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A Michigan resident has died of rabies after receiving a transplanted organ in Ohio, the Toledo-Lucas County (Ohio) Health Department reported Wednesday. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the report, saying the patient died in January and the transplant happened in December.”A public health investigation determined they contracted rabies through the transplanted organ,” the Michigan agency said.The patient had received a transplanted organ and was under care in Lucas County, where they died. Because the person was a Michigan resident, it will be counted as a Michigan human rabies case rather than an Ohio one, the local health…
On Jan. 18, I was one of millions of Americans scrolling through TikTok when service for the all-you-can-binge video buffet suddenly halted just before a federal government ban went into effect.It was a breathtaking moment that had me in mourning. Where will I go now, I wondered, for my daily dose of Hollywood gossip, video game news and anime updates?TikTok, which is owned by a Chinese company, ByteDance, and had run up against a legal deadline to find a U.S. owner or face a ban, came back to life the next day. President Trump then quickly signed an executive order…
Last year, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, and Tom Alison, one of his top lieutenants, were discussing how they wanted to reshape Facebook for the future of social networking.Mr. Zuckerberg, who had grown Facebook from a dorm room project to a $1.5 trillion company that he renamed Meta, wanted to bring back some of the original rationale for the social network, or what he called “OG Facebook” vibes, Mr. Alison said in an interview. After years of adding features, the executives felt that some of Facebook’s key functions were being drowned out.So they asked themselves: Why not try building some…
An 8-year-old northern Minnesota boy is one of the first in the country to receive a specific type of gene therapy treatment.Colton Belluzzo was diagnosed with a form of muscular dystrophy when he was a baby.The disease has weakened his muscles over time.But he and his family now have good reason to be optimistic. “He’s an outgoing little boy. Loves to play outside,” said Morgan Belluzzo, Colton’s mom. Colton Belluzzo also loves to fish, ride horses and even give his own weather reports on camera. Colton Belluzzo WCCO But when he was 7 months old, Colton Belluzzo was diagnosed with Duchenne…
PLEASANTVILLE, Iowa — Zach Mecham has heard politicians demand that Medicaid recipients work or lose their benefits. He also has run into a jumble of Medicaid rules that effectively prevent many people with disabilities from holding full-time jobs. “Which is it? Do you want us to work or not?” he said. Mecham, 31, relies on the public insurance program to pay for services that help him live on his own despite a disability caused by muscular dystrophy. He uses a wheelchair to get around and a portable ventilator to breathe. A paid assistant stays with Mecham at night. Then a…
West Virginia has outlawed foods that contain some artificial dyes or other additives, in one of the most comprehensive statewide bans of its kind. The move cites potentially harmful health effects and comes amid a broader push from scientists and government leaders to clamp down on synthetics in the nation’s food supply.On Monday, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed into law a bill that was passed earlier by legislators to eliminate seven artificial dyes — Red Dye No. 3, Red Dye No. 40, Yellow Dye No. 5, Yellow Dye No. 6, Blue Dye No. 1, Blue Dye No. 2 and Green Dye…
Residency programs are where medical students get post-graduate hands-on experience. It’s a very competitive process.”We are officially excited to welcome you to Match Day 2025,” said Dr. DaCarla Albright, associate dean for Student Affairs and Wellness at Perelman School of Medicine.Graduating medical students at the University of Pennsylvania found out where they’ll go for residency programs on Friday.”My experience here has been amazing,” said Sydney Chambule, a Penn medical student.Chambule had a full scholarship, coming to Penn from Mozambique where he said the medical system is lacking. “I hope to be able to become a great surgeon and to find…
Officials at agencies throughout the Department of Health and Human Services say they are bracing for steep layoffs, as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his aides are nearing their final decisions on a sweeping restructuring of the department.Decisions by Kennedy and his team on the changes to the department’s makeup and organization are expected within a week or two, multiple senior health officials have been told. One official said aides have begun drafting a reorganization announcement.The department did not respond to a request for comment. In addition to the formal head of the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency team,…
Paul Safarik, 32, of Lincoln, Nebraska, has worked in the food industry since he was 21, delivering for quick service restaurants like Raising Cane’s and stocking groceries at stores like Trader Joe’s. With his earnings, Safarik, who has Down syndrome, recently bought a treadmill to stay active when the weather’s bad and helped cover the cost of braces for his teeth.That’s unusual, financially speaking, and it’s thanks in part to a little-known savings account called an ABLE account, which lets people people with disabilities save money beyond the $2,000 asset limit that’s linked to benefits like Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid. Without the…
Hugues Oyarzabal, one of Europe’s most accomplished surfers and among the first to record spectacular feats from inside the curl of a wave using digital cameras, died on Feb. 21 at his home in Biarritz, France. He was 39.His parents, Charles and Lucette Oyarzabal, said he had taken his own life. Friends told The New York Times that Oyarzabal had lived with bipolar disorder from childhood.“His physical and psychological suffering took its toll,” his parents told The Times through a translator. “He has chosen to leave us, to rediscover the peace and serenity he has been unable to find over…