Los Angeles Times

Californian is infected with rare tick-borne illness. What to know about the deadly bacteria

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred A Northern Californian has been confirmed as ...
Cosmopolitan

We Tested Pimple Patches on Real Breakouts—These 9 Helped Flatten and Heal Overnight

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. I remember the very first set of pimple patches I ordered on Amazon. I was so confused how a tiny clear ...
Houston Chronicle

A second cow in Texas has been found infected with screwworm

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has detected the second incident of a New World screwworm infecting a calf in southwest Texas — approximately 5.6 miles from the first case. On Friday, a federal ...
Bleeping Computer

Over 116,000 Minecraft systems infected in WeedHack malware campaign

A large-scale malware campaign dubbed WeedHack is targeting Minecraft players and has infected more than 116,000 systems since January. The malware is distributed through Minecraft-related malicious ...
CNN

‘Exploding oil.’ What the heck is Trump talking about?

The clock is ticking for President Donald Trump to get a deal done with Iran. Or maybe it’s the other way around: Iran could be dealing with a ticking time bomb – in its own oil wells! With just days ...
Ars Technica

Ebola outbreak: WHO declares emergency, US restricts travel, American infected

The Ebola outbreak first reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday has seemingly escalated quickly into a large, uncontrolled multinational outbreak. As of May 17, there were 10 ...
STAT

U.S. bans entry from Ebola-affected countries as American patient is identified

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is focused on boys’ and men’s health: She looks into reproductive health, trending treatments, screening approaches, mental health, and everything in between. Helen Branswell ...
The New York Times

Should You Worry About Hantavirus?

Here’s what to know about the virus, how it spreads and the risk to the general public. By Nina Agrawal and Dani Blum An outbreak of hantavirus that began aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean ...
Nature

At last, a pill that can prevent COVID after exposure to infected people

An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in people exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus at home, according to trial results published today in the New England Journal of ...
New York Post

1 dead in horror blast at LA garage as fireworks seen exploding in sky

A fireworks explosion inside a $1.3 million home in south Los Angeles forced police to call in a bomb squad to clean up the area Saturday as fire officials battled an ensuing blaze with fireworks ...
New York Post

Here’s what’s next for doomed hantavirus-infected cruise ship

The marooned luxury cruise ship at the center of a deadly suspected hantavirus outbreak is planning to dock in Spain, the World Health Organization revealed Tuesday. The cruise ship carrying 150 ...