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Congo will open 3 Ebola treatment centers as a rare strain spreads in Ituri

Congo will open 3 Ebola treatment centers as a rare strain spreads in Ituri

Congo's health minister has announced the opening of three treatment centers for Ebola virus in the eastern Ituri region

May 18, 2026 at 7:53 am PDT

Judge allows gun and notebook as evidence at Mangione’s trial in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing

Judge allows gun and notebook as evidence at Mangione’s trial in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing

May 18, 2026 at 7:18 am PDT

Ebola and hantavirus have Africa talking 'health sovereignty' as donor support fades

Ebola and hantavirus have Africa talking 'health sovereignty' as donor support fades

May 18, 2026 at 7:04 am PDT

Gunmen kill 2 police officers assigned to protect polio workers in Pakistan

May 18, 2026 at 6:43 am PDT

Supreme Court rejects appeals from drug manufacturers over Medicare price negotiations

Supreme Court rejects appeals from drug manufacturers over Medicare price negotiations

May 18, 2026 at 6:43 am PDT

Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docks in the Netherlands for disinfection

Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docks in the Netherlands for disinfection

May 18, 2026 at 5:16 am PDT

WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda

WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda

May 17, 2026 at 6:58 pm PDT

Canadian national health agency confirms 1 positive hantavirus test

Canadian national health agency confirms 1 positive hantavirus test

May 17, 2026 at 11:13 am PDT

Canadian cruise passenger gets a presumptive positive hantavirus test result after ship outbreak

May 16, 2026 at 2:09 pm PDT

France says cruise ship Andes virus matches known South American viruses

France says cruise ship Andes virus matches known South American viruses

May 16, 2026 at 9:56 am PDT

When should you get a mammogram? Conflicting advice makes it hard to know

FDA official who scrutinized COVID shots and antidepressants is out in latest shake-up

A judge is protecting youth gender care in Kansas while a settlement in Texas attacks it

6 passengers from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantine

Uganda confirms one 'imported' case of Ebola in a Congolese man who died in Uganda

Hantavirus outbreak: CDC says no cases confirmed in US

Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out

Judge blocks Trump administration’s demand for Rhode Island hospital's records of transgender kids

France allows asymptomatic passengers off new cruise ship struck by stomach bug outbreak

Norovirus: What is it, how to prevent getting sick?

The world's reaction to hantavirus is tinged by echoes of something else: COVID

Officials say $1.3 billion in Medicaid money to California will be deferred over suspicions of fraud

US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes

France confines more than 1,700 on British cruise ship in Bordeaux after gastroenteritis outbreak

Company says it’s not clear when its hantavirus-hit ship will start cruises again

FDA chief's resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation's health department

Hantavirus outbreak: Patient on an artificial lung, 11 reported cases from cruise ship outbreak

PCOS now called PMOS: What the change means for patients

Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US after hantavirus outbreak

French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11

Report: Nashville will host Super Bowl LXIV in 2030

Ronda Rousey wins MMA comeback bout in 17 seconds

Recall alert: Straus ice cream recalled due to potential presence of metal

Luigi Mangione case: Judge rules that gun, notebook can be admitted as evidence

WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global health emergency