Health

Paris has activated an orange heatwave alert as temperatures continue to surge across Europe, with authorities urging residents to stay hydrated and avoid heat exposure

UKHSA extends amber heat-health alert across London and wider regions, urging residents to stay hydrated, avoid heat exposure and check on vulnerable people

Madrid authorities warn of elevated suspended particles from African air masses, advising residents to limit outdoor activity, especially vulnerable groups

Canada is suspending visas and adding quarantine rules for travelers linked to Ebola outbreak zones in Africa ahead of World Cup 2026

The Indian PM is urging people to stay hydrated and avoid extreme heat as soaring temperatures increase health risks across the country

Spain's Health Ministry has confirmed a new hantavirus infection in a quarantined contact already under monitoring at Madrid’s Gómez Ulla Hospital

Health screening steps intensified in India as international arrivals from Ebola-affected countries face thermal checks and dedicated inspection points. Read the full story

The World Health Organization says suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo are rising amid security challenges and regional violence

The United States now requires U.S.-bound American citizens arriving from Ebola-affected countries to enter only through Washington Dulles for screening

Indian health authorities have issued an Ebola advisory for passengers arriving from or transiting through three high-risk countries, urging travelers with symptoms to report immediately to airport health officials

The three New York City passengers aboard the MV Hondius are among the travelers being closely monitored following the hantavirus outbreak scare. NY Health Commissioner: "At this point, we do not know how long these individuals will stay in Nebraska and whether or when those individuals will return to New York. Currently, the risk to New Yorkers remains extremely low"

The unusual hantavirus outbreak aboard the Dutch expedition ship MV Hondius has raised difficult questions about disease preparedness at sea, human transmission risks, and how modern cruise ships respond when rare infections emerge far from land

In a recent media briefing, the World Health Organization confirmed eight reported hantavirus cases linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship, while stressing the rare outbreak does not spread like COVID or influenza. Citizens from these 13 countries got off the cruise ship at St. Helena before they learned about the outbreak: the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, St Kitts

Airlink has also confirmed that the deceased Dutch national infected with the hantavirus had flown from Saint Helena to Johannesburg aboard an Airlink flight before boarding a KLM aircraft to fly to Amsterdam. The World Health Organization, the CDC, Canada, and UK have all issued fresh hantavirus updates. Spain's Ministry of Health announces "the person with symptoms who had been on a plane in Gran Canaria since yesterday has been transferred to Amsterdam on a new medicalized plane"

WHO update: The WHO says seven people became ill, including three deaths, in the hantavirus cluster on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Human-to-human transmission may have occurred, report specialists. "Based on the current information, including how hantavirus spreads, WHO assesses the risk to the global population from this event as low"

Hantavirus originates in animals and also infects humans, although it is not transmitted between them. The dangerous virus can cause severe lung or kidney damage and even death. Here's how to recognize symptoms and reduce the risk of infection. Also: the bad news about treatment and mortality rates

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Following heavy rains across the country and concerns about contaminated water flow, the Ministry of Health warns the public against swimming at the beaches until clean water samples are received