A quirk in these tumours could be the key to survival.
Officials are preparing to repatriate four citizens and one permanent resident trapped on the hantavirus-afflicted luxury cruise ship.
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.
Countries are tracking those who had disembarked the ship before the hantavirus was detected and anyone in close contact with them since.
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.
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.
The Gold Coast boy was playing near his mum when he inhaled the product,which contains copper and zinc.
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.
New insights into human fertility have emerged from the malaria parasite.
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.