Acapulco outbreak linked to fungal lung disease hits campuses
Histoplasmosis suspected after spring break trips to Calinda Beach Hotel in Acapulco. Over 200 cases across 37 colleges in 18 states, first identified at Villanova with 29 cases. CDC investigating as cases spread among students returning from March travel.
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Research links epilepsy drugs to birth defects
The New England Journal of Medicine study finds anti-seizure drugs given to epileptic mothers raise birth defect rates. Stopping medication does not raise risk, but abrupt withdrawal endangers mothers. Of 316 exposed babies, 4 percent of one-drug cases and 8.6 percent of multi-drug cases showed major defects.
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Notable historical events on April 12 across years
A concise roll of events tied to April 12 spanning 1606 to 1992. From England adopting the Union Jack to Roosevelt’s death in 1945 and Yuri Gagarin’s 1961 spaceflight, plus Disneyland Paris opening in 1992 and other milestones.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Harry S. Truman
Yuri Gagarin
Cape Canaveral
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