Archived News
Past hantavirus news articles, archived from the homepage.
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Quick takes: Another hantavirus case, polio in 3 countries, NIAID head steps down
The Netherlands has reported one more hantavirus infection in a crew member who left the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Canary Islands.
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Public Health Alerts: Andes hantavirus on a cruise ship, 2026
Three of the 10 patients described in the report died, and 2 of the other 7 remain hospitalized after infection with the Andes strain of the virus.
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American cruise ship passengers push for home quarantine after hantavirus exposure
So far, no Americans have been sickened in this hantavirus outbreak.
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Canadian passenger now presumed positive for hantavirus
The case count from the Dutch cruise outbreak remains at 11 cases, including three fatalities.
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Hantavirus outbreak reduced to 10 cases as ship passengers return to home countries
A case previously labeled as inconclusive has tested negative, WHO officials said.
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Osterholm on hantavirus: We’re missing ‘main point of this outbreak’
"Respiratory person-to-person transmission is not new with the Andes hantavirus," Osterholm points out.
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CDC: Risk to general public from hantavirus is low
A French patient’s condition worsened overnight.
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Hantavirus outbreak grows to 11 cases, 9 confirmed
So far no cases have been identified in anyone other than passengers on the Dutch cruise ship.
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More hantavirus cases emerge as passengers debark cruise ship
Among those who debarked yesterday are 18 Americans, 1 of whom has tested positive for the virus.
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Cruise ship at center of hantavirus outbreak to dock in Spain Sunday
Public health staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet passengers in Tenerife, Spain as they deboard a cruise ship that has been at the center of a hantavirus outbreak.
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WHO officials on hantavirus cases: ‘This is an outbreak on a ship, not another COVID-19’
US officials sought to reassure Americans that they are responding to the outbreak.
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At least 8 sickened in suspected hantavirus outbreak; Andes strain confirmed
Among the 8 suspected cases, only 3 have been confirmed by laboratory testing.
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Deadly MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak Is Over, W.H.O. Says
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WHO says Hantavirus outbreak linked to ship is over
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Kennedy Orders Woman to Stay in Hantavirus Quarantine, Despite C.D.C. Recommendation
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White House response to hantavirus and Ebola contrasts with COVID criticisms
The administration imposed mandatory quarantine orders on two passengers from the cruise ship hit by hantavirus and is blocking Americans who catch Ebola from returning home for treatment.
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White House's response to hantavirus and Ebola is at odds with COVID criticisms
The Trump administration has imposed tough restrictions in response to hantavirus and Ebola, including quarantine orders and travel bans. That's despite past criticism of many COVID measures.
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Why the Ebola and Hantavirus Outbreaks Have Confounded Scientists
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Trump Officials’ Strict Stand on Ebola Leaves Health Experts ‘Stunned’
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American passenger feels 'betrayed' by federal order to stay in hantavirus quarantine
Two passengers from the cruise ship that had a hantavirus outbreak were blocked by the federal government from leaving the quarantine unit. One says she is being detained against her will.
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COVID is shaping Americans' reaction to Ebola and hantavirus
Some Americans seem to be extra-alarmed about Ebola and hantavirus in the wake of COVID-19. But public health experts say they don't expect another pandemic this time.
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Canadian from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests positive
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Follow-up message by the WHO Director-General to the people of Tenerife regarding the hantavirus response
A message from the Director-General of the World Health Organization expressing gratitude to the people of Tenerife for their solidarity and successful cooperation during the operation to safely disembark and care for over 120 passengers from 23 countries amid an outbreak of…
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How are countries responding to hantavirus?
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Message by the WHO Director-General to the people of Tenerife regarding the hantavirus response
To the people of Tenerife, My name is Tedros, and I serve as the Director-General of the World Health Organization, the United Nations agency responsible for global public health. It is not common for me to write directly to the people of a single community, but today I feel it…
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WHO’s response to hantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, briefed media today on a cluster of hantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship, the MV Hondius. Eight cases have been reported so far, including three deaths. Five of the 8 cases have been confirmed as hantavirus. The hantavirus…
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Hantavirus survivor says sickness was like 'hell on earth'