Spanish health minister Monica Garcia says all those onboard a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship were ‘asymptomatic’ after it arrived in Tenerife in the Canary Islands on Sunday. Everyone disembarking will be checked for symptoms, authorities say, and be taken off the ship only once evacuation flights are ready to fly them to their destinations Source: Read…
Martin Short has spoken for the first time about the death of his daughter, Katherine Short, saying her death has been “a nightmare for the family”. Katherine died in February aged 42, at her home in the Hollywood Hills. The County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s office confirmed she died by suicide. Speaking on CBS…
Those who work longer hours are more likely to be obese and cutting how much time you spend working could help you keep the weight off, research suggests. International research presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul compared working patterns and obesity prevalence for 33 OECD countries from 1990 to 2022. The study…
Subclinical volume overload was common in hemodialysis patients following hospital discharge, but objective measuring tools could be the key to early detection, according to a new quality improvement study. Out of 62 unique patients across 91 hospitalization events, 22% of discharges required at least one additional hemodialysis session shortly after leaving the hospital, found Leora…
“Is this going to become another pandemic? No. Are we learning a lot? Yes.” — Carlos del Rio, MD, of Emory University in Atlanta, addressing concerns over the recent cruise ship-related hantavirus outbreak. “Can this data be believed?” — Philip Rosenfeld, MD, PhD, of the University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, discussing new data…
The first cases, a Dutch man and his wife, who died nearly three weeks after him, had spent more than three months traveling through Argentina, Chile and Uruguay on a birding trip before they boarded the Hondius in Ushuaia, Argentina’s southernmost city, on April 1, according to the WHO. That trip “included visits to sites…
Intradialytic oral protein supplementation was linked with improvements in several nutritional markers and real-world outcomes for patients on hemodialysis, according to a quality improvement study. After 12 months, patients who received a liquid protein supplement at the end of each dialysis session had significant improvements in real-world outcomes. The frequency of hospitalizations dropped from 4.02…
Ballet flats are the quintessential spring shoe. In fact, those who can’t—or simply don’t want to—wear sandals continue to wear them throughout the entire summer season. When you think about it, it’s not surprising; few flat shoes are as versatile as ballet flats. So much so that we’ve even seen some of the most stylish…
Paratroopers landed on a “golf course covered in rocks” to supply medical personnel and oxygen to Britain’s most remote overseas territory as it deals with a suspected hantavirus case, an army commander said. The UK Health Security Agency confirmed on Friday that a British national had disembarked from the cruise ship MV Hondius to the…
The Covid-19 pandemic did deep and lasting damage to the international political system. Countries in the global south are keenly aware that the established order let them down. They received vaccines later, in smaller numbers and often at a higher price than rich countries, resulting in avoidable death and suffering, and extended economic malaise. Last…
