She Outlived Every Prediction — America’s Last Iron Lung Patient Dies at 78
A Life Doctors Said Would End at 20 Martha Lillard had just turned 5 years old when she was diagnosed with polio and began depending on an iron lung to live. She died on June 26 in Oklahoma — the last U.S. polio patient known…
Ticks, Mosquitoes and Flies Are Getting Worse — Here Is Why
A Bug Problem Centuries in the Making You are not imagining it. The bugs really are getting worse. And the reasons why stretch back further than you might expect — to colonial-era land use decisions, the abundance of acorns on oak trees, and a warming…
Everyday Habits Are Quietly Stealing Your Hearing and You Can Stop It
The Damage You Don’t See Coming If you neglect your gym routine, you can rebuild your muscles in a matter of months through sweat and dedication. But your hearing? That’s one thing you can’t retrain. “Once it’s gone, it’s gone,” says Valerie Pavlovich Ruff, an…
Woman With Dairy Allergy Goes No-Contact With Mother-in-Law After Shocking Kitchen Sabotage
A Pattern of Disregard One woman repeatedly explained to her mother-in-law that she had a dairy allergy and asked her not to use it in her cooking — yet despite several reminders, the mother-in-law continued adding dairy to every dish. What might have started as…
GLP-1 Users Are Losing Fat in Their Feet and Doctors Say It’s a Real Problem
The Side Effect Nobody Warned You About Doctors are warning about “Ozempic feet” — the unglamorous label for feet that suddenly look bonier, feel more painful, or no longer fit the shoes that were perfectly fine a few months earlier. As millions of Americans continue…
America’s Last Iron Lung Patient Dies at 78, Closing a Chapter on Polio
A Life Doctors Said Would End at 20 Martha Ann Lillard, born June 8, 1948, was an American polio survivor who became the last known person in the United States to still rely on an iron lung — a distinction she held after contracting polio…
Waking Up to Pee at Night Is Common But Here Is When to Worry
One Trip to the Bathroom? That’s Fine. Two or More? Pay Attention. Most people have shuffled to the bathroom in the middle of the night and wondered whether it’s a problem. The short answer from experts: it depends on how often it’s happening. Waking up…
46 New Yorkers Sick as Legionnaires Outbreak Spreads Across Upper East Side
A Growing Public Health Crisis on the Upper East Side A severe outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease — a dangerous form of pneumonia — has taken hold on New York City’s Upper East Side, as city health investigators push to find and remedy the source of…
Long Island Nurse Who Pocketed $1.5M Selling Fake Vaccine Cards Hits Historic Fine
A Long Island nurse who earned $1.5 million selling fraudulent COVID-19 vaccine cards has been hit with a $544,000 civil penalty. New York State Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald called it the largest civil penalty for vaccination fraud in the department’s 125-year history, highlighting the serious consequences for those who profited from pandemic-era health fraud.
Parasite Outbreak Spreads Across 43 Ohio Counties With Nearly 200 Sickened
A Fast-Moving Outbreak With a Tricky Parasite Ohio has confirmed 177 cases of cyclosporiasis in 2026 — 171 of which appeared in less than two weeks, mostly since June 20, across 43 of the state’s 88 counties. The culprit is the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis, which…
