"Baby Born with Rare Mermaid Syndrome and No Genitalia"
A baby in Tanzania was born with sirenomelia, a rare condition where the lower body is fused together, and lived for only five minutes. The infant had multiple critical defects, including missing an arm and ambiguous genitalia. The condition, almost always fatal, has unclear causes and is rarely documented. The mother, a rural farmer, had no significant medical history or harmful habits, though exposure to fertilizers was noted. The case was reported in the Journal of Medical Case Reports.