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She Had No Throat Symptoms, Then Anesthesia Exposed a Giant Cyst Sitting Over Her Airway

A 60-year-old woman went under for gallbladder surgery with no airway complaints. Mask ventilation faltered, and a cyst was hiding her vocal cords.

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A Trauma Scan After an Assault Found Both of His Kidneys Sitting on the Same Side

A CT after an assault found a 35-year-old man's left kidney had crossed to the right side, fed by an artery branching off his iliac artery.

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Surgeons Looking for One Duct in a Routine Gallbladder Operation Found Two

Ultrasound showed only gallstones. During surgery, two separate cystic ducts drained one gallbladder, an anomaly that imaging rarely catches.

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Surgeons Reached for a Back Muscle During Her Breast Reconstruction and Found That It Was Simply Not There

A 69-year-old woman's latissimus dorsi muscle was missing on one side during breast reconstruction. A CT from two years earlier had already shown it.

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Her Spleen Had Drifted Into Her Pelvis for Years Before Anyone Connected It to Her Pancreatitis

A 45-year-old woman's spleen had migrated to her pelvis and was twisting, dragging her pancreatic tail with it and triggering recurrent pancreatitis.

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Mississippi Awards $104 Million in Federal Rural Health Grants for Technology, Telehealth, and Care Gaps Across 167 Projects

Mississippi awarded more than $104 million in federal rural health grants across 167 projects. Where the money goes and why rural access matters.

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Rural Virginia Paramedics Make Home Visits to Cut Repeat 911 Calls, but Programs Struggle to Find Steady Funding

Community paramedics in rural Virginia visit patients at home to prevent repeat 911 calls. Early results are promising, but funding is thin.

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No Locally Acquired Human Screwworm Cases Reported in the United States as Animal Detections Slow and Questions Grow

The CDC reports no locally acquired human screwworm cases in the US. USDA animal detections fell sharply in August, and experts question the traps.

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Federal Airlift Cut Protective Equipment Shipping from 40 Days to Seven and Industry Questioned the Federal Role

GAO found that Project Airbridge flew 1.2 billion PPE items and cut shipping from 40 days to seven. The industry questioned the federal role.

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Trust in Measles Vaccine Safety Fell to 76 Percent from 84 Percent as Pennsylvania Counts Four Deaths

A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 76 percent of Americans call the MMR vaccine safe for children, down from 84 percent in 2020. What it means for parents.

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Nearly Four Percent of Medicaid-Insured Children Hospitalized with Sepsis Died and Survival Varied Sharply by Region

A pediatric study of 40,524 pediatric sepsis episodes found that 3.9 percent died within 30 days, with lower death rates in regions with a children's hospital.

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Flu Shedding Peaked Around Day Four in New Analysis Just as Most Families Had Already Stopped Isolating

A CDC-led study of 1,294 flu patients found virus shedding peaked around day four, while just 21 percent were isolated from household members at all.

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Jacksonville Reports a Second Locally Acquired West Nile Case as Duval County Crews Spray for Infected Mosquitoes

Duval County confirmed a second locally acquired West Nile case, and Jacksonville is ground spraying. What residents should check at home.

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Semaglutide Added About Three Months to the Lives of Old Female Mice and Human Longevity Claims Remain Unproven

A Nature study found semaglutide raised median lifespan in aged female mice by about 12 percent. Researchers say the finding does not apply to people.

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Surgeon General Nominee Tells Senators Childhood Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism While Hedging on Hepatitis B Birth Dose

Surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier told senators vaccines do not cause autism and praised MMR, but stopped short on the hepatitis B birth dose.

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Surgeons Opened Her Aorta to Replace a Valve and Found the Inner Lining Had Turned Blue

During valve surgery on a woman with Churg-Strauss syndrome, the ascending aorta's inner lining was blue, a finding not previously reported.

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His Chest Plaque Survived Six Months of Washing and a Punch Biopsy, Then Vanished with One Alcohol Wipe

A 25-year-old man had a large warty chest plaque biopsied before a 70% alcohol wipe erased it, revealing a benign condition described in 1987.

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Bleach Turned the Urine Brown in Every Colitis Patient on Mesalamine, and in None of the Others

One milliliter of the chemical in household bleach turned urine brown in all nine mesalamine patients tested, and none of the controls.

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An Ice Axe Punctured His Thigh in 1997, and 27 Years Later His Heart Was Pumping Nine Liters a Minute

A 1997 ice axe injury left a hidden artery-to-vein channel undetected for 27 years, pushing nearly 4 liters of blood a minute through one thigh.

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Independent Team Begins Reviewing Children's Meningococcal and Pneumococcal Vaccine Evidence as a Court Stay Freezes the Federal Schedule

An independent team will review meningococcal and pneumococcal vaccine evidence for children. Why the federal schedule change is currently on hold.

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California Judge Leaves Unprompted Notification Ban Intact While Requiring Schools to Answer Parents Who Ask Directly

A California judge upheld an injunction against unprompted parental notification, while schools must answer honestly when parents ask directly.

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Nearly 2,000 Elementary Schools Now Teach Kindergartners to Ride Bikes in Gym Class with Helmets Included

A learn-to-ride curriculum has reached nearly 2,000 US elementary schools. What the health evidence supports and the helmet rules that matter.

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Pennsylvania Will Withdraw Its CDC Outbreak Aid Request Unless the Agency Publicly Counts Four Measles Deaths

Pennsylvania tied its CDC outbreak-aid request to federal recognition of four measles deaths. HHS called it blackmail. What families should know.

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Obamacare Enrollment Opens November 1 and Runs Through January 15 After a Court Blocked the Shorter Window

Federal marketplace enrollment runs Nov. 1 to Jan. 15 after a court vacated the shortened window. Premiums, deadlines and renewal traps to check.

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Drugs and Devices Reach Patients Before Required Safety Studies Finish and Federal Records Show Many Run Late

Federal records show many FDA-ordered postmarket safety studies are late or unfinished. What patients can ask about the evidence behind a drug.

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