The doctors at the hospital were able to remove the spider safely. To the relief of everyone, the spider was non-poisonous and the woman had suffered minor damage to the ear canal.
The doctors in China's Sichuan province performed an endoscopy that revealed a fake eardrum. When it was peeled away, the doctors found a spider raising a family.
Three current Yale students and three recent graduates have received Soros fellowships, which support graduate study for immigrants or children of immigrants.