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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hantavirus cases to jump in next few days, warns WHO director, shares details on epidemic fearsHantavirus outbreak: 11 hantavirus-related cases have so far been reported, including three deaths.
WHO chief says 'work not over' after hantavirus evacuation; urges cautionWorld Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday that the efforts to contain the hantavirus outbreak was not over...
WHO says seven cases of hantavirus confirmed from cruise shipSeven cases of Andes hantavirus are confirmed among passengers on the cruise ship MV Hondius. The World Health Organization updated its tal...
Two Americans returning from hantavirus-stricken ship in biocontainment units; one tests positive, another has mild symptomsThe US government is repatriating 17 American citizens from the MV Hondius cruise ship following a deadly Andes hantavirus outbreak. One pa...
One US citizen tests mildly positive for hantavirus, another has mild symptomsOne American repatriated from a hantavirus-struck cruise ship has tested mildly positive for the Andes strain, with a second showing mild s...