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SEE IT: Maine voters sound off on Platner’s divisive campaign as crucial primary nears: ‘He’s a disgrace’

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PORTLAND, Maine — Voters in Maine are just one day away from deciding which Democrat they want to represent them in the U.S. Senate, and residents who spoke to Fox News are mixed on whether Graham Platner’s swirling controversies disqualify him from seeking the office.
«He’s a disgrace to every veteran that has PTSD like I do, because he’s using it as an excuse to cover up his own personal failings,» Bill, a Peaks Island resident and military veteran, told Fox News, referencing Platner leaning into his PTSD struggles as a combat veteran.
«You do not abuse women because you were in combat. You do not say things about trans people. You do not wear Nazi symbols because you were in combat. That is because of who you are,» Bill said. «He’s a little bitty, well-to-do guy hiding behind his status as a veteran and not acknowledging himself as a failed human being.»
WATCH: MAINE VOTERS DIVIDED ON PLATNER AS SCANDALS SHADOW DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
Maine voters are divided over Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner as he heads into Tuesday’s primary amid a series of personal controversies. (Fox News)
As the primary nears, Platner is facing criticism from both the left and the right over allegations of abuse from former girlfriends, sexually explicit messages allegedly sent to women during the early days of his marriage, a Nazi-linked tattoo and online comments mocking a Purple Heart veteran.
Mike, a Maine voter, said Platner’s tattoo made his decision a «no-brainer,» saying it was difficult to believe the candidate did not know the Totenkopf symbol on his chest had been used by Nazi death camp guards.
«Nothing good about him,» Mike said. «Anybody with a Nazi tattoo, and it’s not a Bugs Bunny tattoo, okay? It’s like, ‘Oh my God, I got a tattoo, I didn’t know what it was.’ If he was honest about it, and said, ‘Hey, it was a mistake. I got a Nazi tattoo, and it’s stupid. I was drunk and I was in the service,’ then maybe that’s one thing. But at that point, it’s a no-brainer for me.»
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Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks to an overflow crowd outside a campaign event Sunday, June 7, 2026, in Portland, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)
When asked if Democrats should drop Platner, Mike said, «Of course they should,» adding that Democrats are standing by Platner because they see him as their best chance to unseat Sen. Susan Collins.
«I mean, it’s like they’re locked in now. This has nothing to do with being a Democrat or Republican. They want to get rid of Susan Collins, take over the Senate, and that’s the bottom line. He could be Adolf Hitler. It doesn’t matter who he is. It’s just the fact that they want to take over the Senate, and that’s their only option right now.»
Karen, a Rockland resident, also questioned whether Platner’s scandals should be overlooked, saying they reflect on his character.
«I think it’s crazy,» Karen said. «I think there’s a lot of things about him that people should understand. They say, ‘Oh, it’s personal,’ but then that also indicates his character.»
Other Mainers who spoke to Fox News struck a different tone, including Holly, a Belfast resident.
«Nobody’s perfect. Everyone makes mistakes,» Holly said. «He’s apologized for the mistakes he’s made, and he’s taken action about it. If you listen to what he’s about in terms of policy, he is very much saying the right things for Maine and the right thing for the country more broadly, and I think he’s a very good candidate.»
GRAHAM PLATNER BLASTS NEW ALLEGATIONS AS ‘FALSE ACCUSATIONS’: ‘MAINE, YOU HAVE MY BACK’

Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, points to a covered tattoo that was previously recognized as a Nazi symbol during an interview in Portland, Maine, on Oct. 22, 2025. (WGME via AP)
Claire, a Brooklin resident, said voters should focus less on Platner’s past and more on his candidacy, saying, «He’s the best candidate by far, and probing into the minutiae of his personal relationships when you don’t do that for any other candidate is ridiculous.»
One voter argued that working-class candidates should not be expected to have spotless records.
«If we want folks who are representing us from the working class, they’re not necessarily going to have a groomed and perfect political record coming into politics,» Paul, a Bar Harbor resident, said.
Kathy, a Rockland resident, said she was willing to look past Platner’s «baggage,» saying «He’s got new ideas, and he’s saying things for the people and about the people.»
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Platner, widely believed to be the presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate, heads into a Tuesday night primary election where Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and former senior government official David Costello are on the ballot.
If victorious, Platner will square off against incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November.
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Un tratamiento experimental mostró resultados alentadores en pacientes con hantavirus grave

El brote de hantavirus vinculado al crucero MV Hondius, que partió desde Sudamérica en abril pasado y derivó en 13 casos confirmados y 3 muertes según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), puso a la cepa Andes en el centro de la atención global.
La infección causa el síndrome pulmonar por hantavirus y puede producir la muerte de entre el 35% y el 50% de los pacientes graves que llegan a terapia intensiva. Hasta ahora no existe ningún tratamiento específico probado ni autorizado para combatirlo.
Un grupo de investigadores médicos de la Argentina hizo un uso experimental fuera de la investigación clínica de un medicamento, el tocilizumab, que está aprobado para la artritis. Lo utilizaron como último recurso para salvar a pacientes con hantavirus grave.

