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11/06/2017 / By JD Heyes

Mysterious cluster of a rare, deadly childhood brain tumor that has cropped up in one Mississippi town could be tied to Hurricane Katrina

A very rare form of a fatal childhood brain tumor has mysteriously cropped up in a small Mississippi community, afflicting at least three kids since 2009 and puzzling medical investigators who only now think they may have a link. As reported by the U.K.’s Daily Mail, Sophia Myers, 7, was the latest child diagnosed with diffuse […]

10/27/2017 / By JD Heyes

Man who helped repair homes damaged by Hurricane Harvey dies from flesh-eating bacterial infection

As tens of thousands of people begin to resurrect their lives in Texas following Hurricane Harvey earlier this fall, one man who was helping many people do just that has died after contracting a rare flesh-eating bacteria. The Houston Chronicle reports that Josue Zurita, 31, a man who was helping residents rebuild their damaged homes, […]

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