The doctor, who was unable to diagnose the sick child with sepsis, apologized to the girl's grieving family after she died less than 24 hours after she was misdiagnosed as having a "chest infection." Dr. Claire Verey, who examined ...
A Middlebury, Indiana family says bacterial meningitis killed their 10-year-old daughter just days after she complained of ear pain. Abigail DiPietro's parents said the girl was diagnosed with an ear infection in early February. A couple...
The agency clarifies that the outbreak of the disease began in mid-November. “According to the US Center for Infectious Disease Control (CDC), an outbreak of acute respiratory infection caused by the adenovirus HAdV7 continues at the University of Maryland,” the agency’s website says. It is specified that...
State Senator José Peralta, the first Dominican American ever elected to the state Senate, died unexpectedly Wednesday night at the age of 47. His wife blames a mysterious infection. Evelyn Peralta told the Daily News that an autopsy was underway and that her husband had something ...
The New Jersey Department of Health announced the death of an 16th child at a state medical center on November 11 after a severe viral outbreak. The child was a resident at the Wanaka Care and Rehabilitation Center (Passaic County, New Jersey) and was one of 34 children ...
A Kansas State University student thought she had a sore throat but suddenly died from a dangerous infection. Samantha Scott from Fort Morgan, Colorado, felt ill. She was diagnosed with tonsillitis, an inflammation of the tonsils. Two weeks later she died. The family said that...
An Indiana boy is recovering from a mysterious illness that has resulted in the amputation of all of his lower limbs. The kid felt bad after walking in the park. In late September, two-year-old Jeremiah developed a fever. The day before, his family walked and played in the park, but ...
A resident of North Carolina died due to a bacterial infection, which he contracted in his own yard while picking up trash after Hurricane Florence. Ron Phelps scratched his leg while clearing the yard a few days after the hurricane, writes wsoctv.com. An infection got into the wound, and the doctors had to amputate the leg ...
A surf resort in Central Texas has closed pending test results for what is commonly referred to as “brain amoeba,” a fatal amoebic meningoencephalitis. Fabrizio Stabile, 29, of New Jersey died earlier this month after visiting a water park at the resort...
In Russia, on the website of Rospotrebnadzor, the body responsible for protecting consumer rights and their well-being, a warning appeared about an outbreak of infection in the United States and preventive measures when preparing salads. In its warning, Rospotrebnadzor refers to data from the state Department of Health...