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Hantavirus countdown: U.S. cruise passengers settle in for 42 days of waiting](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/15/nx-s1-5819872/hantavirus-quarantine) "The nuances of the biology of different pathogens, the trajectories of different outbreaks, that all gets lost because what [many
hantavirus outbreak, which affected cruise ship passengers from 23 countries, including wealthy Western nations. “You just need one contact case to put all of us at risk, so my wish and prayer is that
outbreak of a lethal hantavirus strain onboard a luxury cruise liner was reported to the [World Health Organization](https://www.theguardian.com/world/world-health-organization) (WHO). As of this morning, nine probable cases have been identified, with three fatalities
hantavirus outbreak in southern Argentina in 2019 killed at least nine people. It prompted a judge to order dozens of residents of a remote town to stay in their homes for 30 days to halt
hantavirus and Ebola, many state and local health officials now have less power to protect the public from all kinds of disease outbreaks than during the COVID-19 pandemic. ### [Health](https://www.npr.org/sections/health/) ### [Heat, bugs
outbreak and keep the hantavirus from spreading. ### **Contact tracing 101** The concept of modern contact tracing dates to the 1930s and was part of an effort to stop the spread of syphilis. It involves locating
outbreak of [hantavirus](https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/l00588wq/what-you-need-to-know-about-hantavirus) has shown symptoms of the disease while being repatriated to France, the country's prime minister has said. Sébastien Lecornu said the French national developed symptoms while
hantavirus outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/may/09/how-hantavirus-turned-hondius-dream-cruise-into-tragedy), on a charter flight due to land in Perth on Tuesday. The ship, carrying 146 people, arrived at Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, on Sunday morning after
hantavirus linked to the outbreak – which can be up to six weeks.  Martin Anstee, 56, an expedition guide, was taken off the MV Hondius
outbreak' and watch a ship sail toward your shores, memories surface that none of us have fully put to rest. The pain of 2020 is still real, and I do not dismiss
hantavirus outbreak on transatlantic cruise](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/06/nx-s1-5812588/what-to-know-about-the-hantavirus-outbreak-on-transatlantic-cruise) "Ecological systems are complex and messy," he says. Making sense of that mess to draw distinct lines from biodiversity to human nutrition takes painstaking work — tracing people
outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/03/three-passengers-dead-after-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak-on-cruise-ship) of hantavirus, a disease primarily found in rodents, on the cruise ship in the Atlantic. The hantavirus is suspected of killing three people, including a married couple from the Netherlands, sickening
response" to this outbreak. It has been linked to a landfill site in the southernmost tip of Argentina, popular with birdwatchers. The virus is carried there by rodents, and it's rare
hantavirus and is isolating at a nearby biocontainment unit in Omaha. Two additional American passengers were sent to Emory University in Atlanta, which also has a biocontainment unit. Rosmarin's room has a phone
hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius, Spain, 10 May, 2026. Photograph: AP The two outbreaks “are just the latest crises in our troubled world”, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the opening
Hantavirus is usually spread by the inhalation of contaminated rodent droppings and is not easily transmitted between people. But the Andes virus detected in the cruise ship outbreak may be able to spread between people
hantavirus outbreak](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5814761/hantavirus-likely-not-the-next-covid), including what the symptoms are, how it spreads, how the U.S. has responded and more. - 🎧 **Epidemiologists are racing to identify individuals who've come into contact with those infected
hantavirus outbreak that has since been linked to seven confirmed cases, two suspected cases and three deaths. As the ship approached the Canary Islands in May, Spanish authorities initially refused to allow it to dock
outbreak after three passengers – a Dutch couple and a German national – died from the virus. Although usually spread by wild rodents, hantavirus can be transmitted person-to-person in rare cases of close contact
hantavirus outbreak, arrives for disinfection at the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Photograph: Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters **Ukraine’s president [Volodymyr Zelenskyy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/volodymyr-zelenskiy) suggested last night that the time has come for Europe