[ An outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over weeks on a cruise ship as it sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. Source link

[ A third British national has been diagnosed with suspected hantavirus linked to a cruise ship outbreak, health officials said Friday. Source link

[ Credit: Recetas-project Nature-based group activities can reduce loneliness, improve sleep and cognition, and increase a sense of connection to nature in older adults living in care homes. Focusing on nature, including outdoor excursions and contacts with the natural world, the activities boosted well-being and health through peer support and …

The condition affects one in 10 women in the UK and can cause debilitating pain and infertility. BBC News

[ Credit: American Heart Association Muscle loss, a weaker grip and a slower walking pace were associated with a higher risk of stroke in adults, according to new research published today in Stroke. In the study, people with low muscle strength had a 30% higher risk of any type of …

[ More than a third of LGBTQ+ young people have seriously considered suicide in the past year, driven by bullying from both peers and politicians, a new survey has found. Source link

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), affecting an estimated 6–8 million people worldwide, may soon be monitored with a simple stool test instead of invasive procedures. Researchers have demonstrated that human DNA in fecal matter, previously ignored as biological noise, provides a clear map of activity in …

[ A new mouse study led by Johns Hopkins Children’s Center researchers suggests a link between a high-fat prenatal diet and induction of potentially deadly symptoms of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in premature babies. Findings from the study are published in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Source link

[ A new study finds that large language models (LLMs), used with straightforward prompting, perform poorly on routine number-crunching tasks that hospital administrators depend on every day to track patients and allocate resources. The findings have been published in PLOS Digital Health by Eyal Klang of the Icahn School of …

[ Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports Medicine (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2026.102786 Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center have identified a promising new strategy to overcome resistance to immunotherapy in colorectal cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. …

When should we worry that our snoring might be the sign of a larger problem? BBC News

Lucy Woodham answers your questions on the outbreak of hantavirus on board a cruise ship BBC News

The origin of the outbreak is still unknown, with the World Health Organisation saying investigations are “still under way”. BBC News

[ Credit: Image generated by the editorial team using AI for illustrative purposes. Artificial intelligence can now outperform doctors at diagnosing patients in the emergency department, according to a new study in Science. The AI was given written notes from real emergency department records from a hospital in Boston, US, …

Some passengers potentially exposed to hantavirus have already taken flights to numerous countries. BBC News

[ University of Houston researchers are applying the principles of marketing science to public health, proposing that the way vaccines are “framed” could be a factor in overcoming hesitancy. Source link

Two survivors who caught the hantavirus years earlier told the BBC they both felt lucky to be alive. BBC News

Anaemia and the new dementia link BBC News

[ Life cycle of Orthohantavirus. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA As an Atlantic cruise ship remains isolated off the South African coast due to a deadly hantavirus outbreak, the world watches with anticipation to learn more about this uncommon but dangerous infectious disease. While rare, hantaviruses are a genus of …

[ A deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over the course of weeks on a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina toward Antarctica and then across the Atlantic Ocean, stopping at or near remote islands on the way as passengers and crew members fell sick, according to information from …