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Megan Fox says she has body dysmorphia. What to know about the disorder.
Body dysmorphia can harm people’s mental health and self-esteem.
A brain-eating amoeba may have killed child in Nebraska, officials say
The child is thought to have contracted an infection caused by the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri after swimming in the Elkhorn River in Douglas County, Neb.
Two West Nile virus cases in N.Y. amid surge in infected mosquitos
New York health authorities announced that two people have been infected with West Nile virus in the state — one case in Brooklyn and another in Queens — as “a record number” of infected mosquitoes have been detected.
As monkeypox spreads, Fauci says pay attention but don’t panic
The nation’s top infectious diseases expert Anthony S. Fauci said “never blow off any emerging infection when you don’t know yet where it’s going.”
Fauci warns of ‘trouble’ for those with BA.5 variant if not up to date on vaccines
Amid the latest omicron subvariant, Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-diseases expert, has a message: “If they don’t get vaccinated or they don’t get boosted, they’re going to get into trouble.”
Tiger dies after contracting coronavirus at Ohio zoo
Jupiter, a 14-year-old Amur tiger, died after developing pneumonia caused by covid-19, officials with the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said.
Spate of suicides among sailors from same ship raise mental health concerns
Navy officials confirmed at least four sailors assigned to the USS George Washington have died by suicide in the past year — three of them in the past month. A fifth sailor also died last year but the cause of death is undetermined, officials said.
Milwaukee schools dropped mask mandate. It was back days later.
Shortly after the Milwaukee school district dropped a mask mandate for students and staff members, it announced that it was reinstating the requirement due to rising coronavirus transmission in the city.
Delta rewrites statement that called covid-19 ‘ordinary seasonal virus’
Delta rewrote the statement after public health experts, and others, accused the airline of spreading misinformation after the mask mandate was lifted Monday.
Sorry, wine drinkers — no amount of alcohol is good for you, study shows
Despite earlier studies suggesting modest drinking, particularly of red wine, may be good for the heart, recent research shows this perceived health benefit may not be from the alcohol and, in fact, drinking — any amount — is associated with an increas…
