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ABC News : health
20 may
21h57
RFK Jr. fires leaders of group that sets guidelines for preventive health screenings
The Trump administration has fired the two leaders of an influential health group that determines when insurance must provide free preventive care...
21 may
03h27
3 dead in New Mexico and first responders decontaminated after exposure to unknown substance
New Mexico authorities say three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders were assessed for possible exposure to an unidentified...
02h41
Ebola fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare type
Healthcare workers in eastern Congo say they are underprotected and undertrained as a rare Ebola virus spreads rapidly in one of the world’s most...
20 may
10h41
WHO says risk of global spread of Ebola outbreak is low, but high at national, regional levels
The risk of global spread of the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda is high at national, regional levels but low at the global level, World Health...
12h50
WHO says risk of global spread of Ebola outbreak is low, but high at national, regional levels in Congo and Uganda
WHO says risk of global spread of Ebola outbreak is low, but high at national, regional levels in Congo and Uganda
19 may
21h15
Argentines hunting for source of hantavirus outbreak trap rats in southernmost city
Argentine investigators searching for the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise last month were trapping rodents in the forests...
14h32
A mop, a broom and a calmer mind. Why some find mental health benefits in everyday tasks
It’s spring cleaning season, and for some people that means drudgery or anxiety
12h02
Congo health ministry reports 131 deaths and 513 suspected Ebola cases
The World Health Organization director-general has expressed concern over the rapid spread of a rare Ebola variant in eastern Congo
18 may
11h29
Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship arrives in the Netherlands
A cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection
01h38
Unwanted lab rats find new homes and are adopted thanks to an Argentine organization
A group of people watches three albino rats leap from small baskets into a big cage at an indoor hall in the Argentine capital
12h00
Canadian national health agency confirms 1 positive hantavirus test
Canada’s national health agency confirms that one of four Canadians returning from a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive
05h37
WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda
The World Health Organization has declared an Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern
16 may
14h53
When should you get a mammogram? Conflicting advice makes it hard to know
Deciding when to get a routine mammogram is confusing
15 may
16h20
A look at major Ebola outbreaks and when the disease was first identified
African health officials say there is a new outbreak of the Ebola disease in the Central African country of Congo, with at least 246 suspected cases...
11h54
What to know about new Ebola outbreak that has killed 65 people in Congo
Africa’s top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s Ituri province
12h10
Africa’s top health body confirms new Ebola outbreak in remote Congo province
Africa’s top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province
08h43
6 passengers from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantine
Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have arrived in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks
14 may
16h15
Judge blocks Trump administration’s demand for Rhode Island hospital’s records of transgender kids
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s demands for confidential transgender patient information from Rhode Island’s largest hospital
11h36
France allows asymptomatic passengers off new cruise ship
Passengers unaffected by an illness outbreak on a British cruise ship have been allowed off the ship in Bordeaux
13 may
14h45
US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes
About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year - about 14% fewer than the previous year
12h49
Operator of hantavirus-hit ship will say by week’s end when the vessel will resume cruises
The operator of the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has told The Associated Press that it expects to know by the end of the week...
08h25
Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US after hantavirus outbreak
When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be home for 35 days as he and more than 100 other...
12 may
22h44
Prosecutors seek NYU hospital information on gender-affirming care for children
A New York health care system has received a federal grand jury subpoena issued in Texas seeking information about children who received gender...
15h50
Small study hints that revving up immune cells might help fight HIV
Scientists are supercharging patients’ own immune cells to try to fight HIV without today’s drugs
11h25
Spain reports new hantavirus case in passenger evacuated from cruise ship as outbreak grows to 11
Spain’s health ministry says a Spanish passenger evacuated from the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the...
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