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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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Health news • May 12

Why many women cannot make enough breast milk

THE STRUGGLE to breastfeed is a defining feature of early motherhood for many women. Of the approximately 90% of mothers in rich countries who start...

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Health news • May 12

Bilingualism and sex hormones may provide a new link to brain resilience and dementia risk

Bilingualism may interact with verbal memory and sex steroids to influence dementia risk in unexpected ways.

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Health news • May 12

3 King County residents potentially exposed to hantavirus linked to cruise outbreak

SEATTLE — Three King County residents were potentially exposed to hantavirus that is linked to the outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship, the health...

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Health news • May 12

Cannabis and tobacco co-use increases psychosis chances in high-risk cohorts: Study

The results highlight concern about co-use, a growing trend that has been understudied until now. Researchers defined co-use in the study as “using...

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