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WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda
The World Health Organization has declared an Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern More »
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When should you get a mammogram? Conflicting advice makes it hard to know
Deciding when to get a routine mammogram is confusing More »
FDA official who scrutinized COVID shots and antidepressants is out in latest shake-up
The Food and Drug Administration's top drug official is leaving in the latest shake-up at the powerful health agency More »
Canadian cruise passenger gets a presumptive positive hantavirus test result after ship outbreak
Canadian officials have reported that one of four Canadians returning from a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak has a “presumptive positive” test result More »
France says cruise ship Andes virus matches known South American viruses
France’s Pasteur Institute has fully sequenced the Andes virus found in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship More »
A judge is protecting youth gender care in Kansas while a settlement in Texas attacks it
A Kansas judge has protected access to gender-affirming care for transgender minors as the nation’s largest children’s hospital moved to restrict such care in Texa and buckled under pressure from the Trump administration More »
Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out
The Supreme Court has preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues More »
6 passengers from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantine
Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have arrived in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks More »
The world's reaction to hantavirus is tinged by echoes of something else: COVID
The coronavirus pandemic's impact lingers, influencing our lives in both obvious and subtle ways More »
Judge blocks Trump administration’s demand for Rhode Island hospital's records of transgender kids
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's demands for confidential transgender patient information from Rhode Island's largest hospital More »
