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Health minister Mark Butler says vaccines are being rushed into NT communities, with one suspected death Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The health...Monday, May 18, 2026 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
All month, people all over the world have been nervously watching as the Hantavirus spread aboard a cruise ship called the MV Hondius. Three people from the ship died and as the virus spread to other passengers, people wondered – is this...Monday, May 18, 2026 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
The CDC confirmed Monday that one American has tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where an outbreak of a rare species of the virus is suspected of killing dozens of people. That person and six other...Monday, May 18, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
Two other physicians — including the doctor’s wife — were potentially exposed, along with their four children. Medscape Medical NewsMonday, May 18, 2026 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
A substantial number of retracted randomized clinical trials can be linked to a small group of scientists, results of a retrospective cohort study showed. Six “super-retractors” have coauthored more than 20% of retracted randomized...Monday, May 18, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
By the time health officials confirmed new Ebola infections in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week, the total number of suspected cases meant the outbreak was... Reuters Health InformationMonday, May 18, 2026 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
Pandemic report warns of growing global threat as health teams in Africa move to contain Ebola outbreak The world is becoming less resilient to outbreaks of infectious diseases, experts have warned, as health authorities in the...Monday, May 18, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
The use of cotrimoxazole is linked to about twice the risk of developing adverse events compared with the use of fluoroquinolones among older men with UTIs. Medscape News UKMonday, May 18, 2026 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
The time from outpatient imaging to interpretation by a radiologist more than doubled over the past decade, and most of that increase occurred in 2022 and 2023, which are the most recent data. An evaluation of more than 2 million...Monday, May 18, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
Forty-one Americans considered at higher risk are being monitored, while public health labs scramble to validate PCR assays that can detect infection before symptoms start. Medscape Medical NewsMonday, May 18, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
The COVID seasonal vaccine for 2025/2026 protects patients not only from the target strain but also from other SARS-CoV-2 variants. Medscape News CanadaMonday, May 18, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
Nearly 300 experts warn that rising vaccine misinformation is reversing gains — measles and meningococcal infections are resurging while France updates the 2026 schedule. Medscape News EuropeMonday, May 18, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
Clinicians continue prescribing antibiotics unnecessarily despite growing evidence supporting shorter, targeted, and reassessed treatment strategies. Medscape News EuropeSunday, May 17, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
The luxury polar explorer docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam, where authorities were quarantining the last 27 people to disembark and planned to cremate a German who died. Reuters Health InformationSunday, May 17, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday it mobilized response efforts following an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda,... Reuters Health InformationSunday, May 17, 2026 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
ORLANDO — Exercise capacity and quality of life improved for children with chronic respiratory disease with pulmonary rehabilitation, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference. Although...Sunday, May 17, 2026 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
ORLANDO — With its link to more than $1 trillion in welfare losses globally in 2023, tuberculosis is described as “a macroeconomic hemorrhage,” according to results presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference....Sunday, May 17, 2026 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
It is hardly a surprise that outbreaks can occur and experts say many of the factors involved are not easy to change It was a voyage that promised such stuff as dreams are made of, yet within weeks the Atlantic expedition of the MV...Sunday, May 17, 2026 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
Experts say slashed funding and growing misinformation are some of the greatest challenges facing public health The hantavirus outbreak, while unlikely to spark the next big pandemic, is shining a spotlight on the ways public health has...Saturday, May 16, 2026 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
The person was on board the MV Hondius, the center of the outbreak that has claimed three lives Canadian officials said on Saturday that one of the four Canadians currently quarantining in British Columbia after being exposed to the...Friday, May 15, 2026 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
Sixty-five people are reported to have died in a new Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Africa CDC said Friday. The outbreak, occurring in a province in northeastern DRC that borders Uganda and South Sudan,...Friday, May 15, 2026 from Infectious Disease
The hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has potentially exposed passengers to a deadly disease. Most returning Americans are now housed in Nebraska. Some may be cleared to quarantine at home. Friday, May 15, 2026 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
Uganda also reports outbreak and health officials say cases were caused by Bundibugyo strain of virus An outbreak of Ebola has killed 65 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, health officials said. There have been 246 suspected...Friday, May 15, 2026 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
The deadly hantavirus outbreak that killed three passengers aboard a cruise ship has raised questions about a relatively uncommon pathogen, including how it spreads. The three deaths were caused by Andes virus, a variant of hantavirus...Friday, May 15, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
