An Enormous Meteorite, Bird Flu in Washington State and a Troubling Scurvy Case Study

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October 28, 2024, 10:00 AM

• •A giant space rock may have helped jump-start life as we know it.
• •Bird flu is still a thing, and four agricultural workers in Washington State have tested presumptively positive for H5N1.
• •A new case report reminds doctors to be on the lookout for scurvy, which is caused by vitamin C deficiency.

Scientists say a giant space rock may have helped jump-start life as we know it. Bird flu is, unfortunately, very much still a thing. A new case report reminds doctors to be on the lookout for an old classic: scurvy. A study published last Thursday in Science suggests that when it comes to wildfires, speed might matter more than size. And now for something completely different: “Well-man,” the Norse superhero you never knew you needed.

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