While a recent outbreak on the cruise ship involved the Andes strain, the only type known to pass between humans, transmission still requires very close, intimate contact.

Siddharth Lutha, appearing for the petitioners opposing female genital mutilation, told the bench that the practice is done on young girls aged 7 years, and it causes an irreversible change in their bodies.

Drinking water immediately after eating watermelon or muskmelon is generally discouraged because it can disrupt your digestion and cause gastrointestinal discomfort.

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The outbreak occurred on the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, which had travelled from Argentina towards Cabo Verde across the Atlantic.

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With a capacity for about 170 passengers, MV Hondius is specifically built for navigating ice-filled polar waters and is designed to offer close encounters with remote landscapes and wildlife.

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Gandhinagar, May 7 (IANS) More than five lakh adolescent girls in Gujarat have received the first dose of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine under a state-wide campaign aimed at preventing cervical cancer.

Two Singapore residents who had been on board a hantavirus-hit cruise ship have been isolated as they await test results for the rare respiratory disease, Singapore's Communicable...

Excessive sweating without obvious triggers may indicate underlying health issues like hormonal imbalances, infections, or metabolic disorders.

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Argentina faces a deadly hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship amid rising cases attributed to climate change effects.

Andes virus, found in South America, is the only currently known hantavirus for which limited human-to-human transmission among contacts has been documented.

Argentina is deploying contact tracing, rodent surveillance and genomic testing to determine whether the deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard MV Hondius began there. Investigators are mapping passenger movements and possible Andes virus transmission cha

All passengers showing symptoms of the hantavirus have now been removed from the MV Hondius, its operator said in...

A flight attendant for the KLM airline is being tested for the hantavirus after showing mild symptoms and being admitted to hospital in Amsterdam.

Two British nationals who were exposed to the dangerous hantavirus while on a cruise ship before flying back home recently are self-isolating as a precautionary measure, UK health authorities have said.

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Uttarakhand Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal said health advisories were also shared during the registration process for the yatra.

The government has launched JANANI (Journey of Antenatal, Natal and Neonatal Integrated Care), a QR-enabled digital healthcare platform to track maternal and child health services,

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