Mysterious illness striking young workers in the South

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 by Tyler DurdenThursday, Sep 17, 2026 - 01:00 AMDoctors at Harris County's public hospitals have spent more than a decade treating an unusual group of dialysis patients, men in their 20s and 30s who work outdoors and whose kidneys have failed without a clear medical explanation, Fox News reports, following a Texas Monthly investigation. A review of county hospital records found that roughly one in six emergency dialysis cases among uninsured or undocumented patients had no identifiable ca