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Lonzo Ball is in a far too familiar spot as his second NBA season comes to a close. Ball will miss the remainder of the 2018-19 campaign after suffering a Grade 3 ankle sprain with a bone bruise against the Houston Rockets in late January. During his rookie season, the Los Angeles Lakers sat Lonzo for the […]
An unvaccinated 6-year-old child was hospitalized in Oregon for 57 days after contracting the state’s first case of tetanus in almost 30 years, ABC News reports. The boy spent 47 days in the intensive care unit and 10 days in an intermediate care unit after being diagnosed with tetanus, leaving with a bill of almost […]
On Saturday, Feb. 9, it was reported that the mumps virus infected detainees at an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Houston, Texas. According to the Associated Press, at least seven detainees have the virus. It is unclear if these individuals were infected before they were detained, but the Houston Health Department says that all […]
The end of Bob Costas‘ career ended with NBC abruptly removing Costas from last year’s Super Bowl broadcast team. The reason for his absence was because of his political stance and opinions about concussions. The legendary commentator spoke with ESPN about his gradual falling out with NBC. In the wake of 2015’s film Concussion, Costas began […]
While we can all agree that The Office is timeless, one Tucson, Arizona man really put the television show’s legacy to the test. The man in question, 21-year-old Cross Scott, credits Michael Scott with helping him save the life of an unconscious woman with CPR. Arizona Daily Star reports that on Jan. 11, Cross—who is […]
BudTrader.com is looking to help federal employees impacted by the government shutdown by giving out free medical marijuana, the Hill reports. BudTrader.com, an online marijuana marketplace which is sometimes referred to as the “Craigslist of weed,” says it’s partnering with an attorney to “ensure that all cannabis donations given to federal employees are confidential and compliant with […]
Two people died this month after contracting a fungal infection linked to pigeon droppings. According to The Guardian, investigators believe the individuals contracted the disease at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland. The patients—a child and an elderly man—were being treated for Cryptococcus, an airborne fungus that’s typically linked to wild bird feces. NHS Greater Glasgow and […]
A man went to extreme measures to treat his chronic back pain. And, no, it wasn’t biofeedback therapy or electrical nerve stimulation; it was something much more unconventional and a helluvalot more dangerous: semen injections. According to a report published in the Irish Medical Journal, doctors came across a man who attempted to alleviate his pain by filling […]
It doesn’t take much for tweets to go viral these days, and as such sometimes it means that some fake information manages to spread just easily as any viral dance craze might. As BuzzFeed reports, recently married couple Hailey Baldwin and Justin Bieber were the target of a recent tweet that claimed they both had hair lice, […]
French Montana has been making a name for himself as something of a philanthropist as of late, using his celebrity to greatly benefit the lives of those less fortunate. In a new cover story with GQ Middle East (written by GQ‘s youngest editor-in-chief ever, Adam Baidawi), the rapper and businessman took it upon himself to tell the story […]
