INSANE: 29 - The Real Truth

How Cone Snail Venom Became a Powerful Painkiller: The Ocean Toxin That Changed Medicine

A Shell That Can Kill YouPick up a cone snail on a beach and it will not wait. The animal fires a hollow, harpoon-like tooth called a radula through its flesh, through yours, and injects venom in under a second. There is no antidote. In documented fatalities, death from respiratory…

Times Life · Aug 21

Horseshoe Crab Blood Powers Every Vaccine and Injection You Have Ever Been Given

The blue blood that guards every hospital on EarthHorseshoe crab blood is blue. Not metaphorically, literally blue, because it uses copper-based hemocyanin to carry oxygen instead of the iron-based hemoglobin that makes human blood red. But the colour is not why the biomedical industry harvests roughly 600,000 horseshoe crabs every…

Times Life · Aug 21

Is Your Supermarket Food Safe? 'Rubbery' Fruit and Bizarre Jelly Juice Spark Terror in Viral Videos

Social-media posts alleging 'fake food' show unusual textures in everyday groceries. Here is what the videos prove, and what they do not.

International Business Times UK · Aug 20

A Hospital IV Fluid Is Recalled After Cotton Fibers, Wood Fiber and Plastic Were Found in Solution

B. Braun recalled a lot of Excel Lactated Ringers IV solution after finding cotton fibers, wood fiber, and polystyrene plastic inside it.

Medical Daily · Aug 20

Publix Frozen Berry Recall Now Carries the FDA's Most Serious Risk Classification After 12 E. coli Cases

FDA classified the GreenWise frozen berry recall sold at Publix as Class I, meaning exposure could reasonably cause serious illness or death.

Medical Daily · Aug 20

Oma's Pride Recall Update Confirms Three Dog Illnesses and No Reported Human Cases from Contaminated Lot

Oma's Pride updated its Salmonella recall notice to confirm three dog illnesses and no reported human cases. What owners should check in the freezer now.

Medical Daily · Aug 20

Flu and COVID Vaccines Are Expected This Fall with Insurer Coverage Despite a Stalled Federal Advisory Committee

Infectious disease specialists say updated flu and COVID vaccines will be available and covered this fall even though the federal advisory panel has not acted.

Medical Daily · Aug 20

Cyclospora Total Climbs to 15,716 Confirmed Cases and 828 Hospitalizations with Two Weeks Left in Season

CDC reported 15,716 domestic Cyclospora cases and 828 hospitalizations through August 17, an increase of 1,821 cases from the previous weekly posting.

Medical Daily · Aug 20

FDA's Highest-Risk Recall Hits 182,000 Berry Packs After E. Coli Sends Four to Hospital

Publix recalls over 182,000 packs of GreenWise berries due to an E. coli outbreak affecting 12 people. The FDA classifies the recall as Class I, indicating serious health risks.

International Business Times UK · Aug 20

Trump’s FDA Pick Heidi Overton Faces Republican Resistance as Bill Cassidy Calls Vaccine Order Role ‘Almost Disqualifying’

President Donald Trump’s choice of Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration faced Republican resistance Wednesday as Senate Health Committee Chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said her role in the administration’s vaccine order was "almost disqualifying."

Benzinga · Aug 20