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The antiviral drug ensitrelvir prevents infection in household contacts of COVID-19 patients when given within 72 hours after symptom onset in the index patient, according to a Phase III randomized controlled trial published ...
May 15, 2026
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A new study led by researchers at the University of Malaga proposes a new antiviral strategy against SARS-CoV-2—the virus responsible for causing COVID-19 disease—based on a treatment that combines two complementary approaches ...
May 14, 2026
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Thousands of Americans develop chronic persistent symptoms—such as fatigue, cognitive difficulties ("brain fog"), and other debilitating issues—each year following acute infections from Lyme disease, COVID-19, and other pathogens. ...
May 14, 2026
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A deadly outbreak on a cruise liner is just the latest in a long history of infectious diseases spreading rapidly in the cramped confines of ships, from the Black Death to COVID.
May 14, 2026
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Thrust back into the front line by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, infectious disease experts have to balance informing the public about its potential risks without provoking undue fear of a COVID-scale pandemic.
May 13, 2026
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Airborne diseases like measles, influenza and COVID-19 can easily spread between units in multi-family buildings via a type of bathroom ventilation system commonly used around the world, new research suggests. The study, ...
May 13, 2026
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With three people dead and 11 cases from the recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, UMD's internationally renowned expert on airborne viruses, Dr. Don Milton, joins public health colleagues in an opinion piece in the ...
May 13, 2026
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Fingerprinting transformed police investigations by making it possible to place a suspect at a crime scene with physical evidence. Similarly, genome sequencing has changed how disease detectives study outbreaks by allowing ...
May 12, 2026
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A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has revived bitter memories of when COVID-19 first emerged, but health experts have emphasized the two viruses are very different—and have sought to assuage fears of another pandemic.
May 11, 2026
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A French woman evacuated from a cruise ship has tested positive for hantavirus and her health worsened in the hospital overnight, French Health Minister Stephanie Rist said Monday.
May 11, 2026
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