A 6-year-old boy who didn’t receive childhood vaccinations nearly died after getting tetanus in Oregon’s first pediatric case of this kind indecades.
Author: Ashley May, USA TODAY
Man returns Girl Scout cookies, steals over $600 from stand, police say
On a cold Seattle night, Girl Scouts outside a grocery store wereallegedly robbed by a man who returned cookies. Police are looking for the suspect.
Delta flight struck by lightning leaving Los Angeles International Airport returns amid storm
A Delta airlines flight leavingLos Angeles International Airport Tuesday night was hit by lightning while flying to Seattle.
After Vans Challenge, Crocs Challenge has people throwing more shoes on Twitter
Crocs shoes might actually land upright when thrown more often than Vans sneakers. “#VansChallenge is cancelled,” one Twitter user wrote.
Teen who vaccinated himself says anti-vaxx Mom gets misinformation from Facebook
Ethan Lindenberger, 18, says his mother often cites social media groups to refute health officials. “That’s what they want you to think,” she says.
Vaccines don’t cause autism, yet another study finds
A new decade-long study of more than half a million people found that the measles vaccine does not increase the risk of autism.
Why people are throwing their Vans shoes and sharing videos on social media
The #VansChallenge might have you believing the popular shoes have cat-like reflexes.
Video of huge spider dragging opossum is nightmarish: ‘We couldn’t really believe what we were seeing’
Warning: Readers might find this disturbing. Michigan researchers believe this is the first time a tarantula was ever recorded preying on an opossum.
Pregnant women who take prenatal vitamins may lower child’s risk of autism, study suggests
Researchers who followed younger siblings of kids with autism found that taking prenatal vitamins in the first month of pregnancy could reduce risk.
Nearly 200 Amtrak passengers stranded for over 24 hours on Oregon train
The train, headed to Los Angeles from Seattle, stopped inOakridge, Oregon, around 6:20 p.m. Sunday after hitting a downed tree in snowy weather.