A previously healthy 71-year-old woman in Texas died within 2 weeks of using tap water from a recreational vehicle for nasal irrigation. She was diagnosed as having primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) a rare, often fatal brain infection caused by the ameba Naegleria fowleri, according to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
The CDC in its weekly update reported 42 measles cases, some tied to a large outbreak centered in West Texas and others linked to instances of community transmission or travel to other states or countries, lifting the nation's total to 1,088 infections. Two more states reported their first cases this week, Iowa and Nebraska, putting the number of affected jurisdictions at 33. The number of outbreaks remained at 14, and 90% of cases are linked to outbreaks.
An emergency physician is making a silent stand for federal cuts to healthcare by sitting on the State House steps for 25 straight hours. From the front lines to the front steps of the State House, Dr. Otto Liebmann said it was time to make a move to help his patients.
The North Carolina Senate and House of Representatives each passed separate legislation to regulate the companies in late April and early May. But the two chambers differ in how to go about reforming PBMs' practices in North Carolina. The House version would go further to outlaw certain business practices, while the Senate bill would also regulate other actors in the supply chain. Both would increase reporting requirements with the goal of making the industry more transparent.
Attorney General James Uthmeier says the state would not sit on the sideline while many hospitals have 'extorted patients who have come in with life-or-death cases and left with crippling debt.'
Karla Flores was 18 when she started experiencing double vision. She knew something was wrong but struggled to find a diagnosis. Finally, she saw an ophthalmologist who referred her to a neurosurgeon. Flores, then 19, was diagnosed with a chordoma wrapped around her brain stem. Chordomas are incredibly rare — only about 300 are diagnosed per year in the United States, according to the Cleveland Clinic — and they are slow-growing, malignant tumors.