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Health Organization is emphasizing that the risk to the general public is very low. "I want to be unequivocal here. This is not the start of a COVID pandemic," said Maria Van Kerkhove, the director
outbreak, including two who were confirmed to have had hantavirus. Hantavirus is a group of viruses carried by rodents. Most hantaviruses do not pass from person to person, but the Andes strain, identified
outbreaks, including the big Ebola crisis underway right now largely in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ### **"Extremely stressful time"** Perryman says she understands the [hantavirus is a serious threat](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/08/nx-s1-5811917/hantavirus-andres-mvhondius-ship-rodents). But she doesn
public health emergency on Saturday. The latest toll? More than 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected-Ebola deaths. Loading... The vast majority of the cases are in a province in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo
challenger, Ed Gallrein. ## **Workers racing to turn reflecting pool blue for Trump may be at risk, union warns** . "We call Atlanta 'Hotlanta' for a reason," says Georgia's Dr. Plescia, "It's going to be hot and humid here -– so heat-related injuries are going