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New research points to shared bathroom ventilation in multi-family buildings as a route for airborne diseases to move between apartments, raising fresh questions about building design and public health protection.

New research from McMaster University links daily exposure to fine-particle air pollution from traffic, industry and wildfire smoke to poorer brain function, broadening concern beyond the lungs and heart.

A new national analysis summarized by Medical Xpress says amputation rates rose from 2016 to 2022 in both opioid-related and non-opioid-related hospitalizations, with sharper increases in opioid-related cases.

New research suggests that heavy caring responsibilities can reduce brain function in people 50 and older, while lighter duties may have cognitive benefits.

New modeling in Argentina suggests climate change could shift the distribution of virus-carrying rodents, exposing more people to hantavirus spillover risk and potentially raising the odds of outbreaks.

A study tracking U.S. adults from 1998 to 2022 found rising heat-related illness hospitalizations, with Black adults and low-income communities facing a disproportionate share of the burden.

As headlines spread about a hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship, conspiracy networks and wellness influencers moved quickly to recycle familiar pandemic-era misinformation.

A cruise-ship hantavirus response is a reminder that the digital tools built for Covid-scale exposure tracking are poorly matched to small outbreaks that demand exact, person-by-person tracing.

A cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak reached Tenerife with more than 140 people aboard, prompting a tightly managed evacuation overseen by Spanish authorities and the WHO.

A new Canadian survey suggests many women do not yet trust or fully understand the move from Pap testing to HPV-based cervical screening, raising a communication challenge for a major public-health transition.

Federal proposals to accelerate poultry lines and remove caps in swine slaughter are drawing sharp opposition from labor and public-interest groups.

A documented H5N1 case involving a Los Angeles veterinary worker and an infected cat adds a new transmission route to the bird flu risk map, even though the exposed person never developed symptoms.

A deadly hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius has prompted international follow-up as health authorities track passengers and warn that more cases may still emerge.

New research using UK Biobank data suggests that low muscle strength, muscle loss, and slower walking pace are all associated with higher stroke risk, raising the possibility that routine physical function checks could i

A WHO briefing on the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship highlighted serious concern among experts, but reporting tied to the briefing says they are discounting fears of a broader pandemic.

Laboratory testing has implicated the Andes virus in a hantavirus cluster linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius, sharpening concern because it is the only hantavirus strain known to spread between people.

A suspected hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch vessel MV Hondius has reportedly killed three passengers and left other people ill, creating a complex public health emergency at sea.

A CDC analysis identified 50 large tuberculosis outbreaks from 2017 to 2023, with many cases linked to U.S.-born populations and elevated rates of substance use, homelessness and incarceration.

Researchers analyzing electronic health records from nearly 20 million patients report rapid growth in GLP-1 prescribing, even as many people with severe obesity still receive no treatment and bariatric surgery use slips

A cluster of one confirmed and five suspected hantavirus infections on a cruise ship has left three passengers dead, according to the World Health Organization. The outbreak is drawing attention to a virus family better