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Dr. Marty Makary has resigned as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration after a turbulent 13-month run that placed him at the center of political and regulatory battles inside the Trump administration. Makary, a longtime surgeon and professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, first gained national attention during the COVID-19 pandemic as […]

A large-scale medical response is underway after passengers aboard the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius were exposed to the Andes strain of hantavirus, a rare and potentially deadly virus linked to an outbreak during the vessel’s South American voyage. The evacuation effort concluded Monday in Tenerife, Spain, where the final passengers and several crew members […]

Authorities in Seattle are searching for a suspect after a 19-year-old University of Washington student was found dead Sunday night inside a campus-affiliated apartment complex. Police said the victim, believed to be a transgender woman, was discovered in a laundry room at Nordheim Court Apartments around 10:10 p.m. Officers and firefighters attempted lifesaving measures, but she […]

Passengers aboard the MV Hondius began leaving the ship Sunday after it arrived near Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, as authorities launched an international evacuation effort tied to a deadly hantavirus outbreak. Travelers were transferred ashore in small, carefully controlled groups before boarding charter flights back to their home countries. Officials from the WHO and […]