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Claude Lemieux’s brain is being donated to Boston University’s CTE Center, his family says
Claude Lemieux’s brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter Claudia Lemieux Bishop
After new drug’s ‘unprecedented’ results for pancreatic cancer, doctors look at other uses
The experimental drug daraxonrasib, which doubled survival time in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, may also prove effective for lung, colon and ovarian cancers.
JFK Airport will screen passengers from Ebola-stricken countries
John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City will begin Ebola screenings for passengers flying in from countries impacted in the outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
Vomiting virus is spreading across most of the U.S.
Flu season may be mostly behind us, but levels of norovirus, the nasty, highly contagious stomach bug, are rising, according to wastewater data.
Americans who get Ebola will go to Europe for treatment, not U.S., officials say
If additional Americans contract Ebola and need medical care, they will be sent to Europe rather than brought to home the U.S., senior administration officials said.
Blood test added to colorectal cancer screening options by cancer group
For the first time, a blood test has been added to the list of the American Cancer Society’s recommended screenings for colorectal cancer.
Spanish government confirms new case of hantavirus
The Spanish government on Monday said it has confirmed a new case of hantavirus connected to the cruise ship MV Hondius, which became the center of an outbreak that killed three people earlier this month
No child deaths definitively linked to Covid shots, FDA says
No child deaths have been definitively linked to Covid vaccines, according to a report from the Food and Drug Administration that was quietly made public last week.
Hantavirus cases linked to cruise ship rise to 12 after crew member tests positive
A 12th hantavirus case has been confirmed after a crew member aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, which arrived in the Netherlands last week for disinfection, tested positive, the World Health Organization said Friday.
American who was on the hantavirus cruise ship says isolation center is like ‘prison’
A man from New York State who was on board the Hondius cruise ship — which became the center of an outbreak of hantavirus that killed three people earlier this month — reveals the Nebraska health facility where he’s being quarantined feels like “prison.”The 30-year-old man, who asked not to be named due to the harassment of other passengers, told NBC News by phone that he wants to be able to quarantine at home.