unwanted guests Man blames severe stomach pain on street food — but nope, it's just a live cockroach living inside his belly Carla Sinclair

foraging Amish family of 11, including baby, sickened by toxic mushrooms — but have no phone to call 911 Carla Sinclair

live piercings, sex and blood 18 people hit with "severe nausea" after watching racy new feminist opera in Germany Carla Sinclair

cannabis Scromiting: a nasty but rare side effect of marijuana use David Pescovitz

wisconsin Reporter sidelined after on-air illness Kevin Reome

illness Cold vaccine tests show promise Mark Frauenfelder

disease Aid workers use computer model to help stop cholera in Yemen dead in its tracks Séamus Bellamy

animation Animator Cyriak has indigestion Rob Beschizza

Kids Inspiring ad for a Toronto children's hospital Andrea James

public health Here are some terrific resources tracking the "Andes" hantavirus outbreak Jennifer Sandlin

books Cartoonist Gemma Correll's moving and funny book about her lifelong mental illness: Anxietyland Ruben Bolling

Science 709 vials of dangerous viruses vanished from a high-security Brazilian lab Ellsworth Toohey

Shots Flu vaccine linked to lower Alzheimer's risk Jason Weisberger

mental health This illness might keep you from getting up in the morning Séamus Bellamy