“Los resultados preliminares del uso monitoreado fueron positivos y apoyan la necesidad de que se realice una investigación sistemática”, aclaró a Infobae el doctor Fernando Tortosa, quien fue el primer autor del reporte descriptivo publicado en la revista The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Estuvo a cargo de especialistas del Hospital Zonal de Bariloche Doctor Ramón Carrillo y la Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, junto con colegas del Hospital General de Agudos Juan Fernández y la Universidad del Salvador en Buenos Aires.
“No se trató de un ensayo clínico controlado y aleatorizado como se suele hacer para evaluar la eficacia y la seguridad de las intervenciones médicas, sino que fue un reporte descriptivo de casos bajo el marco ético excepcional de uso monitoreado de emergencia, con supervisión institucional y consentimiento informado en cada caso”.
Se basaron en el marco que se llama «Uso de Emergencia Monitoreado de Intervenciones No Registradas y Experimentales», más conocido como MEURI por su sigla en inglés, que fue elaborado por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y da pautas sobre cómo hacer que las intervenciones no probadas sean utilizadas de manera ética fuera de una investigación durante las emergencias sanitarias globales o nacionales.

El hantavirus es un patógeno que se transmite principalmente a través del contacto con roedores infectados o sus excrementos. Pero la cepa Andes circula en Argentina y Chile y puede transmitirse también a otra persona si el paciente la adquirió.
Cuando el virus provoca su forma más grave —el síndrome pulmonar— el paciente sufre fiebre, falta de aire, acumulación de líquido en los pulmones, caída de la presión arterial y falla de múltiples órganos en cuestión de horas.
El tratamiento hasta ahora era solo de soporte: respiradores, medicamentos para sostener la presión arterial y diálisis cuando los riñones fallaban. Ningún antiviral ni inmunomodulador —es decir, ningún fármaco que frene la respuesta exagerada del sistema inmune— había demostrado ser efectivo.

Los investigadores identificaron que en los pacientes con hantavirus grave los niveles de una proteína inflamatoria llamada interleucina-6 (IL-6) se disparan, y eso daña los vasos sanguíneos y los pulmones. Esa misma proteína fue un blanco terapéutico en los casos graves de COVID-19.
Como último recurso, el equipo usó el tocilizumab, que es un medicamento que bloquea el receptor de la IL-6, en pacientes con síndrome pulmonar por hantavirus grave. Ya está aprobado para tratar la artritis reumatoide y otras enfermedades inflamatorias.
El trabajo se hizo teniendo en cuenta el protocolo MEURI. Este marco ético de la OMS fue actualizado en 2022 y la redacción del reporte fue liderado por el investigador en bioética del Conicet de la Argentina, el doctor Ignacio Mastroleo.
Ese marco permite el uso de fármacos no aprobados para una enfermedad específica cuando no hay otra alternativa y la situación es de riesgo de vida durante situaciones de emergencias de salud pública globales o nacionales.
Entre el 1 de junio de 2024 y el 5 de mayo de 2026, el equipo consideró a 13 pacientes con hantavirus confirmado por laboratorio en el Hospital Zonal de Bariloche. Diez de esos pacientes reunían las condiciones para recibir tocilizumab porque tenían compromiso respiratorio o hemodinámico grave.
Cinco pacientes recibieron una dosis única intravenosa del fármaco dentro de las primeras 24 horas del ingreso a terapia intensiva. Los otros cinco no lo recibieron: dos porque ya estaban en shock irreversible al momento del diagnóstico, y tres porque el medicamento no estaba disponible en ese momento.
Todos los pacientes, tanto los que accedieron al fármaco como los que no, recibieron el tratamiento de soporte estándar: antibióticos, respiradores, vasopresores y, en algunos casos, diálisis.
Cuatro de los cinco pacientes que recibieron tocilizumab sobrevivieron y fueron dados de alta de terapia intensiva. El quinto falleció por un shock de rápida progresión. Los cinco pacientes que no recibieron el fármaco murieron poco después de ingresar a terapia intensiva.
En tres de los pacientes tratados con datos disponibles, la relación entre el oxígeno en sangre y el oxígeno suministrado —un indicador clave de la función pulmonar— mejoró a las 72 horas. Los recuentos de plaquetas, que bajan drásticamente en el hantavirus, también aumentaron en los dos pacientes con mediciones repetidas.

Los investigadores señalaron que su artículo es “el primer reporte clínico del bloqueo del receptor de IL-6 en el síndrome pulmonar grave por hantavirus”.
Mencionaron que los pacientes no tratados eran en promedio mayores y llegaron a terapia intensiva en peor estado clínico, lo que impide comparar los grupos de forma directa. Esa diferencia de base es una limitación central del trabajo.
El estudio tiene varias limitaciones que los propios autores reconocen. La muestra es muy pequeña —solo 10 pacientes elegibles— frente a los 30 previstos en el protocolo completo, que sigue en curso.
El tratamiento no fue aleatorio: los médicos no asignaron al azar quién recibía el fármaco y quién no, lo que significa que las diferencias en los resultados podrían deberse a factores distintos al tocilizumab, como la gravedad inicial, el momento del diagnóstico o variables no medidas.

