Health

As health officials track the hantavirus outbreak that began on the MV Hondius cruise ship, attention is turning to the Andes virus, a rare strain from South America that is causing concern.The virus stemming from the cruise ship, which has caused around eight cases and three deaths as of May 11, was identified by the World Health Organization as the Andes strain.Unlike most forms of hantavirus, which spread from rodents […]

The cruise ship passengers being monitored for hantavirus in Nebraska will be allowed to leave the medical facility before the end of a 42-day period if certain conditions are met, a public health official indicated Monday.The individuals will remain at the facility in Nebraska for at least a few days during assessments, Brendan Jackson, acting director of the Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology at the Centers for Disease Control […]

Recess may look like downtime, but pediatricians say cutting it could cost kids far more than a few minutes on the playground.The American Academy of Pediatrics released updated guidance for the first time in more than a decade that urges schools to protect recess, highlighting that the unstructured break delivers major benefits for kids' health, learning and behavior."It has a very powerful benefit if it’s used to the fullest," said […]

Exercise is widely known to benefit the brain, and researchers at Penn State recently uncovered a surprisingly mechanical reason: Each time the body moves, the brain gets a kind of "rinse."According to a study published in Nature Neuroscience, the secret to this internal wash cycle may lie in the abdominal muscles.In mice models, the researchers found that the brain is mechanically linked to the abdomen through a network of blood […]

One of the American citizens evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship and flown back to the U.S. tested positive for hantavirus without symptoms, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and another person had mild symptoms.Those two Americans traveled "in the plane's biocontainment units out of an abundance of caution," HHS noted in a Sunday night post on X. Seventeen Americans and one dual U.S.-U.K citizen from […]

FIRST ON FOX: Eating healthy doesn't have to be complicated, according to celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito.In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, the restaurateur and owner of New York City's new Bar Rocco – whose philosophy and cookbooks are rooted in health-conscious dieting – shared a few misconceptions about healthy eating, especially when the end goal is weight loss."There is no one fix, there's no one cure for everyone," […]

The cruise ship linked to a deadly Hantavirus outbreak arrived early Sunday off the Spanish island of Tenerife, where passengers began to evacuate and fly to their home countries.Passengers are being tested by Spanish health authorities to ensure they are asymptomatic before being transported ashore in small boats, Spanish officials said, according to Reuters.Spanish health authorities confirmed that the first plane carrying the Spanish passengers has departed for a military […]

If you’re trying to quit smoking, try a brisk walk or bike ride to curb your craving for a cigarette.Researchers found that just one workout can reduce the urge to light up. But the type of exercise you do and how you do it makes a big difference.High-intensity, aerobic exercise is most effective at reducing people’s cigarette cravings, a review of 59 randomized controlled trials involving more than 9,000 adults […]

Seventeen Americans will be among the 150 people evacuated from the M/V Hondius cruise ship after an outbreak of a strain of Hantavirus as the World Health Organization's head tells the public that the trending virus "is not another COVID-19."The cruise ship, which will anchor off the coast of Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday, will be followed shortly after by Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health […]