Hantavirus outbreak: How an African lab identified the deadly Andes strainA hantavirus scare aboard a cruise ship off Cape Verde prompted a rapid scientific response, with researchers in Senegal quickly identifyin...
22 May, 2026, 01.12 PM IST
Ebola, hantavirus show world's risk preparedness lagging: Pandemic expertGlobal health crisis response has improved since Covid-19. However, a leading expert warns that awareness of pandemic risks remains low. Re...
20 May, 2026, 11.22 AM IST
Hantavirus: Britain secures experimental Japanese drug to strengthen responseBritain has received experimental favipiravir from Japan to treat a deadly hantavirus outbreak. The drug is not licensed in the UK and its ...
19 May, 2026, 11.17 AM IST
Hantavirus-hit liner reaches Rotterdam, crew being quarantined and ship disinfectedThe MV Hondius arrived at Landtong, a narrow peninsula about 10 km long that is part of Rotterdam port and far from any urban centre. Sever...
19 May, 2026, 12.43 AM IST
Hantavirus, Ebola crises: WHO kicks off 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva amid global health concernsWHO 79th World Health Assembly: World Health Organization member states meet in Geneva. Deadly hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks are major con...
18 May, 2026, 11.43 AM IST
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship set to reach Rotterdam port as final destinationThe cruise ship MV Hondius, hit by hantavirus, has docked in Rotterdam for disinfection. Remaining crew and medical staff will undergo quar...
18 May, 2026, 08.59 AM IST
Demand for cruises appears undimmed despite hantavirus and other onboard outbreaksDespite recent hantavirus and norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships, industry experts anticipate a record number of passengers this year. Man...
17 May, 2026, 10.41 AM IST
One Canadian tests positive for hantavirus, BC officials sayA Canadian has tested positive for hantavirus after disembarking a cruise ship. The individual is among four Canadians isolating in British...
17 May, 2026, 12.38 AM IST
In the shadow of COVID, health officials fight panic over Hantavirus outbreakA hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has sparked public concern. Health officials are working to communicate clearly, drawing lessons fro...
15 May, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
How ‘Norovirus’ has trapped cruise passengers onboard just like HantavirusA British cruise ship, Ambition, faces a gastrointestinal illness outbreak. Over 1,700 passengers and crew are confined to the vessel in Bo...
14 May, 2026, 11.03 AM IST
WHO confirms eight cases of Andes hantavirus in outbreakA hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has infected eight people with the Andes virus. Three individuals have died. The Wo...
14 May, 2026, 07.51 AM IST
Hantavirus scientists were close to vaccine but ran out of moneyScientists in Chile developed antibodies that successfully neutralised the deadly Andes hantavirus in lab and animal studies, raising hopes...
14 May, 2026, 06.53 AM IST
Could cruise ship passengers sue over the hantavirus outbreak?Travelers on the MV Hondius find themselves with few legal recourses following a hantavirus outbreak. Oceanwide Expeditions, the company be...
13 May, 2026, 03.49 PM IST
French hantavirus patient is critically ill, on an artificial lung as total cases grow to 11A French woman is critically ill with hantavirus, requiring an artificial lung, as the cruise ship outbreak reaches 11 cases and three deat...
13 May, 2026, 09.55 AM IST
WHO confirms 11 hantavirus cases linked to cruise ship as Spain detects new caseA Spanish passenger evacuated from a cruise ship has tested positive for hantavirus. The World Health Organization has confirmed eleven cas...
12 May, 2026, 11.55 PM IST
Two more passengers evacuated from cruise ship test positive for hantavirusPassengers from the ship began flying home aboard military and government planes Sunday after the MV Hondius anchored in the Canary Islands...
12 May, 2026, 06.51 PM IST
Is Hantavirus spreading in Texas? Cruise Ship connected to Texas passengers sparks new fear about symptoms and human spreadA rare hantavirus outbreak connected to a cruise ship has sparked fresh concern across the United States, especially after health officials...
10 May, 2026, 02.27 PM IST