Country music star Randy Travis suffered a stroke while at a Texas hospital and was in surgery late Wednesday (Thursday, NZ time) , the singer’s publicist said. Publicist Kirt Webster said that the 54-year-old Travis suffered the stroke while he was being treated for congestive heart failure because of a viral illness
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New Virus Found; Link To Ticks Suspected
New virus Has Been Discovered in Missouri, ticks are the suspected transmitter. Like many viruses, it starts with fever, fatigue, diarrhea and loss of appetite. For two farmers in northwestern Missouri, the severe illness that followed a tick bite led epidemiologists on a journey to a new viral discovery. “It’s brand new to the […]
Medicine: Herpes: The New Sexual Leprosy
“Viruses of love ” infect millions with disease and despair Susan, 29, a Ph.D.
Typhoon nears Philippines, as toll rises
A powerful typhoon lumbered toward the storm-battered Philippines on Monday, as the death toll from two devastating storms in the last month climbed to 858.
Should Americans banish the burger?
Hamburgers are an American passion.
Australian granted right to starve to death dies of infection
An Australian quadriplegic who won the right to refuse food and water died Monday of an upper respiratory infection, his brother and a right-to-die advocate said.