A juvenile boy was bitten by a shark while swimming off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, on Labor Day, officials said.

The incident occurred around 3:24 p.m. on Monday, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in Facebook post. The victim was airlifted by Trauma Star to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.

Officials notified the U.S. Coast Guard and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission about the incident.

The boy’s current condition has not yet been released.

This attack marks the latest in a series of shark encounters in the Florida Keys region. Last July, a 37-year-old man survived multiple bites from a bull shark while spearfishing near a reef off Key West.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Founded in 1987, in the Carneros appellation of Northern California by the Champagne Taittinger family, Domaine Carneros is a grower producer of ultra-premium sparkling wines and limited production pinot noirs. Domaine Carneros has become the benchmark for California sparkling wine, reflecting both the individuality of the Carneros terroir and the craftsmanship of its French legacy.

WHAT: The Art of Sparkling Wine Pairing: Bubbles & Bites

The popularity of the Bubbles & Bites tasting menu, first launched in 2018, has been a special experience for visitors who wish to explore the versatility of sparkling wine with different cuisines. To date, the winery has focused on Pan-Asian, Mexican, Moroccan, Spanish, Southeast Asian, and Mediterranean pairings and now announces its seventh culinary adventure…a journey through Peru, launching June 4, 2025.

Experience the versatility of sparkling wine in this curated food & wine pairing that highlights the vibrant flavors of Peruvian cuisine. This limited-edition menu showcases Peru’s diverse culinary heritage, which blends both indigenous and international inspiration with Spanish, Asian, and African influences, presenting unexpected and delightful pairings with sparkling wine. Guests are invited to join Domaine Carneros for this special pairing experience that includes four savory and one sweet bite, each of which has been specially designed to pair with four of the winery’s top-rated Carneros sparkling wines — Ultra Brut, Estate Brut Cuvée, Crane Cuvée Rosé, and Verméil Demi-Sec. Led by the winery’s most seasoned wine educators, this experience will open your eyes to a new side of sparkling wine.

MENU

Peruvian-Style Ceviche

Fresh Mahi-Mahi cured in lime juice and accented with sweet potato, corn, red onion, and cilantro.

Paired with the 2019 Domaine Carneros Ultra Brut

Corn & Bean Custard

A silky nutmeg-scented egg custard of roasted corn, creamy lima beans, and red peppers.

Paired with the 2020 Domaine Carneros Estate Brut Cuvée

Potato Croquette a la Huancaína

Crispy potato croquettes, accompanied by a sauce of fresh cheese and Amarillo peppers and garnished with an egg mousse and Kalamata olives.

Paired with the limited-edition 2020 Domaine Carneros Crane Cuvée Rosé

Peruvian Pork Stew with Lime & Apple

Tender Pork shoulder in a sauce of apple and caramelized onion, accented with lime and a hint of Rocoto chile.

Paired with the 2021 Domaine Carneros Verméil Demi-Sec

Suspiro a la Limeña

Traditional Peruvian dessert of caramel pudding topped with meringue and dressed in a Port wine sauce.

Paired with the 2021 Domaine Carneros Verméil Demi-Sec

Dietary restrictions can be accommodated, please call the winery to discuss your needs

This experience is being offered at $99, and the cost does not include gratuity or sales tax. A $35 per person deposit is required for booking.

90-minute experience, guests need to be 21 years and older. An 18% service charge is added for groups of 5 or more. Please note there is a 48-hour cancellation.

Groups larger than 8 people will need to call or email the winery to check on availability.

To reserve: Please call 707-257-0101 x 150 or email reservations@domainecarneros.com

WHERE: Domaine Carneros Winery 1240 Duhig Rd, Napa, CA 94559

Learn more at: https://www.domainecarneros.com/visit/bubbles-bites-peruvian-cuisine

About Domaine Carneros

Founded in 1987, Domaine Carneros reflects the hallmark of its founder, Champagne Taittinger, in creating terroir-driven sparkling wine and preserving the quality tenets of the traditional method production. Located entirely within the Carneros AVA, between Napa and Sonoma counties, the six estate vineyards total approximately 400 acres with 150 acres planted to Chardonnay, 250 acres planted to Pinot Noir. The winery focuses on making ultra-premium Carneros sparkling wines and limited production pinot noirs grown on their estate vineyards.

For more information, visit: https://www.domainecarneros.com/

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NEW YORK — Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites.

Friede has long had a fascination with reptiles and other venomous creatures. He used to milk scorpions’ and spiders’ venom as a hobby and kept dozens of snakes at his Wisconsin home.

Hoping to protect himself from snake bites — and out of what he calls “simple curiosity” — he began injecting himself with small doses of snake venom and then slowly increased the amount to try to build up tolerance. He would then let snakes bite him.

“At first, it was very scary,” Friede said. “But the more you do it, the better you get at it, the more calm you become with it.”

While no doctor or emergency medical technician — or anyone, really — would ever suggest this is a remotely good idea, experts say his method tracks how the body works. When the immune system is exposed to the toxins in snake venom, it develops antibodies that can neutralize the poison. If it’s a small amount of venom the body can react before it’s overwhelmed. And if it’s venom the body has seen before, it can react more quickly and handle larger exposures.

Friede has withstood snakebites and injections for nearly two decades and still has a refrigerator full of venom. In videos posted to his YouTube channel, he shows off swollen fang marks on his arms from black mamba, taipan and water cobra bites.

“I wanted to push the limits as close to death as possible to where I’m just basically teetering right there and then back off of it,” he said.

But Friede also wanted to help. He emailed every scientist he could find, asking them to study the tolerance he’d built up.

And there is a need: Around 110,000 people die from snakebite every year, according to the World Health Organization. And making antivenom is expensive and difficult. It is often created by injecting large mammals like horses with venom and collecting the antibodies they produce. These antivenoms are usually only effective against specific snake species, and can sometimes produce bad reactions due to their nonhuman origins.

When Columbia University’s Peter Kwong heard of Friede, he said, “Oh, wow, this is very unusual. We had a very special individual with amazing antibodies that he created over 18 years.”

In a study published Friday in the journal Cell, Kwong and collaborators shared what they were able to do with Friede’s unique blood: They identified two antibodies that neutralize venom from many different snake species with the aim of someday producing a treatment that could offer broad protection.

It’s very early research — the antivenom was only tested in mice, and researchers are still years away from human trials. And while their experimental treatment shows promise against the group of snakes that include mambas and cobras, it’s not effective against vipers, which include snakes like rattlers.

“Despite the promise, there is much work to do,” said Nicholas Casewell, a snakebite researcher at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in an email. Casewell was not involved with the new study.

Friede’s journey has not been without its missteps. Among them: He said after one bad snake bite he had to cut off part of his finger. And some particularly nasty cobra bites sent him to the hospital.

Friede is now employed by Centivax, which is trying to develop the treatment, and he’s excited that his 18-year odyssey could one day save lives from snakebite. But his message to those inspired to follow in his footsteps is quite simple: “Don’t do it,” he said.

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