It sounds like something out of a science fiction horror film—an organism so minuscule that it’s invisible to the naked eye, yet powerful enough to eat away at human brain tissue. No sharp teeth, no limbs, no complex nervous system—just a single-celled organism with an insatiable hunger for destruction. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a disease caused by infection with Naegleria fowleri , called a brain-eating amoeba. The journey of Naegleria fowleri is as horrify

Imagine living in the ocean, with beautiful coral reefs of vibrant colors, fish of all sizes, the algae that seem to wave back at you, and mounds of underwater rocks. Then suddenly, you choke. A smooth, foreign material lodges itself in your throat. As you suffocate and struggle, your world fades to darkness. You’ve just experienced the final moments of a sea turtle, killed by plastic pollution. We Need to Stop Killing Ourselves Plastic is an artificial substance that can be

Every 40 seconds, an American experiences a myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack (Martin et al., 2024). This...