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President Murmu honours nursing personnel with National Florence Nightingale Awards 2026

May 12, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards 2026 to distinguished nursing personnel at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on the occasion of International Nurses Day. Addressing the gathering, the President praised nurses and healthcare professionals for their compassion, dedication and service to the nation. She said nursing personnel […]

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Small study shows one-time cell therapy can control HIV infection

May 12, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Re-engineering an HIV patient’s own immune cells to find and destroy the virus succeeded in controlling the infection in a small first-in-human study, but researchers said work is needed to confirm the findings and determine which patients are most likely to benefit. The Phase 1 trial involved CAR-T, a one–time therapy in which a patient’s T-cells are extracted, altered and multiplied in a lab and […]

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PM Modi welcomes Ayushman Bharat rollout in West Bengal, says welfare of people is paramount

May 12, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday welcomed the rollout of the Ayushman Bharat scheme in West Bengal, saying the welfare of the people of the state remains his government’s top priority. In a post on X, the Prime Minister said, “The welfare of my sisters and brothers of West Bengal is supreme! I’m […]

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Spain Confirms Preliminary Positive Hantavirus Test in MV Hondius Evacuee

May 12, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: One of the 14 Spanish nationals evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius has preliminarily tested positive for the virus, Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia said on Sunday. Garcia wrote on X on Monday (local time) that one of the Spanish passengers currently under isolation at Madrid’s Gomez Ulla hospital had tested […]

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Hantavirus Alert: Dutch Hospital Places 12 Staff Members in Quarantine

May 12, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) in the Netherlands has placed 12 employees in quarantine for six weeks as a precaution after incorrect procedures were followed while caring for a patient infected with hantavirus. The hospital said on Monday that the issue involved procedures for drawing and processing blood samples, as well as the […]

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Nation is proud of you: Amit Shah salutes nurses on International Nurses Day

May 12, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: On International Nurses Day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday saluted nurses, who stand as a pillar of hope for the suffering. He also said that the nation takes pride in their contributions. HM Shah took to social media ‘X’ and said, “On International Nurses Day, I salute every nurse who stands […]

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Two test positive as evacuation of virus-hit cruise ship nears completion

May 11, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi:Two people have tested positive for hantavirus after being evacuated from a luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak, health authorities said, as Spain prepared on Monday to evacuate and repatriate the last passengers remaining on the vessel. A French passenger who was evacuated from the MV Hondius tested positive for the virus […]

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Australia to fly citizens home from virus-hit cruise ship, plans quarantine

May 11, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Australia will charter a flight to evacuate its citizens from a Dutch-flagged luxury cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak, with returning passengers quarantined on arrival, the government said on Monday. Eight people no longer on the MV Hondius have fallen ill, according to a World Health Organization tally from Friday, of which six are confirmed to have contracted the virus. Three have died, a Dutch couple and […]

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One US citizen tests mildly positive for hantavirus, another has mild symptoms

May 11, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Sunday that one of the 17 Americans being repatriated from a hantavirus-struck luxury cruise ship has tested mildly positive for the Andes strain of the virus while a second has mild symptoms. All the U.S. citizens are being airlifted to the United States, […]

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Australia to repatriate passengers from Hantavirus-hit cruise ship

May 11, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: The Australian government said on Monday it would repatriate its citizens from a Dutch-flagged luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly strain of hantavirus, with the passengers to be quarantined after they arrive in the country. Spain and France have evacuated their citizens from the MV Hondius, which has anchored near Tenerife, the […]