Herpes’ connection to cancer: What doctors are learning from the virus
Herpes can cause cold sores and fever blisters, and it may also hold the key to understanding cancer. A local scientist has ...
Texas Janitor Gets 6 Years After Peeing in Cooler, Water Bottles and Infecting Coworkers with STDs
Lucio Catarino Diaz, 53, pleaded guilty to a single count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in a deal with ...
Texas janitor behind bars for urinating into doctor’s office water cooler and giving employees STDs
A Texas man has been jailed after urinating into a water cooler at the doctor’s office where he worked, which resulted in ...
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center13h
Drs. Keith Jerome and Jesse Bloom elected fellows of American Academy of Microbiology
Fred Hutch virologist Keith Jerome, MD, PhD, and evolutionary biologist Jesse Bloom, PhD, were recently elected to the 2025 ...
Janitor who urinated in women's water bottles at Houston office pleads guilty to aggravated assault
Lucio Diaz, 53, was sentenced to six years in state prison after pleading guilty to a count of aggravated assault with a ...
Janitor who secretly spread deadly STDs to office workers in disturbing nighttime acts given lenient sentence
Lucio Catarino Diaz, 50, has admitted to spreading two deadly sexually transmitted diseases after he was caught urinating into office workers' water bottle ...
Pulmonology Advisor21h
Natural Killer Cell Deficiency Linked to Certain Recurring Viral Infections
Natural killer cell deficiency should be considered in patients susceptible to herpes virus or papillomavirus with persistently decreased NK cell function.
The Manila Times23h
Candel Therapeutics and IDEA Pharma Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Path-to-Market Commercialization Efforts for CAN-2409
The IDEA team will help guide Candel's commercial strategy development and support the Company's commercial projects related ...
‘Nothing will make it better’: Janitor with incurable STD urinated into water bottles, allegedly infected more than a dozen women at doctors’ offices
A janitor in Texas is heading to prison for urinating into water bottles and rinsing his private parts in them, with more ...
Pulse Today2h
Speediatrics: Can you solve this case of itchy ear lesions?
The next in our series of quick quizzes in paediatric care asks – what is the likely diagnosis in this case involving itchy ...
Lemon Balm Leaves: Health Benefits, Uses, And Side Effects
Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) has been used for centuries in traditional medicine for its calming properties, digestive ...
BMJ Case Reports17h
Posterior scleritis mimicking orbital cellulitis in an early adolescent patient
Posterior scleritis is a rare but potentially sight-threatening condition that commonly causes diagnostic confusion due to its variable and perplexing clinical symptoms and signs. We present a case of ...