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Health Officials Race to Track Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak but Predict ‘Limited’ Spread
A Dutch flight attendant was among the latest to be tested in connection with a deadly outbreak on a cruise ship. One infected passenger had briefly boarded a plane to the Netherlands before she died.
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WHO: hantavirus cruise outbreak is 'not the start of a Covid pandemic' – video
Experts from the World Health Organization said at a press briefing on Thursday that the wider public health threat from the hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius remained low. The WHO director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said there may be more cases due to the long incub
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Affordable fresh food is the recipe for a healthy Britain | Letter
Vic Harper on why the government should ensure better access to fresh food Your article on UK food prices being on track to be 50% higher by November 2026 (4 May), read alongside your editorial on unhealthy Britain (3 May) describes a single story from two ends. Food has become unaffordable and the
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Where did the cruise ship hantavirus come from and what happens next?
As the remaining passengers head for the Canary Islands we look at how the virus spreads and what is being doneThe cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus is on its way to the Canary Islands, where the remaining passengers are expected to be repatriated provided they have no symptoms. H
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Hantavirus Response Shows How Trump Cuts Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness
The Trump administration has slashed funding for infectious disease research and has far fewer employees, including disease detectives, to respond to outbreaks.
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Mo Farah urges against possible £120m cut to school sports in England
Athlete and sport bodies call for rethink after health and education departments each propose £60m funding cutsMo Farah and more than 70 leading UK sporting bodies have demanded the government rethink potential £120m cuts to school sports in England, after a clash between two departments over the fu
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Her Self-Experiment with Drug Detox Almost Broke Her
Against expert advice, people are using new and unpredictable synthetic drugs to experiment on themselves in hopes of becoming free of addiction.
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Employees With Medical Conditions Challenge C.D.C. In-Office Requirement
The health agency has been particularly strict in abolishing at-home work, overriding accommodations that were granted years before the pandemic.
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How worried should we be about hantavirus?
Some passengers potentially exposed to hantavirus have already taken flights to numerous countries.
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Global race under way to trace passengers who left hantavirus ship before outbreak confirmed
At least 29 passengers of 12 nationalities left the MV Hondius on 24 April after the first fatalityWhere did the cruise ship hantavirus come from and what happens next?Authorities around the world are racing to trace dozens of passengers who disembarked from the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly
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Susan Collins reveals medical condition but says her job as senator is unaffected
Republican senator for Maine, facing tough re-election battle, says she has had benign essential tremor for decadesUS politics live – latest updatesSusan Collins, the Republican Maine senator seen by Democrats as vulnerable in November’s midterm election, has revealed a decades-old medical condition
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Doctors’ union drops opposition to Cass review of NHS gender healthcare
British Medical Association says review into gender identity services was ‘robust’ after previously rejecting findingsThe trade union representing doctors across the UK has dropped its opposition to the findings of the Cass review of gender identity services across the NHS.The British Medical Associ
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‘People should be talking about it’: moves to curtail vaccine information obscures important science, doctors say
Quashed studies, halted publications and canceled research threaten damage to public health, critics saySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A series of high-profile and under-the-radar decisions by US health agencies have scientists and doctors questioning the extent of the agencies’ c
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How to save a life: paramedics on emergency first aid – from cardiac arrest to burns to seizures
Would you know how to respond if someone was taken critically ill? Experts explain the basic skills we can all learn and how to perform them with confidence“If you learn one thing, it should be how to resuscitate,” says Richard Webber, an associate clinical director of St John Ambulance and practisi
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Parents in Wales urged to ‘be vigilant’ about hand-washing amid hepatitis A outbreak
At least three households in Barry, south Wales, identified as having contracted the liver infectionHealth authorities have asked parents and carers to be “vigilant with their children’s hand-washing” after a hepatitis A outbreak in Barry, south Wales.Public Health Wales said at least three househol
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Hantavirus-hit cruise ship on way to Canary Islands after three evacuated
A British man is among three evacuees sent to the Netherlands after displaying symptoms while aboard the MV Hondius.
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What is hantavirus and how does it spread?
The Andes strain of the virus, which can rarely be passed from person to person, has been confirmed in some passengers.
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A Medical Examiner Chases Down an Elusive Killer
Unusual opioids are infiltrating street drugs. Knoxville’s top forensic doctor is on the front lines, pressing to quickly identify the most lethal.
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American Factories Lag in Adopting A.I. This Drugmaker Is an Exception.
A Bristol Myers Squibb plant that makes cancer drugs was the only manufacturer in the U.S. recognized for innovation by the World Economic Forum this year.
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Cruise passengers tell of life on board stranded ship after hantavirus outbreak
While passengers onboard the MV Hondius say the situation is calm, they face days at sea as officials warn the disease may have spread.