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The MV Hondius was travelling from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cape Verde,off the coast of West Africa.

Rescue efforts launched for Australians aboard virus cruise ship

Officials are preparing to repatriate four citizens and one permanent resident trapped on the hantavirus-afflicted luxury cruise ship.

  • Cindy Yin
Doctors say 14-month-old Gold Coast toddler Dustin Wildman is slowly improving after accidentally ingesting metallic rose gold dust powder,but have warned he could suffer “lifelong issues”.

Doctors warn of ‘lifelong effects’ for toddler poisoned by cake dust

The parents of a Gold Coast toddler placed in a week-long coma after ingesting a decorative cake product say while their son is “doing better” he has a long road ahead.

  • Courtney Kruk
Spanish state broadcaster TVE has reported that the MV Hondius was set to dock at the Canary island of Tenerife.

‘Not COVID’:WHO downplays threat from virus-hit cruise

Countries are tracking those who had disembarked the ship before the hantavirus was detected and anyone in close contact with them since.

  • Bart H. Meijer,Olivia Le Poidevin andIngrid Melander
Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship into an ambulance at a port in Praia,Cape Verde on Wednesday.

‘Went back to Australia’:Traveller on virus cruise ship has ‘returned home’,says passenger

Another member of the group of 23 passengers who left the ship has since tested positive to the virus and is in hospital in Switzerland,according to a Spanish newspaper.

  • Jack Gramenz
Sylvia,with her sons,Nicholas,9,and Michael,11,has noticed their asthma has worsened since moving to Melbourne’s inner-west.

These suburbs are a hotspot for childhood asthma,but they have something else in common

A new report finds that children living in this Melbourne area are much more likely to be hospitalised for asthma than anywhere else across the state.

  • Henrietta Cook andMelissa Cunningham
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Gold Coast toddler Dustin Wildman remains in a critical condition after accidentally inhaling a decorative product used on cakes.

Toddler in coma after inhaling cake-decorating gold dust

The Gold Coast boy was playing near his mum when he inhaled the product,which contains copper and zinc.

  • Courtney Kruk
Dutch-flagged MV Hondius.

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to head to Spain as human-human transmission suspected

The Dutch-flagged polar cruise ship will sail to the Canary Islands where its passengers will be examined as disease experts share theories on how and where the unusual outbreak began.

  • Jennifer Rigby,Olivia Le Poidevin andCharlotte Van Campenhout
The malaria parasite has unveiled new insights into male fertility.

A Sydney scientist studied a deadly parasite. She found a possible key to male contraception

New insights into human fertility have emerged from the malaria parasite.

  • Angus Dalton
The MV Hondius is currently anchored off Praia,Cape Verde.

How an ocean cruise turned into a hantavirus nightmare

As the MV Hondius lay marooned off Cape Verde,three passengers dead from a dangerous virus and others suffering symptoms,one man posted an emotional plea for help.

  • Tim Cocks