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Hong Kong man catches rat hepatitis E because 2025 apparently wasn't wild enough alreadyScience

Hong Kong man catches rat hepatitis E because 2025 apparently wasn't wild enough already

Hong Kong health authorities are investigating the city's first rat hepatitis E case of 2025, after a 42-year-old man with chronic liver disease tested positive for the rodent-borne virus on May 5.

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Ebola is back, and Europe can't decide if it wants to check your temperature or just cancel your flightScience

Ebola is back, and Europe can't decide if it wants to check your temperature or just cancel your flight

The latest Ebola outbreak has the US tightening airport screenings while Europe debates everything from passenger temperature checks to cancelling flights altogether - and experts warn neither option is a silver bullet.

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Congo's Ebola outbreak is back and it's not playing around - 65 dead, 246 suspected casesScience

Congo's Ebola outbreak is back and it's not playing around - 65 dead, 246 suspected cases

Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has killed 65 people and produced 246 suspected cases, according to Euronews, raising fresh alarm bells for regional and global health authorities.

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Three dead on Atlantic cruise ship after hantavirus outbreak - here's why that's really weirdScience

Three dead on Atlantic cruise ship after hantavirus outbreak - here's why that's really weird

Three passengers have died on an Atlantic cruise ship in a reported hantavirus outbreak, with the dangerous Andes strain confirmed in two cases. Here's what the virus is, how it spreads, and why this particular outbreak has scientists scratching their heads.

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Hantavirus on a cruise ship: CDC says 'chill out', risk to Americans is 'very low'Science

Hantavirus on a cruise ship: CDC says 'chill out', risk to Americans is 'very low'

The CDC's acting director says the risk of hantavirus to Americans is 'very low' after three European passengers were infected aboard a cruise ship heading to Europe.

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Trump builds Ebola quarantine hotel in Kenya because America is... full?Politics

Trump builds Ebola quarantine hotel in Kenya because America is... full?

The Trump administration is building a quarantine and treatment facility in Kenya for Americans exposed to Ebola in the DRC, rather than bringing them home - a move health experts say could actually harm treatment outcomes.

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That cruise ship is still giving people hantavirus and WHO is keeping countScience

That cruise ship is still giving people hantavirus and WHO is keeping count

The WHO has confirmed a 12th hantavirus case linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius, after a crew member who left the vessel in Tenerife tested positive upon repatriation to the Netherlands.

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Congolese residents set fire to Ebola treatment center because apparently 2019 had more surprisesScience

Congolese residents set fire to Ebola treatment center because apparently 2019 had more surprises

Residents near the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak attacked and burned a health treatment tent - the second such attack in the region - highlighting a deep community trust crisis complicating the outbreak response.

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