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GEICO Could Pay $7.33 Million to Woman Who Says She Got STD in Ex’s Car
I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t read it with my own eyes. In what is likely a first, The Kansas City Star reports that GEICO has been ordered to pay $US5.2 ($7.33) million after one of its customers failed to disclose his HPV-positive status before engaging in unprotected sex in his car.
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CDC Says You Should Wear a Mask While Travelling — for Monkeypox
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping up its guidance concerning monkeypox. While the risk of monkeypox is still thought to be low for the general public, the agency is now warning people to take more precautions while travelling. These precautions include avoiding contact with visibly sick people as well as wearing a…
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A Man’s ‘Eczema’ Was Actually Caterpillar Hairs
A man’s suspected case of painful eczema on his left wrist turned out to be something much more unusual. Doctors in China discovered that their patient actually had caterpillar hairs lodged in his arm, likely caught while climbing an apple tree months earlier. Following a steroid injection, the man’s lesions cleared up.
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A UK Man’s Double Hand Transplant Is a World First
48-year-old Steven Gallagher is thought to be the first person to get a double hand transplant to help with his scleroderma.