Tampoco se midió sistemáticamente la IL-6 ni la proteína C reactiva (otro marcador de inflamación) en todos los pacientes, por lo que no fue posible confirmar si el fármaco realmente frenó la respuesta inflamatoria en cada caso.
El doctor Tortosa, en diálogo con Infobae, aclaró: “Estos resultados no prueban que el tocilizumab sea efectivo para el hantavirus ni respaldan su uso generalizado. Lo que sí plantean es que la inhibición de la IL-6 merece ser evaluada en estudios más amplios, con recolección estandarizada de datos y, si fuera posible, en ensayos clínicos aleatorizados con colaboración entre varios centros”.
El protocolo institucional registrado sigue activo y continuará con la incorporación de pacientes para ampliar la evidencia disponible sobre esta estrategia en una enfermedad que, por su baja frecuencia a nivel mundial, hace muy difícil organizar estudios convencionales.
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‘You’re destroying your countries’: Is Europe finally heeding Trump’s warning on illegal immigration?

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Earlier in June, the European Union appeared to finally react to concerns raised by President Donald Trump and many European voters over illegal immigration by introducing tougher border entry rules for the 27-nation bloc.
The EU agreed on new, stricter rules regarding migration and asylum. The laws are specifically designed to ensure that illegal/undocumented migrants who enter the bloc are processed and, where necessary, quickly sent to deportation centers in countries outside the EU.
People seeking asylum will be screened for identity, security, and their health before even entering any asylum system. The border officials will now track and record non-EU citizens entering and exiting the bloc. Plus, it will use biometric data such as fingerprints and facial recognition. And all member states must now help one another and share information.
The Associated Press reported that the provisional deal struck by the EU’s three main institutions is expected to go to EU lawmakers and governments, where approval is expected.
EUROPEAN NATIONS DEMAND POWER TO DEPORT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO COMMIT CRIMES
Mostly illegal migrant men are gathered by Greek coast guard officers after disembarking from a cargo ship, in the port of Lavrio, south of Athens, on July 10, 2025. The migrants were rerouted from Crete, where more than 2,000 people have arrived from Libya in recent days, sparking anger among local authorities and tourism operators. (Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images)
Alan Mendoza, founder and executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital that «The EU’s demography is changing Europe’s culture. We are now having to deal with people who are not integrating with the local customs.»
While the U.K. is not part of the EU, he said, «Britain’s efforts are behind the new EU rules.» Noting the country has «not managed to have offshore migrant holding centers, which would make sure Britain is not seen as a soft touch.»

Illegal migrants try to board smugglers’ boats in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France on Sept. 27, 2025. (Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images)
Other experts say the longer countries take to fix the problem, the harder it will be to deal with. Some say it’s already too late.
While Europe’s workaday men and women have clearly seen the problems of illegal immigration for years, their leaders are only just getting the message.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on Sept. 23, 2025. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump told world leaders about the damage caused by a flood of undocumented migrants into Europe during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last year. «You’re destroying your countries,» he said. «Europe is in serious trouble; they’ve been invaded by a force of illegal aliens like nobody’s ever seen before.»
JD VANCE’S WARNING ON EUROPE’S FUTURE SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON CONTINENT’S GROWING LIST OF PROBLEMS

Migrants from Tunisia and Libya arrive on an Italian Coast Guard boat at the Pelagie Island of Lampedusa, Italy, on Aug. 1, 2020. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images)
Just last week, Vice President JD Vance commented on the stabbing death of the 18-year-old British man who was stabbed to death.
In part, Vance posted, «Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit. His murder is as tragic as it is enraging. He should still be alive today, and he would be if the last few generations of European elites had stood their ground against the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it.»
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth also made reference to the topic during a speech to commemorate D-Day in France on the weekend. «Sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies. Beaches in Spain and Italy and Greece and Bulgaria, boats and men arrive. When will European capitals do something about that invasion? Or is it too late? I pray not, and I believe not,» he said.
Elsewhere in the EU, Spain seems to have broken with the rest of the bloc on its new stance on undocumented immigration. The country decided to legalize half a million undocumented migrants.

A migrant walks by a makeshift settlement where migrants evicted from a former high school last week are camping outdoors in the middle of winter in Badalona, Spain, Dec. 26, 2025. (Bruna Casas / Reuters)
«When undocumented migrants arrive, they get papers, and they get social security,» Javier Negre, owner of the La Derecha Diario newspaper, told Fox News Digital. He says a lot of the push to house migrants has come via nongovernmental organizations. «NGOs had a big business, and they promoted illegal immigration,» he says.
Another problem is that many undocumented migrants don’t choose to integrate into their new domicile. «They don’t have the same values,» Negre said. «We import a lot of people, and some realize they can steal iPhones and wallets,» he said, commenting on the rise in crimes.
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Critics of the move mostly came from the European left and NGOs. Mélissa Camara, from the French Green party, said the deal was «a historic setback» for human rights in the bloc,» the Associated Press reported.
«The legalization of return hubs outside the European Union, the green light for the detention of minors, home visits inspired by ICE practices: the legal arsenal serving a xenophobic ideology is now complete,» she said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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