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• New name ends confusion over disorder affecting women 17-05-2026

  There's a new name for a condition affecting more than 170 million women worldwide. Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) is the new name for the condition previously known as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) after it was wrongly bel

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• Bonnie Tyler 'remains seriously ill' but stable 17-05-2026

  Bonnie Tyler "remains seriously ill" but is stable following emergency intestinal surgery, a spokesman for the star says. The Welsh singer, 74, known for Total Eclipse of the Heart, was put into an induced coma by her doctors to help her

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• Dutch hospital isolates 12 over virus protocol breach 17-05-2026

  A Dutch hospital has quarantined 12 staff members in a preventive measure after blood and urine from a hantavirus patient were handled without observing strict protocols. The hospital staff ‌members will be quarantined for six weeks, the Radb

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• Experts back quarantine plan for cruise ship evacuees 15-05-2026

  A 500-bed quarantine facility, sitting empty in a rural suburb, will shape Australia's response to a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship. The $400 million Bullsbrook quarantine facility in WA, which has been empty for four years, w

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• FED:'Difficult' trip home for hantavirus cruise passengers 15-05-2026

  Australians on board a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will return home within days as officials manage the "difficult" preparations. Four Australian citizens, a permanent resident and a New Zealander have touched down in

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• Last six passengers leave Hantavirus-hit ship 14-05-2026

  The last six passengers and some crew members of the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius have left the ship on the Spanish island of Tenerife as ‌its captain praised their patience and discipline during an "extremely challenging" few weeks. S

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• Two more test positive as ship evacuation nears end 14-05-2026

  Two people have tested positive for hantavirus after being evacuated from a luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak, health authorities ‌say, as Spain prepared to evacuate and repatriate the last passengers remaining on the vessel. A Fren

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• 'No apology': quarantine for Aussies on virus-hit ship 14-05-2026

  Australians returning from a cruise afflicted by a rare and deadly virus will be required to quarantine for at least three weeks. A government-supported charter flight will carry four Australian citizens, one permanent resident and a New Zealand c

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• Free meningococcal jabs for some but 'lottery' persists 13-05-2026

  A mother who lost her teenage daughter to a rare disease has vowed to keep fighting for every Australian child to get access to a life-saving vaccine. Victoria has earmarked $9.4 million to vaccinate Year 10 students, or age equivalent children, a

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• FED:Aussies facing quarantine on return from virus cruise 13-05-2026

  A viral nightmare might soon be coming to an end for five Australian residents as the government confirms plans are in place to evacuate passengers from a stricken cruise ship. A government-supported charter flight will carry four Australian citiz

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