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ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it now knows what caused a small outbreak of a rare disease usually found in South Asia. At least four people in different states, including Georgia, came down with melioidosis. Two people died from the...

NEW YORK — (AP) — U.S. health officials may have solved the mystery of how four people in different states came down with a serious tropical disease even though none had traveled internationally: an aromatherapy spray imported from India. The Centers for Disease...

DEKALB COUNTY — DeKalb County fire said the four people have died in a plane crash at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. The FAA said a single-engine Cessna 210 crashed at 1:11 p.m. and caught fire after crashing. The FAA said four people were on the plane when it went down....

COBB COUNTY, Ga. - A wrong-way driver shut down a major Cobb County highway after a head-on crash. Video obtained by FOX 5 shows the van crashing into a parked pickup truck. It happened along Veterans Memorial Highway near the intersection with Davis Drive. Cobb...

Food poisoning cases are pretty common, and some even make headlines. Potential viruses and bacteria that can cause food poisoning include E. Coli, Hepatitis, Botulism, Norovirus, Listeria, and Shigella. When a restaurant, grocery store, or other food distributor is...

A catastrophic injury after a car accident is exactly what it sounds like. It’s a serious, debilitating injury caused by an auto accident that has disastrous effects on the injured person’s life. Examples are TBIs and spinal cord injuries. Many survivors cannot work...

The plaintiff is the person who complains. This can be the patient, a legally designated person who acts on the patient’s behalf, or if the patient died, the executor or administrator of the patient’s estate. In legal terms, the plaintiff is the person who brings a...

Medical malpractice occurs when a health care professional or provider neglects to provide appropriate treatment, omits to take an appropriate action, or gives substandard treatment that causes harm, injury, or death to a patient. The malpractice or negligence...

La negligencia o mala práctica médica es la negligencia de un médico o proveedor de atención médica que tiene como consecuencia la lesión o muerte de un paciente. Se comete negligencia cuando se hace un diagnóstico erróneo o cuando no se acatan las prácticas médicas...