Calls for a meningitis B catch-up programme for young adults are growing after a student died in an outbreak in the Reading area. Press AssociationFriday, May 15, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
US cardiologists report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. MedscapeFriday, May 15, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
US dermatologists report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. MedscapeFriday, May 15, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
US internists report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. MedscapeFriday, May 15, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
US endocrinologists report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. MedscapeFriday, May 15, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
US emergency medicine physicians report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. MedscapeFriday, May 15, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
US family physicians report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. MedscapeFriday, May 15, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
US gastroenterologists report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. MedscapeFriday, May 15, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
(Refiles Friday story to correct spelling of acting head's first name to Tracy from Tracey in first paragraph) Reuters Health InformationFriday, May 15, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
Eighty people have died in a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province, the country's health ministry said late on... Reuters Health InformationFriday, May 15, 2026 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
A rodent-borne virus with a scary name. A mid-ocean cruise ship in quarantine. Several people dead and more falling sick. Reuters Health InformationFriday, May 15, 2026 from Infectious Diseases News -- ScienceDaily
Scientists are uncovering a surprising link between hidden tooth infections and blood sugar problems. Deep infections around tooth roots can create chronic inflammation that spreads through the body and may interfere with insulin...Thursday, May 14, 2026 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
On Monday, 15 American passengers from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius moved into their temporary new home: the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. They face up to 42 days of...Thursday, May 14, 2026 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
Health minister Mark Butler says six passengers who have tested negative for hantavirus will land in Western Australia on Friday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news...Thursday, May 14, 2026 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
Asymptomatic people allowed off ship from Wednesday afternoon but those infected ordered to remain in isolation A norovirus-hit cruise ship carrying mainly passengers from the UK and Ireland has had a French lockdown order lifted. All...Wednesday, May 13, 2026 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
Paxlovid’s role in treating COVID-19 is not ending — it is evolving, according to the results of two national trials published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Although the trials — one conducted in the United Kingdom (PANORAMIC)...Wednesday, May 13, 2026 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
A standard dose of ivermectin combined with 5% permethrin was superior to higher-dose ivermectin for the treatment of severe scabies, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Results showed that 75% of...Wednesday, May 13, 2026 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
About 50 people on vessel carrying mostly British and Irish passengers have symptoms, say officials French authorities have confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew members to a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a suspected...Wednesday, May 13, 2026 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
The challenges of health care have led many physicians to consider changing their professional environment. The first impulse is to modify the current situation, but systemic and institutional inertia may prevent any meaningful change....Wednesday, May 13, 2026 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
Symptom onset and cardiac arrest in pediatric cases of fatal food anaphylaxis frequently start outside a health care facility, and cases often involve breathing compromise, according to data from two studies. Both studies were published...Wednesday, May 13, 2026 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
Targeted maternal screening could substantially reduce the spread of a virus associated with a rare and fatal malignancy that disproportionately affects certain populations of U.S. adults born in other regions. Less than a quarter of...Tuesday, May 12, 2026 from Infectious Diseases News -- ScienceDaily
Scientists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, have uncovered a crucial trick used by enteroviruses—the group behind diseases like polio, myocarditis, encephalitis, and even the common cold—to reproduce inside human cells....Tuesday, May 12, 2026 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
Martin Makary, MD, MPH, is resigning as FDA commissioner. Politico was first to report the news on Tuesday, citing an administration official who was granted anonymity. The official told Politico that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr....Tuesday, May 12, 2026 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
Health officials in Paris say French woman who contracted disease on MV Hondius is on ventilator in intensive care The head of the World Health Organization has told countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases as authorities in Paris...Tuesday, May 12, 2026 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
All the protocols that health experts like me look for have been followed. But outbreaks on cruise ships are notoriously hard to control Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Hantavirus: the...Tuesday, May 12, 2026 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
While experts believe the virus is unlikely to become a ‘full-blown pandemic’, its mortality rate and long incubation period makes Covid-style isolation prudent Up to 150 people aboard the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius began...