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Hantavirus isn’t the next pandemic, health officials say. Here’s why
May 12, 2026·1 min read

Hantavirus isn’t the next pandemic, health officials say. Here’s why

Health Care News – Read More The sights of PPE-clad passengers leaving the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship Sunday may prompt flashbacks to the COVID pandemic. Health officials…

American on cruise ship tests positive for hantavirus as 17 arrive in Nebraska
May 12, 2026·1 min read

American on cruise ship tests positive for hantavirus as 17 arrive in Nebraska

Health Care News – Read More One American on the cruise ship that experienced a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus, while another is…

Weight Loss Surgeries Decline as GLP-1 Use Skyrockets. Why This Matters
May 12, 2026·6 min read

Weight Loss Surgeries Decline as GLP-1 Use Skyrockets. Why This Matters

Healthline News RSS Feed – Read More The number of people getting bariatric surgery for weight loss has declined, partly due to the rise of GLP-1…

Supreme Court extends pause on abortion pill restrictions through Thursday
May 12, 2026·1 min read

Supreme Court extends pause on abortion pill restrictions through Thursday

Health Care News – Read More Abortion pills will remain available through the mail until at least Thursday after Justice Samuel Alito extended a temporary pause on a lower court ruling that would have…

RFK Jr.: ‘We’re not worried’ about hantavirus spreading after cruise ship outbreak
May 12, 2026·1 min read

RFK Jr.: ‘We’re not worried’ about hantavirus spreading after cruise ship outbreak

Health Care News – Read More Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the U.S. has the hantavirus “under control.” During Monday’s press…

White House proposal encourages companies to offer fertility treatment benefits
May 12, 2026·1 min read

White House proposal encourages companies to offer fertility treatment benefits

Health Care News – Read More A new proposed rule from the Trump administration aims to make it easier for employers to offer coverage of fertility treatments, as part of…

5 things to know about the quarantined Americans from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship
May 12, 2026·1 min read

5 things to know about the quarantined Americans from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

Health Care News – Read More One of the patients had mild symptoms, while another tested positive. Officials said the test results were inconclusive. 

Acting CDC director on hantavirus: ‘This is not COVID’
May 11, 2026·1 min read

Acting CDC director on hantavirus: ‘This is not COVID’

Health Care News – Read More The Acting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Jay Bhattacharya said Sunday that hantavirus “is not COVID,” in…

Passengers disembark from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak
May 11, 2026·1 min read

Passengers disembark from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak

Health Care News – Read More Passengers on a cruise ship that had an outbreak of the hantavirus have begun disembarking the vessel, The Associated Press…

Healthcare cuts threaten Sullivan’s reelection chances in Alaska
May 11, 2026·1 min read

Healthcare cuts threaten Sullivan’s reelection chances in Alaska

Health Care News – Read More Alaskans have been hit hard by the healthcare cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and lapsed Obamacare subsidies,…