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A Single Infusion Could Suppress H.I.V. for Years, Study Suggests

A study of a few patients, to be presented this week, showed promise for a type of therapy that has already cured some blood cancers.
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Hantavirus Vaccines and Treatments Are in the Pipeline

But it has been hard to attract interest in medical interventions for viruses that have not been considered a top public health priority, scientists say.
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With Commissioner Under Pressure, F.D.A. Opens Door to Flavored Vapes

Though illicit e-cigarettes have flooded in from China, the new policy could allow major tobacco companies to sell from prime shelf space at thousands of stores.
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Cruise Ship Linked to Hantavirus Outbreak Arrives in Spain’s Canary Islands for Disembarking

Small groups of passengers and crew left the ship after it anchored off Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday. Those aboard were expected to be flown to their home countries, officials said.
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Trump Plans to Fire F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary

Dr. Makary has been a supporter of the Make American Healthy Again Movement but made some enemies in the administration over vaping, the abortion pill and rejections of new drugs.
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Employees With Medical Conditions Challenge C.D.C. In-Office Requirement

The health agency has been particularly strict in abolishing at-home work, overriding accommodations that were granted years before the pandemic.
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Health Officials Race to Track Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak but Predict ‘Limited’ Spread

A Dutch flight attendant and French national were among the latest to be tested in connection with a deadly outbreak on a cruise ship. But an analysis in South Africa showed no mutations in viral samples.
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Her Self-Experiment With Drug Detox Almost Broke Her

Against expert advice, people are using new and unpredictable synthetic drugs to experiment on themselves in hopes of becoming free of addiction.
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American Factories Lag in Adopting A.I. This Drugmaker Is an Exception.

A Bristol Myers Squibb plant that makes cancer drugs was the only manufacturer in the U.S. recognized for innovation by the World Economic Forum this year.
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F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe

The agency’s scientists and data contractors reviewed millions of patient records for studies that were pulled back before release.
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A Medical Examiner Chases Down an Elusive Killer

Unusual opioids are infiltrating street drugs. Knoxville’s top forensic doctor is on the front lines, pressing to quickly identify the most lethal.
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Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants

The health secretary has long complained that Americans overuse psychiatric medications. New policies he is introducing aim to change that.
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Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Access to Abortion Pill by Mail

A lower-court ruling had reinstated a Food and Drug Administration requirement that patients visit a health care provider in person to obtain mifepristone.
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Hantavirus Outbreaks Are Rare, but They Aren’t Going Away and There’s No Cure

Since the family of rodent-borne infections were identified in the 1950s, they have turned up all over the world.
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Passengers on Hantavirus Cruise Ship Will Disembark in Tenerife and Return to Home Countries

The cruise ship will arrive on the island of Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands of Spain, officials said. All of the passengers will then be evacuated to their home countries.
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There Are Ants in This Canadian Hospital. Again.

A hospital in Manitoba had to postpone a “limited number of elective surgeries” after ants appeared there for the third time since 2024.
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Hantavirus Is Nothing Like Coronavirus, but It’s Bringing Some ‘Covid P.T.S.D.’

Experts have been quick to reassure the public after the deaths aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, but images and turns of phrase have rekindled anxieties from Covid’s early days.
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What Is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?

It may look like vanity, but it’s a debilitating mental health condition.
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Hantavirus Response Shows How Trump Cuts Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness

The Trump administration has slashed funding for infectious disease research and has far fewer employees, including disease detectives, to respond to outbreaks.
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What to Know About the Hantavirus Outbreak on an Atlantic Cruise Ship

The health authorities are working to calm fears and contain the rare virus. Three passengers died after traveling on the ship, and several others fell ill or tested positive.
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