FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 17 - The Untold Story

Sam Darnold's Hip Scare Shows Why a Fracture Gets Ruled Out Before a Muscle Injury Is Treated

Sam Darnold's hip was intact after a hard sack. Why doctors rule out a fracture before treating a muscle strain, and the warning signs of a broken hip.

Medical Daily · Sep 11

Autistic Medicaid Enrollees Died at Higher Rates from Drowning, Flu and Pneumonia in a Study of 2 Million

Autistic Medicaid enrollees had an estimated life expectancy of 64.9 years and higher death rates from drowning, flu, and pneumonia. What families can do.

Medical Daily · Sep 11

Nearly Three in Four Sudden Infant Deaths in CDC Registry Involved Unsafe Sleep, Most Often an Adult Bed

A CDC review of 4,861 sudden infant deaths found unsafe sleep factors in at least 73%. What the registry shows and how to make sleep safer.

Medical Daily · Sep 11

Postmortem Reviews Found Four in Five Stillbirths and Child Deaths in Africa and South Asia Were Potentially Preventable

A CDC-supported network found that 80.7 percent of stillbirths and young child deaths it assessed were potentially preventable with care that already exists.

Medical Daily · Sep 10

Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Recalled Idaho Broccoli Sprouts Reaches 22 Illnesses in Four States, Including Utah

A Salmonella outbreak linked to recalled Evergreen Fresh Sprouts broccoli sprouts has sickened 22 people in four states. Here is what to check at home.

Medical Daily · Sep 10

Genetic Testing Ties 11 Drug-Resistant Bacterial Cases at a Maryland Hospital to the Building's Own Water System

A CDC investigation linked 11 Mycobacterium abscessus cases at a Maryland hospital to its water system, using whole-genome sequencing of samples.

Medical Daily · Sep 10

A Rat in His Toilet Bit His Fingers and Gave Him a Disease That Normally Spreads Through Urine

A Montreal man bitten by a rat in his toilet developed organ failure. The bacteria that nearly killed him spread through urine, not saliva.

Medical Daily · Sep 10

A Drug-Resistant Ringworm Strain Is Now Confirmed in Twenty-Nine Countries as US Testing Capacity Stays Thin

A study in the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases traced drug-resistant ringworm across 29 countries. US surveillance stays thin and voluntary.

Medical Daily · Sep 10

Supreme Court Declines to Block New York School Vaccine Rule for Kindergartner as Measles Cases Climb

The Supreme Court denied an emergency bid to exempt a New York kindergartner from school vaccine rules. The order sets no precedent on the merits.

Medical Daily · Sep 10

Nearly 200 Women Died After Ectopic Pregnancies Since 2020 and No Federal Agency Has Publicly Responded

Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled since 2020 in federal data, and no US health agency has publicly responded. Here is what patients should know.

Medical Daily · Sep 10