WHO declares global health emergency for Ebola outbreak
The United Nations health agency says 80 suspected deaths, eight laboratory-confirmed cases and 246 suspected cases of Ebola have been reported.
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New Ebola outbreak confirmed in DR Congo, 80 deaths
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is convening an urgent meeting to reinforce preparedness following the latest outbreak of Ebola.
WHO revises down global hantavirus cases after US test
The total number of confirmed global hantavirus cases stands at 10, the World Health Organisation says as several people remain quarantined.
Pandemic flashbacks as hantavirus group touches down
Scenes heavily reminiscent of the coronavirus pandemic have played out as passengers from a hantavirus-affected cruise ship touched down in Australia.
US reports no hantavirus cases from cruise outbreak
Authorities say more hantavirus cases are expected from the cluster linked to a cruise ship, but stressed it does not pose a pandemic threat.
Thousands face tests over dentist HIV, hepatitis risks
A retired dentist who treated thousands of patients over decades may have exposed them to serious bloodborne viruses such as HIV through poor infection control.
French hantavirus patient on life support
A doctor says a French woman being treated for hantavirus after being infected on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung.
Dutch hospital isolates 12 over virus protocol breach
The number of Andean hantavirus cases from a cruise ship has risen to nine, while a Dutch hospital has put a dozen staff in quarantine as a precaution.
Last six passengers leave Hantavirus-hit ship
A hantavirus-hit vessel has departed Tenerife bound for the Netherlands after the final six passengers and some of its crew left the ship.
Two more test positive as ship evacuation nears end
Spain is preparing to send home the last of the passengers on a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, as two evacuees from the US and France test positive.
‘No apology’: quarantine for Aussies on virus-hit ship
To prevent the spread of a deadly virus, four citizens and a permanent resident returning from a plagued cruise will be placed in an official isolation centre.
US cruise ship passenger tests positive for hantavirus
As passengers from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship fly home from the Canary Islands, one American passenger has tested positive to the deadly virus.
Australians last to leave virus-stricken cruise ship
Passengers on the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak are preparing to be screened before disembarking near a port in the the Canary Islands.
Two suspected virus cases found in Spain, remote island
Authorities are racing to prevent further spread of the hantavirus from a cruise ship as more suspected cases are reported thousands of kilometres apart.
Spain readies for people from virus-hit cruise ship
Efforts continue to trace passengers of a hantavirus-hit cruise ship and their immediate contacts, while Spain prepares to receive people from the vessel.
Nations race to track passengers of virus-hit ship
The race is on to track down passengers who left a hantavirus-hit cruise ship before it was became stranded in order to stop a deadly outbreak growing further.
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship evacuates three passengers
Three people have been taken for medical care from a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak as the stranded vessel prepares to head to Spain.
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to head to Spain
Spain is allowing a cruise ship hit by hantavirus and three deaths to dock in the Canary Islands, as authorities investigate if transmission occurred on board.
Vaccine not to be sneezed at as flu season approaches
Australia's leading health practitioners have outlined how dangerous the coming winter flu season could be if vaccination rates don't improve.
Human-to-human hantavirus transfer suspected on cruise
A cruise ship is marooned in the Atlantic Ocean with seven confirmed or suspected hantavirus cases on board, but authorities say the risk to the public is low.
‘A joke’: nursing home fined after deadly COVID breach
The families of 45 aged care residents who died in a nursing home's COVID-19 outbreak have lashed a $150,000 fine handed to the organisation as a "joke".
‘One of the best pandemic responses in the world’: NZ
Jacinda Ardern has defended her government's pandemic record, saying they got "more than most" right on New Zealand's COVID-19 handling.
COVID jabs cut the risk of heart complications in kids
Vaccination has been associated with a smaller risk of rare heart conditions compared to COVID-19 infection in children, the largest study of its kind suggests.
Record-high flu season as jab rates stall, GPs warn
Stalling vaccination rates among children and seniors are exacerbating a record-breaking flu season, the peak body for general practitioners says.
DR Congo reports 15 deaths in new Ebola outbreak
The Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry says a new Ebola outbreak in the country is suspected of having caused 15 deaths.
Second case of rare mpox strain discovered in traveller
Health authorities have confirmed the second case of a strain of mpox in Australia in a traveller who returned from overseas.
‘Invariably fatal’ rare bat virus claims another victim
The fourth case of the rabies-like lyssavirus has led to a man's death in hospital, several months after he was bitten by a bat.
Man critical after catching rare bat lyssavirus virus
A man is critically ill after becoming only the fourth known person in Australia to be diagnosed with a rabies-like bat virus.
Spike in flu cases sparks plea over ‘dire’ rate of jabs
An unusual spike in cases has sparked a warning for Australians to get a flu jab and lift poor vaccination rates as winter looms.
Kennedy to travel to Texas after measles-related deaths
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is reportedly planning a rushed trip to Texas after a second child's death there was linked to measles.
COVID response failed human rights amid fresh warning
Health experts have warned Australia is less prepared for the next pandemic as a report details instances of governments ignoring human rights during COVID-19.