Grandmother dies suddenly of rare brain disease with 100% fatality rate and no cure
A grandmother in Michigan died from a rare degenerative brain disease similar to mad cow disease that has a 100% fatality rate and no cure. Arlene Fonmire, 55, and her husband, Gary, celebrated the University of Michigan’s national football championship on Jan. 8, before they woke up with symptoms of a stroke. M Live reported. […]
CDC warns of invasive bacterial outbreak amid spike in cases and fatality rates
invasive Bacterial infection According to a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cases are on the rise in the United States. Cases of meningococcal disease mainly caused by: bacteria meningococcusthe number of infections reached 422 last year, the highest annual number of reported cases since 2014, authorities said in a warning. […]
Horse racing oversight board reports equine fatality rate at tracks it regulates
According to the federal horse racing regulator, the number of horse racing-related horse deaths that occurred at racetracks under its jurisdiction in 2023 was 1.23 per 1,000 horses, a much lower rate than at racetracks outside its jurisdiction. Ta. The Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Authority’s report released on Tuesday said the sport’s fatality rate […]
Chiefs’ Shooting Fatality Was ‘A Taste of Tejano’ Radio Host
Taste of Tejano radio host Lisa López Galván was shot and killed during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade. Breitbart News reported that as the parade ended around 2 p.m., gunmen opened fire and more than 20 people were hit by bullets, one of whom was killed. NBC News reported that Lopez-Galván’s family identified […]
Tesla Worker Killed in Crash May Be First Official ‘Full Self-Driving’ Fatality
Evidence suggests that Tesla’s advanced driver assistance system, Fully Self-Driving (FSD), was engaged in the fatal 2022 crash that killed Tesla employee Hans von Ohain in Colorado. ing. If this proves accurate, Tesla employees could prove to be just that. First fatal accident caused by Elon Musk’s “self-driving” software. of washington post report On May […]
Bangladesh reports first Nipah virus fatality of 2024
Bangladesh on Monday reported its first death from the brain-damaging Nipah virus this year, when a man died after drinking raw date juice. The virus is transmitted to humans through contact with the body fluids of infected bats, pigs, and other people, and first appeared in Malaysia in 1999 during an outbreak that affected farmers […]
Poultry plant slapped with $213K fine after 16-year-old died in deboning machine, the second fatality at plant in 2 years
Last summer, OSHA fined a U.S. poultry company more than $200,000 after a teenager too young to work at a Mississippi factory died while cleaning dangerous equipment. In July, 16-year-old Duvan Thomas Perez was cleaning out a deboning machine at the Marjak poultry plant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, about 120 miles north of the Gulf Coast. […]