
Understanding the Rare Amoeba Risk Without Overstating It
Health officials linked an 8-year-old's death to Naegleria fowleri after freshwater exposure. Infection is extremely rare but usually fatal.
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The U.S. said it targeted launchers on Larak Island that were being prepared to deploy sea mines; Iran later said it retaliated against U.S. sites.
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The observatory has begun a roughly three-month trip to the Sun-Earth L2 point, where it will survey the universe and test technology for imaging distant worlds.
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A federal judge ruled that the Pentagon's supply-chain-risk designation was unlawful, while a related appeals-court dispute remains separate.
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The Mission District home tied to promoter and archivist Richard Segovia is being preserved for its role in the city's Latin rock history.
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A BMJ analysis estimates a minimum prevalence of 24.5% among former NFL players who died from 2016 through 2021, while emphasizing limits in postmortem data.
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