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CARY, N.C. — A wave of concern is sweeping across North Carolina as reports of a mysterious respiratory illness affecting dogs have surfaced. Truss Vet Veterinary Urgent Care has witnessed a disturbing surge in canine respiratory cases in recent days, with eight dogs treated for respiratory symptoms in just the last 24 hours, outpacing the total…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Employees and children at an Illinois daycare center are being screened for monkeypox after an employee tested positive for the disease, health officials said.The positive case at a daycare in Rantoul, Illinois, was the third case in Champaign County, prompting health care personnel to screen…

A man’s nose began to rot in one of the most shocking monkeypox cases reported so far. The 40-year-old German patient went to his doctor after a red spot developed on his nose. It was then assumed to be a sunburn, and the man was sent home. But within a few more days, the lesion on his nose began to turn black.…

A study of individuals with treatment-resistant depression found that four infusions of the antidepressant ketamine led to enhanced cognitive functioning that persisted for five weeks. These improvements appeared to be independent of the antidepressant response. The study was published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.Depression is a mental…

Researchers have discovered that laughter may indeed be the best medicine after all. A new study published in PLOS One has found that spontaneous laughter can significantly reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol, leading to positive effects for overall health.When human bodies respond to stress, whether it’s physical (e.g. disease) or…

Their coronavirus infections had cleared up, but the patients were met with a grim reality: Scents that were once pleasant had suddenly become foul. Sautéed garlic and onions smelled like rotting garbage, and coffee was no longer palatable.This distorted sense of smell, known as parosmia, is a fixture of some long Covid illnesses.Early in the…

HELENA - State health officials report the monkeypox virus has arrived in Montana.The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) and Flathead City-County Health Department today confirmed a single presumptive case of monkeypox virus infection in a Flathead County adult.Initial testing was completed on Friday at the Montana…

Women who have suffered from COVID-19 are reporting sudden hair loss months after their infection. It often comes as a shock, and women who have suffered from the loss report devastating effects to their mental health and self-esteem. One expert, who herself has suffered similar hair loss in the past, tells DailyMail.com that while striking, the…

Research from the USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center has revealed that red meat consumption may not be directly linked to inflammation, contrary to some prior studies. The team used cross-sectional data from older adults and found that after adjusting for BMI, there was no connection between red meat and inflammation markers. Dr.…

When he developed swollen lymph nodes, chills and nausea on Aug. 16, Luke Morrison thought he had a cold or the flu.Two days later, he woke up "itching crazy.""I look in the mirror," he said, and "I have a rash over my body."He went to the emergency room, where he was tested for monkeypox. Two days after that, the Louisville man got the call…