Health May 11 What to know about the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak and the Americans facing quarantine By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas, Katie Marlow
Health May 11 WATCH: Trump says 'I hope it's fine' when asked about hantavirus outbreak Some experts have said U.S. authorities were slow to respond, but President Donald Trump said he thought the response was, “I think fine.”… By Associated Press
Health May 11 American cruise ship passenger tests positive for hantavirus after evacuation One of the 17 American passengers evacuated from the ship and flown to Nebraska also tested positive for the hantavirus but is not showing any symptoms, and another had mild symptoms, U.S. health officials said late Sunday. By Mike Corder, Associated Press
World May 10 Passengers evacuate MV Hondius cruise ship following hantavirus outbreak Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship began flying home Sunday aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands. By Iain Sullivan, Suman Naishadham, Associated Press
Health May 09 Medical epidemiologist explains what to know about the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak A medical epidemiologist explains what you need to know about the hantavirus virus and how the outbreak is playing out. By Daniel Pastula, The Conversation
May 08 What we don't know about the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship By Molly Quell, Associated Press Authorities and the cruise operator have been providing updates, but some key information is still lacking. Continue reading
May 08 Spain prepares for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press The World Health Organization considers the risk to the wider public from the outbreak as low. Continue reading
May 07 Dozens of passengers left hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after 1st fatality By Molly Quell, Gerald Imray, Suman Naishadham, Associated Press More than two dozen passengers from at least 12 different countries left a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak without contact tracing nearly two weeks after the first passenger died on board, the ship operator and Dutch officials… Continue reading
May 06 Watch 5:24 News Wrap: 3 new patients evacuated from cruise ship with deadly hantavirus outbreak In our news wrap Wednesday, three patients were evacuated from the ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak with two of them confirmed to have the disease, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick faced questioning from the House Oversight Committee over… Continue watching
May 06 Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Canary Islands after 3 people evacuated By Annie Risemberg, Associated Press Two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were evacuated Wednesday from a cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak, the U.N. health agency said. The ship then departed Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board — isolated in… Continue reading