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thehindu.comworld38 days ago
No Confirmed Hantavirus Cases Among U.S. Passengers from MV Hondius as CDC Completes Interviews
CDC officials are interviewing the passengers to assess Andes hantavirus exposure while encouraging them to complete a 42-day incubation period that began Monday. Two passengers have tested for the strain, with both returning negative results so far. No Americans have had conclus…
newser.comworld38 days ago
Norovirus Confirmed on Ambition Cruise Ship in Bordeaux; 49 of 1,701 Passengers and Crew Affected
French authorities allowed passengers showing no symptoms to disembark from The Ambition late Wednesday after confirming a norovirus outbreak that sickened 49 people. The British-operated vessel, midway through a 14-night cruise, had been held in Bordeaux following an increase in…
indiatoday.intoday.inscience39 days ago
WHO Reports 11 Hantavirus Cases Linked to Cruise Ship MV Hondius
The World Health Organization has confirmed eight cases of Andes virus infection among passengers from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, with three total deaths reported as of 13 May 2026. Two additional confirmed cases from France and Spain, plus one inconclusive case fr…
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mg.co.zascience38 days ago
CDC Says Risk to Public Remains Low as Hantavirus Cases from MV Hondius Cruise Reach 11
French authorities reported a female passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship remains in critical condition on an artificial lung as the confirmed hantavirus cases reached 11 with three deaths. CDC officials activated an emergency response, emphasizing that the risk to the gener…
New York Postpolitics39 days ago
French Authorities Clear British Cruise Ship in Bordeaux After Testing for Gastrointestinal Illness
More than 1,700 passengers and crew remain confined aboard the Ambassador Cruise Line vessel Ambition after a 92-year-old man died and 49 people developed gastrointestinal symptoms. French health officials ordered testing and a review of the ship's records following its arrival o…
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king5.comworld39 days ago
Minnesota Health Officials Monitor Person Potentially Exposed to Hantavirus
The Minnesota Department of Health is monitoring an individual who may have briefly been exposed overseas to a person who tested positive for hantavirus after traveling on the MV Hondius cruise ship. The total number of confirmed and probable cases among those onboard has reached…
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Nbc Newsworld39 days ago
CDC Quarantines 18 Cruise Passengers for Monitoring After Limited Hantavirus Cases on MV Hondius
U.S. health officials placed 18 Americans returning from the MV Hondius cruise ship into federal quarantine facilities in Omaha and Atlanta after 11 hantavirus cases and three deaths were confirmed among nearly 150 passengers. Officials are interviewing the quarantined passengers…
app.buzzsumo.comworld39 days ago
Six People Leave Hospital After Hantavirus Isolation as 22 Complete 72-Hour Quarantine
Six people evacuated from a cruise ship following a hantavirus outbreak have left Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside after testing negative for the virus. They will complete a 45-day isolation period at home or other accommodation under public health monitoring.
680news.comworld40 days ago
Hantavirus Testing Under Way for UK Passengers from Cruise Ship
Health officials said clinical assessments and testing are under way for passengers evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship following a hantavirus outbreak that has caused three deaths. The passengers, including 20 British nationals, are in a 72-hour isolation period at a Merse…
swissinfo.chworld40 days ago
WHO Director Expects Additional Hantavirus Cases From Cruise Ship
The head of the World Health Organization said more hantavirus cases are likely to be identified from an outbreak linked to a cruise ship. The expectation stems from a gap between the first detected case and the virus's identification, during which passengers interacted. Official…
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thehindu.comworld41 days ago
Hantavirus Incubation Period Raises Concerns After Cruise Ship Evacuation
Seventeen Americans and a dual U.S.-British citizen have returned to the United States after evacuation from a cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak. Officials are monitoring the incubation period of the virus. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook provided th…
science41 days ago
Six Cruise Ship Passengers Quarantined at Perth Facility Over Hantavirus Exposure
Six people who were aboard a cruise ship that experienced a hantavirus outbreak are being flown to Western Australia for quarantine at the Centre for National Resilience in Bullsbrook. The 500-bed facility, built during the COVID-19 pandemic, has sat largely unused since completi…
manilatimes.networld41 days ago
Evacuation of Hantavirus-Affected Cruise Ship Passengers Begins in Canary Islands
The first passengers from the MV Hondius, which is anchored off Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands, were evacuated Sunday to their home countries for monitoring and quarantine. No one among the more than 140 people on board has shown symptoms of hantavirus. Three people have died…
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koreatimes.co.krworld42 days ago
Plane Carrying 18 Americans From Hantavirus-Affected Cruise Ship Departs Spain
The plane carrying 18 people, including 17 U.S. citizens who disembarked from the MV Hondius, left Spain on May 10, 2026, bound for the National Quarantine Unit in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight confirmed and probable hantavirus cases were reported aboard the ship, including two confirme…
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Fox Newsworld41 days ago
Three Confirmed Hantavirus Cases Among Evacuated MV Hondius Passengers, HHS Reports
One American tested positive for hantavirus but showed no symptoms while another had mild symptoms after being evacuated from the MV Hondius, which has been linked to three deaths. A French woman who was among five compatriots repatriated tested positive and is in serious conditi…
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lamag.comfinance43 days ago
Three Dead in Hantavirus Outbreak on M/V Hondius
Seventeen Americans are set to be evacuated from the M/V Hondius cruise ship following an outbreak of the Andes strain of hantavirus that has killed three people. The vessel will anchor off Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday with the World Health Organization director-general plann…
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joemygod.compolitics44 days ago
U.S. Sends Repatriation Plane for 17 Americans from Cruise Ship with Hantavirus Cases
The U.S. government is dispatching a medical repatriation flight to bring 17 Americans back from the MV Hondius cruise ship, which has nine confirmed or suspected hantavirus cases including three deaths. The passengers will be taken to a biocontainment unit at the University of N…
nationalobserver.comscience44 days ago
Aging Scientific Workforce Linked to Slower Pace of Discovery
A study of 12.5 million scientists found that researchers tend to cite older work and pursue less disruptive research as they age. A separate analysis identified a rising number of fabricated citations in medical journals, potentially linked to artificial intelligence.
gamereactor.euworld32 days agoSourced
Hantavirus: What Is Known
Timeline-driven explainer on the MV Hondius outbreak, what hantavirus is, how it spreads, treatment options, and current public-health response. Updated daily.
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New Scientistworld44 days ago
Three Dead in Hantavirus Outbreak on MV Hondius en Route to Tenerife
Three passengers have died from Andes hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, which departed from Argentina in April. More than 140 people remain aboard as the vessel approaches Spain's Canary Islands for coordinated evacuations and monitoring. Health officials across multi…
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The Guardianscience45 days ago
Two Britons Evacuated from Hantavirus-Affected Ship Are Improving
Global health officials reported that a 69-year-old British man in intensive care in South Africa and expedition guide Martin Anstee in the Netherlands are both improving. Five cases of hantavirus have been confirmed among eight suspected on the MV Hondius, which is heading to Te…