May 10 Passengers evacuate MV Hondius cruise ship following hantavirus outbreak By Iain Sullivan, Suman Naishadham, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
May 09 Medical epidemiologist explains what to know about the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak By Daniel Pastula, The Conversation A medical epidemiologist explains what you need to know about the hantavirus virus and how the outbreak is playing out. Continue reading
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
May 05 Watch 4:54 Can hantavirus spread between humans? What to know as WHO investigates ship outbreak By William Brangham, Jackson Hudgins Three people are dead and nearly 150 remained quarantined Tuesday on a cruise ship off the coast of West Africa, as the World Health Organization investigates an outbreak of the rare but deadly hantavirus on board. William Brangham speaks with… Continue watching
May 05 Medical teams visit cruise ship passengers dealing with hantavirus outbreak By Chinedu Asadu, Annie Risemberg, Associated Press Three passengers have died and at least four people are sick in what health officials say is an outbreak of hantavirus, which usually spreads by inhaling contaminated rodent droppings. Continue reading
May 04 What to know about hantavirus, the illness suspected in a cruise ship outbreak that has killed 3 people By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press There is no specific treatment or cure for hantavirus infections, but early medical attention can increase the chance of survival. Continue reading