Mycoplasma phocimorsus is a zoonotic pathogen, often transmitted from seals, that is resistant to common antibiotics and can cause joint damage ...

“It seems like not many people knew that nail biting could cause such a big issue, including myself,” Gabby Swierzewski tells ...

The 29-year-old hunter got the disease after skinning a brown bear off the Alaskan Peninsula, but it took doctors weeks to diagnose it ...

You feel it first as a slight tenderness around your fingertip. Maybe you dismiss it as a paper cut or kitchen mishap. But within hours, that mild discomfort transforms into throbbing pain that keeps ...

Getty Image This is a medical first. Alaskan officials are ringing the warning bells after a man developed an infection from ...

When a 29-year-old Anchorage man returned from a bear hunt on the Alaska Peninsula in September of 2024, he had a persistent and painful finger infection that defied easy diagnosis.

An Alaska doctor has documented the first case of a rare and potentially risky infection from contact with a brown bear. The infection is known as “seal finger” and people typically get it handling ...

Swimmers have been warned to give seals their distance amid fears of a “seal finger” infection if bitten by the aquatic mammals that are gathering in their hundreds around the UK coastline. The ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two diabetic patients developed serious infections and ended up having a portion of their finger amputated after re-using disposable needles to prick their finger during ...

In the Majengo area of Nyeri town, Jane Muthoni washes her dishes with a lot of pain. One of her fingers is swollen and turned red. "I finished washing my children's clothes using a detergent sold by ...