heartless but says requiring …Sheriff won’t let officers use Narcan, says … Read more
Fox News Woman contracts flesh-eating bacteria while fishing off Alabama coastFox NewsThe woman, whose name is being withheld, was fishing with her husband off a pier. (iStock). A 70-year-old woman nearly lost her hand after contracting flesh-eating bacteria while fishing with her husband on Alabama’s Gulf Coast last week. The …Alabama issues Vibrio warning: Don’t … Read more