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Health news • May 13

French hantavirus patient is critically ill as outbreak grows to 11

A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung. The outbreak has now...

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Health news • May 13

Once-Nightly Pill Treats Causes of Airway Collapse to Control OSA

A once-nightly oral pill helped control obstructive sleep apnea in a large, phase 3 clinical trial presented at the 2026 ATS International Conference.

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Health news • May 13

You should probably eat more fiber. Here's why — and how to do it : Short Wave

The average person eats 10-15 grams of fiber per day, according to the USDA. The problem? That's WAY under the recommended daily amount. Fiber – a type of...

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Health news • May 13

Why So Many Men Are Obsessed With Testosterone

From the Trump administration to online influencers, the hormone is increasingly seen as the key to achieving a new male ideal.

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Health news • May 13

Hantavirus: Macron says situation is 'under control' in France and calls for European coordination

Macron stated that the government had 'made the right decisions' and reassured that the health situation was 'under control,' while calling on EU countries...

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Health news • May 13

Possible Illinois Hantavirus Case Not Linked to Outbreak on Cruise Ship

An Illinois resident is experiencing mild symptoms after possibly contracting a North American strain of hantavirus after cleaning a home with rodent...

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Health news • May 13

A Common Vitamin Has a Complicated Link to Cancer, Experts Reveal

We've all heard the advice: eat your fruit and vegetables, get your vitamins, and stay healthy.

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Health news • May 13

He was on the trip of a lifetime. Now he’s in a biocontainment unit in Nebraska while hantavirus cases rise

Dr. Stephen Kornfeld was taking the trip of a lifetime aboard a cruise sailing across the Atlantic Ocean when he was called on to care for other passengers...

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Health news • May 13

Why Are So Many New Fathers Dying? Scientists Say the U.S. Has a Dangerous Blind Spot

Scientists analyzing birth and death records in Georgia uncovered a striking pattern linking fatherhood, mortality, and social vulnerability in the years...

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Health news • May 13

Five things to know about hantavirus from a Stanford Medicine expert

Hantavirus is rare and unable to cause a global pandemic, said Jorge Salinas, MD, the medical director of infection prevention at Stanford Health Care.

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Health news • May 13

P.C.O.S. Has a New Name. Doctors Hope It Will Improve Care for Millions.

The condition has been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or P.M.O.S., to better reflect its wide-ranging health effects.

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Health news • May 13

Could concerts & crafts help you age better? New study may link arts to slower aging

Your next museum trip, craft night or concert might be doing more than lifting your mood, researchers say it could also be linked to slower biological...

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Health news • May 13

How a Hantavirus Cruise Passenger Is Spending His Quarantine in Nebraska

Jake Rosmarin boarded a cruise ship in Argentina on April 1 expecting a few weeks of swimming, hiking and birding on a trip to Cabo Verde.

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Health news • May 12

More hantavirus cases are expected, WHO chief says

Eighteen Americans who were aboard the cruise ship at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak are being monitored at health facilities in the United...

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Health news • May 12

Hantavirus outbreak tests Trump officials who criticized covid response

Some top administration health figures had publicly questioned the credibility of the agencies that are now central to explaining a new and uncertain...

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Health news • May 12

Scientists Debunk Seed Oil Myths in Major New Nutrition Review

Seed oils like canola and soybean are safe and may have health benefits, a new review shows. Experts address inflammation, heart health, and more.

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Health news • May 12

RFK Jr.’s War on Science Is Really a War on Scientists

A unified theory that makes sense of MAHA's contradictions—and Kennedy's place in the Trump administration.

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Health news • May 12

North Carolinian in quarantine unit after hantavirus exposure

The state said it's still finalizing plans with federal authorities on how the exposed person will return to North Carolina.

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Health news • May 12

The slippery protein problem

For most of the last half-century, a diagnosis of metastatic pancreatic cancer was a death sentence. In December 2025, former Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse...

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Health news • May 12

Sacramento resident quarantined amid potential hantavirus exposure following cruise ship outbreak

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — Sacramento County's top health official is advising that the risk of hantavirus remains low, as one resident is being monitored...

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