Health

The WHO chief told the people of Tenerife Saturday that the risk to them from an arriving cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak was “low”. “I need you to hear me clearly: this is not another Covid,” World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote in an open letter to the people of the Spanish island where the ...

The outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship carrying passengers from across the world is a situation that authorities say they are taking incredibly seriously. Three passengers have died either on board or after travelling on the ship, which set sail from Argentina a month ago. Four others have been medically evacuated from the ship for treatment. A huge operation ...

No need to panic about hantavirus was the overriding message from the World Health Organization (WHO) at its briefing on Thursday. This is an outbreak of a rare virus, WHO officials said, on a cruise ship, with so far just five confirmed cases among a total of eight suspected. It is definitely not comparable to Covid, they insisted. That virus ...

A long-term Adventist Health Study-2 published in the Journal of Nutrition found that people who eat eggs up to 5 times a week may be less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. According to the study, eggs are a rich source of nutrients relevant to brain health. “They provide choline, critical for memory and synaptic function. They also contain lutein and ...

Twelve more children died from measles and related symptoms in the 24 hours till Thursday morning, taking the total death toll to 336 since 15 March. Among the deaths, one child succumbed to confirmed measles infection, and 11 other children died from suspected measles or measles symptoms. Half the deaths were reported in Dhaka division, including the confirmed measles death. ...

A federal court has thrust the issue of abortion back into the national spotlight, just months before the midterm elections. Voter anger about abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 helped propel Democrats to a series of midterm victories that year. But when then-Vice President Kamala Harris lost the White House despite prioritizing abortion messaging, ...

Six more children died in the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning—four from measles-related symptoms and two from confirmed cases. In addition, Bangladesh recorded 1,186 new suspected cases and 259 confirmed cases of measles in a 24-hour span, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulletin. The DGHS said that since 15 March, the total number of confirmed ...

Three people have died and three are ill after a Netherlands-based cruise ship was hit by a suspected outbreak of hantavirus, a rodent-borne virus that can cause fatal respiratory illness, authorities and media reports said on Sunday. Netherlands-based Oceanwide Expeditions said in a news release it was “managing a serious medical situation” on a polar expedition ship, the MV Hondius, ...

Three of the world’s top health agencies issued a joint statement Sunday denouncing the international community’s failure to protect health care workers, hospitals and patients in conflict zones. The World Health Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders issued an “urgent call for action”. Their statement was issued 10 years after the UN Security Council ...

Ten more children died in the past 24 hours till Sunday morning—nine from measles-related symptoms and one from a confirmed measles case. In addition, Bangladesh recorded 1,166 new suspected cases and 95 confirmed cases of measles in a 24-hour span, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) health bulletin. The DGHS said that since 15 March, the total ...