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A Rare Brain-Infecting Mold Can Strike Healthy Adults, and Diagnosis Often Requires Brain Tissue Rather Than Spinal Fluid

Cladophialophora bantiana is a rare mold that can cause brain abscesses, even in healthy adults. Learn the warning signs and how doctors diagnose it.

Medical Daily · 6h ago

Brain-Infecting Mold Detections Rose at One U.S. Lab, but 49 Cases Since 2009 Cannot Show National Risk

A CDC report counts 49 Cladophialophora bantiana cases at one lab since 2009. What the rise means, what it cannot show, and the real risk.

Medical Daily · Oct 17

Ten Years After a Disney Coaster Shook Stones From a Model Kidney, Sound Waves Now Do the Shaking

A Disney coaster once shook stones from a 3D-printed kidney. A decade later, FDA-authorized ultrasound devices aim to do the job in clinics.

Medical Daily · Oct 15

What looked like ordinary rubble on a university campus turned out to be a 6,700-year-old Native American artefact

A small stretch of ground beside a chain-link fence on the University of Washington campus has turned out to hold a far older story than anyone working there on an ordinary day might have expected. It began almost casually, with soil being turned over near a greenhouse and a piece…

The Times of India · May 26

Protesters Celebrate After Antifa Threats Cause TPUSA to Cancel Chloe Cole's Anti-Trans Speech

A Turning Point USA event at the University of Washington was cancelled after threats and protests, following the murder of a transgender student. The incident sparked national debate on free speech.

International Business Times UK · May 14

Manhunt underway after student murdered at University of Washington off-campus housing

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The Independent UK · May 12

Manhunt for ‘armed and dangerous’ suspect after University of Washington student found stabbed to death in laundry room

Seattle police are investigating homicide after the teenage victim was found Sunday night

The Independent UK · May 12

University of Washington professor fired from director job after sending email criticizing Iran war

Aria Fani of University of Washington’s Middle East Center is latest critic of Israel to lose position at US university

The Guardian - US · Apr 3

What to know about Ted Bundy’s legacy of violence as DNA links serial killer to new victim

He killed at least 30 women and girls in a years-long rampage

The Independent UK · Apr 2

'Completely bonkers': Astronomers find evidence of a cataclysmic collision between exoplanets

Astronomers have witnessed evidence of an extremely violent collision between planets, and it resembles the event in Earth's history that created the moon.

Space · Mar 12