Health & Pandemics

Acting CDC Director Says Hantavirus Outbreak ‘Is Not COVID’

CDC’s acting director says the situation is not expected to become a COVID-level outbreak, emphasizing limited widespread risk.

WHO Says Hantavirus Risk Is Low as Passengers Prepare to Leave Ship

WHO said that hantavirus “is not another COVID” situation and suggested that the public health risk will remain low, as people prepare to exit the cruise ship.
MAGA Business MAGA Business

Americans Aboard Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship Will Quarantine in Nebraska, Says CDC

CDC said that Americans aboard the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak, will be sent to a quarantine center in Nebraska.

US Closely Tracking Hantavirus Outbreak Among Passengers on Stricken Polar Cruise Vessel

Medical evacuations followed serious hantavirus cases as U.S. and international agencies coordinated emergency response efforts aboard a cruise ship.

RFK Jr. Announces New Plan to Tackle ‘Overmedicalization’ of Psychiatric Care

The federal government is taking steps to tackle what it described as the overprescribing of antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs.

Regeneron Strikes Drug Pricing Deal With Trump, Will Offer New Hearing-Loss Therapy for Free

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals became the latest drug manufacturer to enter a Most Favored Nation drug pricing agreement with the United States.

Is High Cholesterol Really Bad for You? It Depends

The more useful question may not be whether high cholesterol is harmful, but when—and in whom—it becomes risky.

RFK Jr. Updates CDC’s Vaccine Committee Charter: What to Know

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has changed the charter for the influential CDC’s vaccine advisory panel.