A flesh-eating bacteria found in warm coastal waters is responsible for at least five deaths so far this year in Louisiana, state health officials reported Thursday.
Vibrio vulnificus thrives in warm coastal waters, and people can get sickened by it through raw shellfish or open wounds.
Vibrio vulnificus thrives in warm coastal waters, and people can get sickened by it through raw shellfish or open wounds.
NYTimes – US The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold billionaire investor Leon Black in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas from the House oversight committee. The committee had recommended the contempt vote Tuesday, accusing Black of defying demands to testify and produce documents, including nondisclosure agreements, as part of its investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein. Black has denied wrongdoing.
NYTimes – US President Donald Trump criticized U.S. Supreme Court Justices after the court blocked the Postal Service from enforcing new mail voting rules ahead of the midterm elections. The administration said it will comply with the ruling. Trump had sought to limit mail-in voting for November's midterms.
NYTimes – US White House chief of staff Susie Wiles announced she is cancer-free following a medical procedure at the Mayo Clinic earlier this week. Wiles, the first woman to hold the post, disclosed in March that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.
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