The deadly outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship has led some to suggest that ivermectin could be used to treat an infection.

The sight of people in hazmat suits and phrases like ‘self-isolation’ dominating the airwaves is bringing back troubling memories for Katie Rosseinsky, who looks into whether we should all start stock

The developments come as the Trump administration sees a marked rise in the influence of anti-vaccine figures and movements, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic, which fuelled a wave of conspiracy theories and misleading health information.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) took to the right-wing network Real America’s Voice on Saturday to lob a series of unsubstantiated claims regarding COVID-19 vaccines, claims that left several onlookers taken aback.

Experts have been quick to reassure the public after the deaths aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, but images and turns of phrase have rekindled anxieties from Covid’s early days.

The affected taxpayers could include individuals, small businesses, large corporations, estates, and trusts.

In August, Kennedy announced that the government was canceling at least $500 million of federally funded mRNA vaccine development, which experts said at the time could affect U.S. preparedness for future pandemics and squashed enthusiasm for technology that has been hailed as a potential promise for cancer and HIV vaccines.

An outbreak aboard a cruise ship of a rare rodent-borne illness has left three passengers dead and sickened others, but global health officials say the risk to the general public remains low because the germ does not easily spread between people.