The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reportedly sending personnel to the Canary Islands to meet the cruise ship affected by the hantavirus outbreak, with plans to accompany American passengers back to the US on a chartered flight and place them into quarantine in Nebraska. An additional CDC team is already headed…
Severe scabies doesn’t respond to the usual treatment for classic scabies due to the abundance of skin mites. A randomized trial showed that a higher dose of oral ivermectin was not superior to a standard dose for cure of severe scabies. Adherence was high in both treatment groups, with most patients completing their respective regimens….
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A forest fire is burning in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo A large forest fire is spreading through the Chernobyl exclusion zone after a drone struck the area yesterday. Though the fire is serious, those on the ground say the risk of radioactive…
Graduation season is swiftly approaching, which means it’s time to start thinking about what to wear under a graduation gown. If you’ll be graduating in the coming months, whether it’s with a high school diploma or a college degree, woohoo: You did that. There’s a lot of prep to do, including sending all the important…
The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship brings a new focus to efforts to develop a vaccine to prevent the virus. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Experts say hantavirus vaccine efforts have repeatedly stalled, in part because outbreaks tend to occur sporadically and…
Contact tracing is the public health tool that keeps diseases contained. Health workers reach out to those individuals who were exposed to someone who has a contagious disease to monitor their health and to prevent further spread. lakshmiprasad S/iStockphoto/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption lakshmiprasad S/iStockphoto/via Getty Images An international team of disease detectives…
Libyan Faysal Al Ghoula, MD, must renew his green card to continue caring for roughly 1,000 patients in southwestern Indiana, but hasn’t been able to since the Trump administration stopped reviewing applications for people from several dozen countries it deemed high-risk. Al Ghoula’s current visa will expire in September if his application is denied. But…
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Nintendo may be worth over $50 billion, but that doesn’t mean it’s immune to global market instability. Between escalating conflicts in the Middle East driving up oil costs, and an ongoing memory crisis raising the price of technology across the board, companies like Nintendo have…
