Hiker in Tennessee Who Picked Up a Venomous Snake Dies After Being Bitten

While thousands of people are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States each year, deaths are uncommon, according to the authorities.

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Cannabis Poisonings Are Rising, Mostly Among Kids

As products like weed gummies proliferate, more children and teens are suffering symptoms including seizures and life-threatening breathing problems.

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Colorado Dentist Gets Life Without Parole in Wife’s Poisoning Murder

James Craig was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2023 death of his wife, Angela Craig. Prosecutors say he served her protein shakes laced with arsenic and later poisoned her with cyanide at a hospital.

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Chinese Officials Helped Cover Up Lead Poisoning of Children, Report Says

Health officials tampered with blood tests of some of the more than 200 children who were sickened by food tainted with lead, an investigation found.

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Erin Patterson Is Found Guilty of Murder in Australia Mushroom Poisoning Case

Three people died in 2023 after eating beef Wellington made by Erin Patterson, whose subsequent trial gripped the country.

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Wisconsin Couple Charged in Scheme to Poison Women He Dated

Paul VanDuyne Jr. and Andrea Whitaker placed cyanide, homemade poisons and other substances in water bottles and cars belonging to two women he had briefly dated, the authorities said.

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‘Commander Butcher’ Who Led Neo-Nazi Group Faces Charges in Brooklyn

Michail Chkhikvishvili, arrested in Moldova, had plotted to have someone dressed as Santa Claus hand out poisoned candy in New York, prosecutors say.

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The Lab Racing to Find Out What Microplastics Are Doing to Our Bodies

Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying to find out its effects.

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What to Know About Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of the retired Yankees player Brett Gardner, died from carbon monoxide poisoning while on vacation in Costa Rica. Here’s why the gas is so dangerous.

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Insulin Test Used to Convict Lucy Letby of Murder Was Unreliable, Experts Say

A new report by neonatal and toxicology experts casts doubt on the validity of the test results that were pivotal to the prosecution’s case.

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