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Health news • May 12

Making Brain Health a Routine Part of Clinical Care

Drs. Snyder and Aurora discuss how structured lifestyle changes in routine care can empower patients to protect brain health.

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Health news • May 12

Health officials are monitoring Minnesotan potentially exposed to hantavirus

The Minnesota Department of Health is currently monitoring a resident who may have been exposed to hantavirus. The individual journeyed overseas and might...

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Health news • May 12

Potential case of hantavirus reported in Illinois, but it’s not linked to cruise ship outbreak

Health officials are investigating a potential hantavirus case in Illinois, though the case is not linked to a recent outbreak of the illness on a cruise...

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Health news • May 12

Italy tests two people for hantavirus amid quarantine measures

ROME, May 12 (Reuters) - Italy is testing biological samples from two people for possible hantavirus infection, an ​Argentine tourist hospitalised with...

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Health news • May 12

The condition PCOS is now called PMOS. What to know about the name change and what it means for care

A hormonal condition affecting 1 in 8 women around the world just got a new name in hopes of improving care.

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Health news • May 12

Personalized DNA Vaccine Doubles Glioblastoma Survival Rates

A Phase 1 trial shows a personalized DNA vaccine (GNOS-PV01) is safe and doubles survival rates for aggressive glioblastoma.

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Health news • May 12

UNC-Chapel Hill Coronavirus Researcher Ralph Baric to Retire

Baric's life's work paved the way for vaccines against COVID-19. But it brought scrutiny to him, his lab, and UNC in the process.

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Health news • May 12

Slowing Parkinson’s by Blocking a Key Protein

Summary: Researchers identified a promising new target for slowing the progression of Parkinson's disease (PD). The study demonstrates that a protein called...

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Health news • May 12

Minnesotan being monitored for potential exposure to hantavirus

ST PAUL, Minn. — A person in Minnesota was briefly exposed to someone who was aboard the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius and is now being monitored by the...

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Health news • May 12

Enjoying Music and Art Could Slow Biological Aging

New research suggests that engaging in the arts can slow biological aging. Here's why.

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Health news • May 12

The Hantavirus Outbreak Is Resurrecting Covid-Era Misinformation Tactics

Influencers and others on social media have seized on the hantavirus outbreak to revive disinformation that sowed distrust during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Health news • May 12

What the (rather brief) history of hantavirus reveals about its spread

Scientists think the hantavirus, the deadly pathogen that has infected 11 passengers on a Dutch cruise ship, could be as old as humans.

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Health news • May 12

Hantavirus will test if the world learned anything from Covid

The hantavirus outbreak is still small. But it's a huge test for a battered public health sector.

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Health news • May 12

Hantavirus outbreak grows to 11 cases, 9 confirmed

A Spanish passenger on the MV Hondius cruise ship who was in quarantine at a military hospital in Madrid is now confirmed to have hantavirus,...

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Health news • May 12

Cancer patients seek unproven antiparasitic treatments after actor's podcast appearance

Prescriptions for ivermectin and another antiparasitic drug among cancer patients shot up after actor Mel Gibson discussed an unproven treatment on Joe...

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Health news • May 12

Hantavirus outbreaks could become more likely as virus-carrying rodents expand their range, model finds

Climate change is likely to shift the distribution of virus-carrying rodents, potentially increasing the risk of spillover, when viruses make the jump from...

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Health news • May 12

The Close, Prolonged Contact Myth

A man goes to a birthday party, sits next to someone with hantavirus, catches it, gives it to his wife, and dies. His wife then infects 10 more people at...

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Health news • May 12

Hantavirus cases rise to 11 as cruise ship passengers quarantine

Global health officials warn that the number of hantavirus cases — which was 11 on Tuesday — could rise, as one American who was on the cruise ship at the...

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Health news • May 12

Could the Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak Lead to a Pandemic? Experts Explain the Risk Level

An outbreak of hantavirus has killed three on a cruise ship. Should you be worried? What to know about the Andes strain, how the virus spreads and symptoms.

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Health news • May 12

Key development that would force US schools to close over hantavirus fears as travelers from rat virus ship return to US

CONCERNS are continuing to grow over how the hantavirus outbreak could affect the US after one American tested positive for the rat-borne...

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