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Maryland Confirms 1st Human Case of Flesh-Eating Screwworm in US. What Are the Symptoms?

The U.S. has reported its first human case of the flesh-eating parasite called new world screwworm, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The case involves a patient in ...
Columbus Dispatch

Human case of screwworm found in US. Are the parasites in Ohio? Here's what to know

A human case of the flesh-eating New World Screwworm has been found in the United States in a person who traveled to El Salvador. The parasitic insect is actually a fly that looks similar to a ...
Yahoo

Mom Thought She Just Had Dry Skin. Months Later, She Had Hole 'The Size of a Quarter' in Her Nose After Skin Cancer Diagnosis

A mother of four thought she just had a bit of dry skin on her nose, months before receiving a shocking diagnosis. Amanda Anderson, 43, from Layton, Utah, first noticed she had a small spot on the ...
Live Science

Incredible, first-of-its-kind video shows human embryo implanting in real time

Scientists have captured a video showing the implantation of a human embryo for the first time, using a laboratory model of a uterus. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Human Bean? Mysterious group says there's a grown man living inside Cloud Gate, aka 'the Bean'

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CNN

Is salmon sperm the secret to amazing skin? We asked derms about the buzzy beauty trend

First popularized in South Korea, salmon sperm skin care refers to skin care products that include salmon-derived polydeoxyribonucleotide (PDRN), or purified DNA fragments. “PDRNs are polynucleotides ...
Reuters

Fact Check: ‘Human skin teddy bear’ found in California is made of latex, not flesh

A teddy bear left at a California gas station that was reported to authorities as being covered in human remains was a latex prop, the local sheriff’s department and the artist have said, though the ...
MedPage Today

CMS Proposes Major Overhaul of Skin Substitute Reimbursement

Earlier this week, CMS announced a proposed rule targeting "abusive pricing practices" in the wound care industry by radically changing the way skin substitutes are reimbursed. Instead of paying for ...
ABC7

Man arrested after macabre 'human skin teddy bear' left outside Victorville business, deputies say

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (KABC) -- A man accused of leaving a macabre "human skin teddy bear" outside of a Victorville convenience store on Sunday has been arrested, according to the San Bernardino County ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Human skin’ teddy bear was left at a SoCal gas station. Suspected prankster arrested

A macabre teddy bear that appeared to be made out of human skin and was found outside a Victorville gas station over the weekend turned out to be a practical joke — and the suspected practical joker ...
KTLA

Arrest made in macabre ‘human flesh’ teddy bear prank in Southern California

An arrest has been made after what appeared to be a teddy bear wrapped in human flesh was left outside a Victorville convenience store, prompting a law enforcement investigation Sunday. The bizarre ...