Health

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Hantavirus-Infected Cruise Ship Heads Toward Spain's Canary Islands

Health officials in the Canary Islands are preparing for the arrival of a cruise ship carrying passengers who contracted hantavirus, a rare rodent-borne illness.

May 9, 2026

Harvard Study Examines Whether Mental Health Crises Raise Risk of Police Shootings

Researchers at Harvard are investigating the circumstances surrounding police shootings to determine how often a mental health crisis was a contributing factor.

May 9, 2026

Dolly Parton Cancels Las Vegas Shows Citing Medication Side Effects at Age 80

The country star, who has dealt with kidney stones and immune system problems for years, says her doctors have told her everything she has is treatable.

May 9, 2026

European Cardiologists Say Doctors Must Warn Patients About Ultra-Processed Foods

A clinical consensus statement published in the European Heart Journal links ultra-processed foods to more than 120,000 preventable deaths in the United States each year.

May 9, 2026

Dermatologists Say Office Air Does Affect Skin, But It Is Not the Only Cause

A viral TikTok trend blaming workplace environments for oily skin and frizzy hair has some scientific backing, according to board-certified dermatologists.

May 9, 2026

Scientists Identify Key Genes That Allow Salamanders and Fish to Regrow Limbs

Researchers from Wake Forest, Duke, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison used gene therapy on mice to partially restore limb regeneration, a first in mammals.

May 9, 2026

Ozempic Pill Form Launches in United States for Type 2 Diabetes Patients

The daily oral tablet, available since May 4, comes in lower doses than its predecessor Rybelsus and offers an alternative to weekly injections.

May 9, 2026

Three Dead as Hantavirus Spreads Among Cruise Ship Passengers in Atlantic

The World Health Organization said on May 6 that the virus may have transmitted between passengers aboard the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, which departed Argentina in March.

May 8, 2026

New Weight Loss Drug Survodutide Cuts Body Weight by 16 Percent in Trial

The phase 3 SYNCHRONIZE-1 trial enrolled 725 adults across multiple international sites and ran for 76 weeks.

May 8, 2026

Scientists Discover Thousands of Unknown Microbes Inside Pacific Coral Reefs

A study published in Nature reconstructed genomes from 645 microbial species found across 99 coral reefs, and more than 99% had never been genetically described before.

May 8, 2026

ICU Wedding Follows Heart Failure Diagnosis for Georgia Man Awaiting Surgery

Daniel Phan, 33, married his girlfriend Julia in an Atlanta hospital days before receiving a left ventricular assist device to replace his failing heart function.

May 8, 2026

People With CKM Syndrome Face Up to 30 Percent Higher Cancer Risk

A new observational study found that cancer risk climbs with each stage of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, which affects an estimated 90% of American adults.

May 8, 2026