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The agency maintains the global backbone of measurements of CO2 and other gases, but these are at risk of being curtailed if the foreshadowed cuts to NOAA are realized.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Company has voluntarily recalled their dark chocolate covered macadamia nuts.

Loa loa is a parasitic worm found in tropical regions of Africa that can live in the human eye. The worm is transmitted through the bite of infected flies, particularly the mango fly or deer fly.

An ultrasound scan confirmed the presence of the worm. It was identified as the rare Loa loa roundworm, a finding later confirmed by a pathologist at a private lab and also by the Government ...

Ocular toxocariasis usually only occurs in one eye. Loa loa is a parasitic worm from West and Central Africa. It causes loiasis, or African eye worm. The CDC states that people are most at risk of ...

Loa loa, the African eye worm, is one of the most disgusting things in the world. This slender worm crawls under the skin and occasionally crosses the eyeball! Victims might feel the worm wiggling ...

Key messages Loa loa—the African eye worm—affects rural populations in central Africa and parts of west Africa and exerts substantial morbidity and excess mortality Loiasis might present with a wide ...

Kidney problems can occur after treating loiasis, an infection caused by the parasitic worm Loa loa. Sometimes ivermectin is used to treat this infection. In such cases, it can seem as if ...

Loa loa – literally meaning "worm worm" – is an "eye worm" native to Central Africa and is normally transferred through the deer fly. It is a type of parasite and can produce inflammatory ...