Health news today ranges from the practical to the poignant. U.S. officials confirmed a norovirus outbreak aboard Princess Cruises’ Ruby Princess, with more than 120 passengers and crew sickened during a 20-day voyage from San Francisco to Canada and Alaska, a reminder of how qui...
Health news today ranges from the practical to the poignant. U.S. officials confirmed a norovirus outbreak aboard Princess Cruises’ Ruby Princess, with more than 120 passengers and crew sickened during a 20-day voyage from San Francisco to Canada and Alaska, a reminder of how quickly infection can spread in close quarters. In Tasmania, authorities are issuing a different kind of public-health appeal, asking people to keep their distance from Neil, a one-tonne elephant seal whose social-media fame is drawing risky attention as he blocks roads and disrupts coastal neighborhoods. The day also brought a stark justice story from Cardiff, where a teenager received a lengthy prison sentence for murdering a mother of three with a car. And in the world of medical innovation, Sky Labs used a clinical trials summit in Basel to promote its digital biomarker platform, underscoring the growing role of data-driven tools in global drug development.
Top Health stories
- More than 120 passengers and crew sick with stomach virus on Ruby Princess (9 sources)
- Officials ask public to respect privacy of Neil, a social-media elephant seal in Tasmania (7 sources)
- Teenager sentenced after driving into and killing mother-of-three (5 sources)
- Daryl Berman jailed for murder after claiming husband fell on kitchen knife (5 sources)
- Indonesia recovers body of American pilot killed in Papua separatist attack (5 sources)
- Laughing gas-linked drink-driving teen jailed for killing mother-of-three in Cardiff crash (4 sources)
- Man in his 40s critically ill after alleged assault in west Dublin (4 sources)
- Victoria Police Commissioner Mike Bush sets direction to speed key initiatives (3 sources)
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