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Henipavirus encephalitis

Henipavirus encephalitis is brain inflammation caused by Nipah or Hendra virus (genus Henipavirus, Paramyxoviridae), bat-borne zoonoses with 40–75% case fatality, relapsing encephalitis, no licensed treatment, and vaccine candidates in trials.

Henize 2-10

He 2-10 (Henize 2-10) is a blue compact dwarf starburst galaxy in Pyxis, about 30 million light-years away, whose massive black hole appears to trigger star formation.

Henk Dorgelo

Hendrik Berend (Henk) Dorgelo (1894–1961) was a Dutch physicist who established the empirical intensity rules for multiplet spectral lines and, with Burger, the summation rule.

Henk F. Tabak

Henk F. Tabak (1941–2026) was a Dutch biochemist known for work on RNA splicing in yeast mitochondria and on peroxisome formation from the endoplasmic reticulum.

Henk J. Bolink

Henk J. Bolink (Hendrik Bolink) is a Spanish-based inorganic chemist and professor at the Universitat de València known for vacuum-deposited perovskite solar cells and LEDs.

Henk Jan Held

Henk Jan Held (Hendrik Jan Held), Dutch volleyball middle blocker born 1967 in Renswoude; Olympic silver 1992 and gold 1996 with the Netherlands, 375 caps, long Italian club career, later coach in Italy and assistant of the Dutch men's national team.

Henk Jan Zwolle

Henk Jan Zwolle (Henk-Jan Zwolle), Dutch rower born 1964 in Enschede: 1988 single sculls, 1992 double sculls bronze with Nico Rienks, 1996 Olympic gold men's eight; later coach, team manager, and World Rowing fairness official.

Henk Lamberts

Henk Lamberts was a Dutch general practitioner and professor at the University of Amsterdam, internationally known as the leading developer of the International Classification of Primary Care.

Henk Rogers

Henk Rogers, Dutch-born American entrepreneur (born Amsterdam, 1953), founder of The Tetris Company with Alexey Pajitnov; secured Tetris Game Boy rights from Soviet ELORG in 1989; later founded Blue Planet Foundation for 100% renewable energy.

Henk Vermeer

Henk Vermeer is a Dutch politician of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BoerBurgerBeweging, BBB), which he co-founded with Caroline van der Plas in 2019 before becoming party leader and a member of the House of Representatives.

Henkel

Henkel, formally Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, is a German consumer and industrial goods company with adhesive technologies and consumer brands like Persil, controlled by founder Fritz Henkel's family.

Henkel family

The Henkel family are the descendants of Fritz Henkel, who founded the detergent and consumer-goods group Henkel in 1876, and still hold most of its voting rights.

Henley Passport Index

Henley Passport Index: ranking by Henley & Partners, created by Christian H. Kaelin in 2006, scoring 199 passports against 227 destinations on visa-free access using IATA Timatic data; distinct from Arton Capital's Passport Index.

Henley Royal Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta, held since 1839 on the Thames at Henley-on-Thames, is a six-day knock-out rowing regatta over 2,112 m upstream, royal patronage since 1851, 862 entries from 21 nations in 2026.

Henley Wood

Henley Wood, Yatton, North Somerset: Romano-Celtic temple complex and late/post-Roman cemetery excavated 1962-69 by Ernest Greenfield, published 1996 (CBA Report 99). Distinct from Henley Wood, Chelsham, Surrey, and High Wood, Harpsden.

Henley-on-Thames

Henley-on-Thames is a historic riverside market town in South Oxfordshire, England, first recorded in 1179 and best known as the home of Henley Royal Regatta, held annually since 1839.

Henlius

Henlius (复宏汉霖), formally Shanghai Henlius Biotech, is a Shanghai biopharmaceutical company founded in 2010 with Fosun Pharma, known for biosimilars and serplulimab, the first anti-PD-1 approved for first-line small cell lung cancer.

Henlius Biopharmaceuticals

Henlius Biopharmaceuticals, also known as Shanghai Henlius Biotech, is a Shanghai-based biopharmaceutical company founded in 2010 by Fosun Pharma, developing antibodies and biosimilars for cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Henlius rituximab biosimilar (HLX01, Hanlikang)

HLX01, sold in China as Hanlikang (汉利康), is a rituximab biosimilar developed by Shanghai Henlius Biotech and approved in 2019 as the first biosimilar approved in China.

Henlius trastuzumab biosimilar (HLX02, Hanquyou)

HLX02 (Hanquyou 汉曲优, Zercepac, HERCESSI) is Shanghai Henlius's trastuzumab biosimilar for HER2-positive breast and gastric cancers, the first China-made monoclonal antibody biosimilar approved in China, the EU, and the US.

Henn na Hotel

Henn na Hotel (変なホテル, roughly "Strange Hotel") is a Japanese hotel chain where robots handle front-desk, luggage, and in-room tasks; its first hotel opened in 2015 and held the Guinness record as the first robot-staffed hotel.

Henna

Henna (Lawsonia inermis, mehndi) is a reddish-brown dye from the dried leaves of a Lythraceae shrub, whose lawsone molecule stains keratin in skin and hair; used since Babylonian and ancient Egyptian times, approved as hair dye only in the US.

Henna (film)

Henna is a 1991 Hindi romantic drama by R.K. Films, directed by Randhir Kapoor from Raj Kapoor's unfinished project, starring Rishi Kapoor, Zeba Bakhtiar, and Ashwini Bhave in a cross-border Kashmir love story with music by Ravindra Jain.

Henna ceremony

Henna ceremony: the pre-wedding application of Lawsonia inermis paste to a bride's hands and feet, called mehndi, kına gecesi, or Laylat al-Hinna, practiced across South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa and inscribed by UNESCO in 2024.

Henna Virkkunen

Henna Virkkunen is a Finnish politician appointed by Ursula von der Leyen in 2024 as European Commission Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy.

Henna-Maria Uusitupa

Henna-Maria Uusitupa, also published as Henna-Maria Kailanto, is a Finnish food chemistry researcher who studied early-life nutrition at the University of Turku and led DuPont's Infant Health Platform.

Henneguya zschokkei

Henneguya zschokkei is a myxozoan parasite, a microscopic cnidarian relative of jellyfish, that infects the muscle of whitefish and other salmonids in Europe and North America.

Hennekam syndrome

Hennekam syndrome, also called Hennekam lymphangiectasia-lymphedema syndrome, is a rare inherited disorder of lymphatic development featuring congenital lymphedema, intestinal lymphangiectasia, variable intellectual disability, and a distinctive face.

Hennepin County Medical Center

Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), also known as Hennepin Healthcare, is Minneapolis' public safety-net hospital and Level 1 trauma center, founded 1887 as Minneapolis City Hospital, county-owned since 1963, with Minnesota's largest emergency department.

Hennepin County, Minnesota

Hennepin County, Minnesota: most populous Minnesota county, seat at Minneapolis, established March 6, 1852 and named for Father Louis Hennepin; 1,281,565 residents (2020 census), $3.15 billion 2026 budget.