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French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (725+ words) Three people on the cruise died, including a Dutch couple that health officials believe were the first exposed to the virus while visiting South America. The French passenger hospitalized in Paris has a severe form of the disease that has…...
Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US following hantavirus outbreak
8+ hour, 13+ min ago (778+ words) Now, he is one of 18 Americans under observation at specialized health care facilities designed to treat people with dangerous infectious diseases after three people died and others were sickened by a hantavirus outbreak aboard the ship. Rosmarin, 30, said he expects…...
Federal prosecutors seek NYU hospital information on gender-affirming care for children
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (500+ words) A New York hospital system says it received a grand jury subpoena from federal prosecutors in Texas seeking information about children who received gender-affirming care and the medical providers who administered it. NYU Langone is the first hospital system to…...
Small study hints that revving up immune cells might help fight HIV
14+ hour, 22+ min ago (550+ words) On Tuesday, researchers said a single dose of those revved-up cells strongly suppressed HIV in two people " one for nearly a year and the other for nearly two years " without requiring their usual medicines. Larger and longer studies are needed…...
West Haven child hospitalized after eating possible THC gummy, police say
21+ hour, 1+ min ago (13+ words) Stamford Advocate...
Bangor public health director reflects on conditions that escalated Maine HIV outbreak
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (570+ words) Penobscot County is grappling with Maine's largest HIV outbreak in its history. Looking back, the top public health official for the county seat of Bangor described how the conditions existed for such an outbreak and how it is now difficult…...
Takeaways from AP's profile of a Christian IVF doctor
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (558+ words) Dr. John Gordon, a Christian IVF doctor, was co-director of a large fertility clinic when he started to have doubts about his profession. He was troubled over helping create surplus embryos, which would often languish in storage or be discarded....
A crisis of conscience spurred this Christian IVF doctor's career pivot
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (1390+ words) He chose to be an infertility specialist to help people. Thirty years later, scientific advancements made that easier than ever but created more ethical dilemmas. As co-director of a fertility clinic in suburban Washington, D. C. , Gordon grew troubled over helping create…...
Historic Greenwich property could become new apartments
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (457+ words) Dental office space at 23 Maple Ave. in central Greenwich could be converted to residential use. The home has historic roots." GREENWICH" Dental offices in a house at a prominent location in central Greenwich, with a significant repository of local history…...
WHO head seeks to reassure residents of Spanish island where hantavirus-stricken ship is headed
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (844+ words) The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, with more than 140 passengers and crew on board, is headed to Spain's Canary Islands, off the coast of West Africa, and is expected to arrive at the island of Tenerife early Sunday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom…...