Israel Health News API

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            "title": "Andes virus spreads via 'close contact' - but what exactly does that mean?",
            "description": "Health officials have said the Andes virus implicated in the cruise ship outbreak spreads via \"close contact.\" Live Science spoke to experts about what that means.",
            "content": "In the aftermath of the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius, many of the 150 passengers are currently being monitored or undergoing up to six weeks of quarantine, based on the virus's lengthy incubation period. Public health authorities... [5175 chars]",
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            "title": "World Hypertension Day 2026",
            "description": "The World Health Organization (WHO) is building a better future for people everywhere. Health lays the foundation for vibrant and productive communities, stronger economies, safer nations and a better world. Our work touches lives around the world every day – often in invisible ways. As the lead health authority within the United Nations (UN) system, we help ensure the safety of the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink and the medicines and vaccines that treat and protect us. The Organization aims to provide every child, woman and man with the best chance to lead a healthier, longer life.",
            "content": "Message from WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi\nHypertension is rising rapidly across the WHO African Region, driven by urbanization, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity and the harmful use of alcohol and tobacco. This trend poses a... [2732 chars]",
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            "title": "Favipiravir Just Beat Ribavirin in Lassa Fever-Now Comes the Hard Part",
            "description": "A Phase 2 RCT published in Nature Medicine shows favipiravir cut Lassa fever mortality with HR 0.50—but the regulatory path from West Africa to approval…",
            "content": "Picture a clinical trial coordinator in Kenema, Sierra Leone, pulling overnight mortality data from an open-label randomized controlled trial that nobody in the global infectious disease community was certain could even be completed. Lassa fever kill... [9754 chars]",
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