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Michigan Cyclosporiasis Cases Climb

Michigan health officials are investigating a fast-growing cyclosporiasis outbreak that reached 572 reported cases by July 4, with no source yet identified. The outbreak has been concentrated in southeast Michigan and has spread across multiple counties, including Monroe, Lenawee, Washtenaw, Wayne, Shiawassee, Jackson, Oakland and Livingston, according to state health officials.

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Health Special Report

Ellis–Van Creveld and the Challenges in Rare Disease Care

When a rare genetic diagnosis lands in a family’s lap, biology is only part of the story. In this feature, one family’s experience with Ellis–Van Creveld syndrome shows how genes, health systems, and geography together shape survival. Ellis–Van Creveld syndrome is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern: both parents must carry the altered gene.

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Health VIP Profile

Dr. Tedros A. Ghebreyesus

Introduction of Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus — Recipient of the Nelson Mandela Award at the 2025 AU Ambassadors Ball in Washington, D.C.

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Health News

Nobel Prize Awarded to Trio

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a trio of scientists, Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell of the United States, and Shimon Sakaguchi of Japan, for their landmark discoveries unraveling how the body’s immune system protects us from the countless microbes that threaten our health daily.

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