The emergence of a so-called “super strain” of gonorrhea in the United States has raised alarm among health officials and experts, as many types of antibiotics have been found to be less effective or completely ineffective against this strain. This marks the first case in the US where all recommended […]

In the stillness of night, a young girl’s life was tragically cut short. Giorgia Green, a mere 14 years of age, lay in her bedroom, unaware of the deadly danger lurking in the form of an innocent aerosol can of deodorant. As she sprayed the nozzle and breathed in the […]

A Canada woman has died after a seven-hour wait in the emergency room, which family members call “heartbreaking” and “so unfair.” Allison Holthoff, a 37-year-old from Nova Scotia, had an upset stomach on Dec. 31 and went to the emergency room the following morning when the sickness worsened. Her husband, […]

First lady Jill Biden will undergo surgery next week to remove a lesion found above her right eye, according to a medical memo released Wednesday by her press secretary. The president’s physician, Kevin O’Connor, said in the memo that a “small lesion” was found above Biden’s right eye during a […]

China is facing a “thermonuclear” Covid outbreak says one expert, as hospitals and crematoriums start to overflow. According to one estimate, the ending of country’s harsh lockdown could see Covid spread rapidly until there are 800 million cases in 90 days after the Zero Covid policy of harsh lockdowns was ditched. Video has […]

A drug called tianeptine, known colloquially as “gas station heroin,” has been banned by several states. It’s being marketed as a dietary supplement, but some users are describing it as a highly addictive opioid.  Tianeptine is a tricyclic antidepressant used to treat depression in some European, Latin American, and Asian countries, […]

Talk about an odd job: the Mayor’s Office is currently looking for a “rat czar” to, according to an official job posting, “fight the real enemy—New York City’s relentless rat population.” Technically called a Director of Rodent Mitigation, the new employee will be paid an annual salary of between $120,000 […]