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Defence

Hantavirus: Spain braces for more as the US plans rescue of Americans on the ship

May 9, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Residents of Spain’s Canary Islands panicked on Saturday, expecting an unpredictable situation as civil guard officers inspected the area where passengers from the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius luxury cruise ship would arrive within hours at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, the media reported. Spain’s Canary Islands braced for the worst […]

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Two suspected hantavirus cases found in Spain, remote Tristan da Cunha

May 9, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Health experts raced to contain a potential spread of hantavirus as two suspected cases emerged on Friday far from the luxury cruise liner where the outbreak started. The latest reports involved a man who fell ill after leaving the ship and a woman who became sick after sitting near an infected cruise passenger […]

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Trump plans to fire US FDA chief Makary, sources say

May 9, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: The White House signed off on a plan to fire U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, according to sources familiar with the matter, in what could be the next leadership change within the federal health department. The Wall Street Journal earlier on Friday first reported that President Donald Trump planned to […]

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Education

India’s first international ophthalmology research conference to be held in Delhi

May 8, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: India’s first international ophthalmology research conference will be held at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi on May 9 and 10, the defence ministry said on Friday. The event will be inaugurated by Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth. The two-day event, titled AIOS-Armed Forces Ophthalmology Update (AIOS-AFOU 2026), is being organised […]

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New hantavirus case suspected on remote island as contact tracing continues

May 8, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: A new suspected case of hantavirus was identified in a British national on the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha on Friday, as efforts continue to trace passengers of the luxury cruise ship hit by the virus and their immediate contacts. The British health security agency did not disclose further details of […]

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Centre launches integrated training framework for frontline healthcare teams

May 8, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Union Health Minister J.P Nadda has launched the Integrated Training for Primary Healthcare Teams, a unified and competency-driven framework aimed at strengthening India’s frontline healthcare delivery system. The initiative was unveiled during the 10th National Summit on “Innovation and Inclusivity: Best Practices Shaping India’s Health Future”, which was held in Chandigarh from April 30 to […]

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Five hantavirus infections detected on Atlantic cruise vessel; WHO issues low-risk assurance

May 8, 2026 revoi editor

Geneva [Switzerland]: The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed five instances of hantavirus linked to fatalities on a cruise vessel currently navigating the Atlantic Ocean. In addition to the confirmed cases, three further individuals are suspected of carrying the Andes strain of the virus. Despite the severity of the situation, the global health body maintains […]

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Hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Spain after three people evacuated

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: A luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and marooned since Sunday off the coast of Cape Verde left for Spain on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said, after three people, two of them seriously ill, were evacuated. The MV Hondius, with nearly 150 people on board, is expected to dock in […]

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Promising Revolution Medicines pancreatic cancer drug has high rate of mostly manageable side effects

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

Austin [Texas]: An experimental drug from Revolution Medicines that nearly doubled survival time for patients with advanced pancreas cancer in clinical trials comes with a high rate of mostly low-grade side effects, researchers reported on Wednesday. The report from a first-in-human trial of daraxonrasib is the first peer-reviewed paper to show safety data for what […]

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Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to head to Spain after permission granted to dock in Canary Islands

May 6, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: A luxury cruise ship that has been hit by an outbreak of the deadly hantavirus was preparing to travel from Cape Verde towards Europe on Wednesday after the Spanish government gave permission for it to dock in the Canary Islands. The Spanish Health Ministry said it had been asked by the World Health […]

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