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Andes virus — the only hantavirus that can spread between people — identified as culprit on cruise shipLaboratory tests have implicated the Andes virus, a specific type of hantavirus, in the cluster of illnesses on the cruise ship MV Hondius.
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Hantavirus infects at least 2 on cruise ship, while 5 others fall ill: Here's what we knowThree people have died and four more have fallen ill on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, and hantaviruses are confirmed to be the culprit in two cases so far.
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Heartbeats physically stop cardiac cancer from growing — and that could be key to thwarting other cancers, tooScientists have pinpointed a mechanism that may explain heart cancer's rarity and point to new cancer treatments.
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'Brain-eating' amoebas are nearly always fatal. New treatments may change that.Doctors are pulling out new techniques and drugs in an effort to cure devastating brain infections.
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'Oslo patient' likely cured of HIV after getting stem cell transplant from his brother, who is genetically resistant to the virusA man known as the "Oslo patient" joins a short list of people in long-term remission from HIV following bone marrow transplants.
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Woman's 'biologically implausible' infection led her to sneeze 'worms' out of her noseDoctors reported a highly unusual case of parasitic fly infection in a woman in Greece.
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A cross tattoo on a man's neck disappeared — killing his skin as it did soA man's neck tattoo triggered a reaction so rare that it was only the second recorded case.
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A gene carried by 99% of humanity raises Alzheimer's risk dramatically. Could gene therapy correct it?New research suggests that a single gene may play an outsize role in developing Alzheimer's, which suggests gene therapy for the condition could reach many people.
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I was at ground zero for the AIDS epidemic. RFK's cuts could fuel a new pandemic, just when elimination seemed within reach.Opinion RFK Jr.'s cutbacks may leave us near-defenseless against HIV spread, but moments in the past show how we can stop the seemingly inevitable.
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