The image of a baby falling, thrown by his uncle from a burning building, shocked the world. Here's the story behind the breathtaking photograph
By Jess Smee
The baby

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When meatpacking workers came down with a mysterious illness, a team of doctors got on the case. Their detective work uncovered an unlikely cause: exposure to aerosolized hog brain
By DENISE GRADY
If you have to come down with a strange disease, this town of 23,000 on the wide-open prairie in southeastern Minnesota is a pretty good place to be. The Mayo Clinic, famous for diagnosing exotic ailments, owns the local medical center and shares some staff with it. Mayo itself is just 64km east in Rochester. And when it comes to investigating mysterious outbreaks, Minnesota has one of the strongest health departments and best-equipped laboratories in the country.

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