Australia to quarantine six people from hantavirus ship
Sydney – Australia will place six people from a cruise ship struck with the rat-borne hantavirus in a purpose-built... Read more
11 May
French passenger from hantavirus ship tests positive: health minister
Paris – A French woman repatriated from a cruise ship struck by hantavirus has tested positive with the rare... Read more
11 May
South Africa traces 90 contacts after Andes Hantavirus case
Johannesburg – The Andes strain of the hantavirus that is transmissible between humans has been confirmed in a passenger... Read more
6 May
Suspected hantavirus cases to be evacuated from cruise ship
Praia – Two seriously ill crew members on a cruise ship stricken by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will be... Read more
6 May
Zambia says US health funding talks stalled over minerals, data terms
Lusaka – Zambia said Monday that talks on a US health funding deal have stalled over contentious terms tied... Read more
5 May
Passengers stranded on cruise off Cape Verde following suspected virus deaths
Praia – Passengers and crew desperately hunkered down in isolation on a ship stuck off Cape Verde on Monday,... Read more
5 May
Health Dept confirms rare Hantavirus case in SA, urges calm
The Department of Health has urged calm after confirming a rare case of Hantavirus in a critically ill British... Read more
5 May
A life in pain: Soghra Walton’s story
Soghra Walton spoke to GroundUp from her home near Rondevlei in Cape Town. Photos: Brenton Geach By Sean Christie... Read more
4 May
US judge orders Purdue Pharma to pay billions ahead of bankruptcy
Newark – A US federal judge on Tuesday sentenced OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma to pay billions of dollars over its... Read more
29 Apr
UK health data of 500,000 people listed for sale in China
London – Anonymised medical data of half a million members of UK health database Biobank was temporarily listed for... Read more
24 Apr
