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Two more test positive as ship evacuation nears end

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

'No apology': quarantine for Aussies on virus-hit ship

'No apology': quarantine for Aussies on virus-hit ship

'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

US cruise ship passenger tests positive for hantavirus

US cruise ship passenger tests positive for hantavirus

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.

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Australians last to leave virus-stricken cruise ship

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

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

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

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.

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Hantavirus-hit cruise ship evacuates three passengers

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship evacuates three passengers

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship evacuates three passengers

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

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to head to Spain

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship 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.

Human-to-human hantavirus transfer suspected on cruise

Human-to-human hantavirus transfer suspected on cruise

Human-to-human hantavirus transfer suspected on cruise

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.

Vaccine not to be sneezed at as flu season approaches

Vaccine not to be sneezed at as flu season approaches

Vaccine not to be sneezed at as flu season approaches

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.

Free access to potentially life-saving jab for seniors

Free access to potentially life-saving jab for seniors

Free access to potentially life-saving jab for seniors

Free access to potentially life-saving jab for seniors

The federal government is introducing free respiratory syncytial virus vaccinations for Australians 75 years and older.

Government to pay $125m for COVID business settlement

Government to pay $125m for COVID business settlement

Government to pay $125m for COVID business settlement

Government to pay $125m for COVID business settlement

Taxpayers will be slugged $125 million to settle a class action brought by businesses impacted by one of the world's longest lockdowns.

'A joke': nursing home fined after deadly COVID breach

'A joke': nursing home fined after deadly COVID breach

'A joke': nursing home fined after deadly COVID breach

'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".

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'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.

Minister downplays risk of bird flu after seal deaths

The arrival of the deadly H5 strain in Australia is considered inevitable despite the remoteness of Heard Island, where unusual numbers of seal pups have died

Parents need boost to lift flagging vaccination rate

Time-poor parents need practical help to give declining childhood vaccination rates a shot in the arm, research says.

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Vaccine site could save Australia billions in pandemic

Australia's first sovereign mRNA vaccine facility could give the nation a shot in the arm against the next pandemic, an independent report says.

Jury finds aged care home not guilty of COVID-19 risk

A jury has acquitted an aged care provider over allegations it did not properly train its staff in donning protective equipment before a deadly virus outbreak.

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.

Negligence ruling upheld for Ruby Princess COVID cruise

Passengers affected by COVID-19 on a cruise can still pursue damages after the operator failed to overturn findings it was misleading and negligent.

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.

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