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

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 ...

A routine manicure in Pennsylvania spiraled into a medical nightmare when a woman walked out of a nail appointment and ended up losing a finger. What started as a bit of pampering turned into ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

Cuts and scrapes happen to the best of us. Whether occurring when dicing vegetables, as a result of a bump or fall or from engaging in a favorite sport or recreational activity, we've all experienced ...

A routine manicure in Pennsylvania spiraled into a medical nightmare when a woman walked out of a nail appointment and ended up losing a finger. What started as a bit of pampering turned into ...