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Medicare to start offering weight loss drugs for $50 per month

  • May 7
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FDA withdraws publication of COVID, shingles vaccine research findings

  • May 5
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Full-body MRI scans are selling reassurance doctors say they can’t deliver

The scans try to spot hidden diseases like cancer before symptoms appear.

  • May 7
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Hantavirus: American oncologist who became cruise ship's de facto head doctor speaks

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What to know about Nebraska quarantine unit as it prepares for cruise ship passengers

  • May 8

Full-body MRI scans are selling reassurance doctors say they can’t deliver

  • May 7

Amid a suspected hantavirus cluster, here's what to know about the disease

  • May 7

FDA withdraws publication of COVID, shingles vaccine research findings

  • May 5

How one country kept hantavirus at bay during a 2019 outbreak

  • May 8

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Scramble to contain hantavirus outbreak raises public health questions

Dr. Tom Frieden examines the response to a hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship, including quarantine measures, strain severity, and whether the response matches federal messaging.

  • May 8
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FDA scraps tanning bed band for teenagers

The FDA is pulling back a proposed tanning bed ban for teenagers, leaving it up to states despite known skin cancer risks. ABC News’ Dr. Alok Patel has more.

  • May 8
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Health officials track potential hantavirus spread

Dr. Alok Patel breaks down reported hantavirus cases across multiple states, including symptoms being monitored, how this compares to early COVID concerns, and U.S. preparedness.

  • May 8
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Health officials tracking cruise ship passengers around the world for hantavirus

Dr. Anne Rimoin, a professor of epidemiology at UCLA, discusses the World Health Organization and CDC’s efforts to monitor passengers and crew of the MV Hondius cruise ship.

  • May 8
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Quarantine for hantavirus 'quite prolonged': Doctor

Dr. Wendy Armstrong, president-elect of Infectious Diseases Society of America, says the virus "is not going to spread and become a worldwide pandemic."

  • May 8