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Indiana man loses leg to flesh eating bacteria
An Indiana man is recovering at home after losing his leg to a flesh eating bacteria. It’s the same kind of bacteria that made national news in Georgia and South Carolina. His family says they want people in Indiana to know it’s here too. Tad...
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Daum: Attack of the flesh-eating bacteria story
What spreads almost as fast as necrotizing fasciitis, a.k.a. flesh-eating infection? News stories about it. Surely by now you've heard about the horrifying case of Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia graduate student who cut her leg on May 1 and...
Tags: Social Media, Health, Injuries and Wounds, Hospitals and Clinics, Broken Bones
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Georgia woman who survived flesh-eating disease fitted with prosthetic hands
Associated PressATLANTA (AP) — A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands. Aimee Copeland, 25, is returning from...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses
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Planning a weekend trip? Be aware of food poisoning
The Korea Herald, Seoul / Asia News NetworkSEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN) -- A rise in temperature and sunny weather are forecast for this weekend, raising expectations for one last spring trip out of the city. Health authorities, however, warned Thursday of the growing risk of harmful bacteria,...Tags: Poisoning, Lifestyle and Leisure, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diarrhea
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Powerball: Test your knowledge of the game
Wednesday’s drawing brings the largest Powerball jackpot in history. But what was the largest previous Powerball prize? How much was the largest-ever lottery cash payout? And what does winning a lottery have to do with flesh eating bacteria? ...
Tags: Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure, Powerball Lottery
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Shade-Central City volunteers hold basket raffle for local family
Daily American CorrespondentA group of Shade-Central City volunteers showed how a community joined together could help others. On Saturday, Cindy Adomnik, Linda Sesack, Betty Lou Rapsky, Jennifer Goga and Judy Blough, held a basket party and spaghetti dinner to raise funds for...Tags: Diabetes, Spaghetti
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W.Va. man shares battle with flesh-eating bacteria
marieg@herald-mail.comFlesh-eating bacteria might sound like something from a science fiction movie or an episode of "The Twilight Zone." But it isn't make believe. Instead, it's a real-life horror story — one where a micro-organism enters the body through an open wound...Tags: Chills, Sepsis, Injuries and Wounds, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Diseases and Illnesses
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Bacteria that caused flesh-eating infection more common than believed
The story of a 24-year-old Georgia graduate student fighting a flesh-eating disease has prompted a microbiologist with the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System to speak out about the infection.
Aimee Copeland lost most of her left leg after the...Tags: Health, Sepsis, Environmental Issues, Injuries and Wounds, Water
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'Lily of the Mohawks' canonized first Native American saint; Ferndale family at ceremony
Los Angeles TimesIn the 17th century, she was known as “Lily of the Mohawks,” a Catholic convert scarred by smallpox and ostracized by her tribe but unshaken in her faith. After Sunday, she will be known as St. Catherine Tekakwitha, the first Native...Tags: Vatican City, Benedict XVI, Religion and Belief, Christianity, Rome (Italy)
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Autopsy: Convicted murderer dies from flesh-eating bacteria
An autopsy shows flesh-eating bacteria caused the death of an Illinois prison inmate. A convicted murderer, 32-year-old Robert Turner died Friday in a hospital where he was being treated for several illnesses, including cirrhosis of the liver. An...
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Convicted murderer dies of flesh-eating bacteria
Tribune reporterA man sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing a man during a home invasion in 1998 died of blood poisoning and the so-called flesh-eating bacteria, an autopsy has found. Robert J. Turner, 32, died Friday at the University of Illinois Medical Center...Tags: Criminals, Sepsis, Cirrhosis, University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, Hospitals and Clinics
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Flesh-eating bacteria survivor Aimee Copeland goes home
CNNAimee Copeland was spending her first night at home Wednesday since flesh-eating bacteria forced the amputation of her hands, leg and foot three months ago. Copeland's first stop out of rehab was to Longhorn Steakhouse for lunch with her family, said her...Tags: Comedy Central (tv network), Amputation, University of West Georgia , Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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