"Quarantine ended on Sunday for American passengers of a cruise ship that was hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak. The passengers had been held for weeks at a federal facility in Nebraska."
nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/hant…
#PublicHealth #hantavirus #outbreak #cruise #quarantine #HHS
Euronews: Fact check: Viral hantavirus map does not show confirmed cases
"...A map circulating online has been used to falsely suggest that the hantavirus is spreading rapidly in Europe, but its creator says it was intended to track news coverage...."
euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05…
#hantavirus #publichealth #publichealth #disinformation
A map circulating online has been used to falsely suggest that the hantavirus is spreading rapidly in Europe, but its creator says it was intended to track news coverage. #TheCubeJames Thomas (euronews)
'Some people even die.' That's terrible phrasing for a disease with a 40% mortality rate.
"It’s rare disease that can feel like the flu, causing fatigue, fever, chills and aches. Over time, the virus can damage the heart, lungs or kidneys and patients can suffer severe shortness of breath, organ failure, and even die."
CNN: Spanish citizen evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests positive
lite.cnn.com/2026/05/25/europe…
#hantavirus #publichealth #cruise #hantaviruscruise
A Spanish national who was evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius and is isolating at a hospital in Madrid has tested positive of hantavirus, Spain’s Ministry of Health said Monday.Pau Mosquera (CNN)
Ever-growing influence of social media and AI means such ideas spreading at faster rates than before, experts sayEdward Helmore (the Guardian)
Plus, John Travolta’s beret, Rachel Reeves reclaims basic civility and Judy Garland comes to east LondonEmma Brockes (the Guardian)
@DebErupts
Oh Hell yes..and #Flu and if someone gets #HantaVirus #Vaccine to market I want that too. I grew up in the shadow of #polio.
There are so many diseases that we in the #US almost don't even think about... because ...vaccines.. and yeah #science #Research #academy #Epidemiology #history #pathology
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NPR: American passenger feels 'betrayed' by federal order to stay in hantavirus quarantine
Strict restrictions on Americans with exposure to Ebola and hantavirus highlight officials’ previous rhetoric on public health measuresMelody Schreiber (the Guardian)
University of Nebraska briefing on infection diseases from May 18th
It seems- no certainty just "it seems", that the #Hantavirus scare is winding down
Now back to our regular-
" #Uganda Bans Handshakes As #Ebola Response Measures Tighten"
😩 😩 😩
A note: it's different than hantavirus in that many more have died already (131 dead is the number I have seen in the latest news). But they aren't on a rich person's cruise ship, so it doesn't get enough attention
allafrica.com/stories/20260519…
#Africa #outbreak #PublicHealth
The Ministry of Health has announced a temporary ban on handshakes and other forms of physical greeting following the confirmation of two Ebola cases from the Democratic Republic of the Congo that crossed into Uganda.allAfrica.com
Pandemic report warns of growing global threat as health teams in Africa move to contain Ebola outbreakKat Lay (the Guardian)
Experts say slashed funding and growing misinformation are some of the greatest challenges facing public healthMelody Schreiber (the Guardian)
BBC: Canadian from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests positive
"...The individual, one of four people isolating on Vancouver Island after leaving the ship, had developed mild symptoms...."
bbc.com/news/articles/c2k2p057…
#hantavirus #publichealth #canada
The individual is one of four former passengers on the MV Hondius isolating on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.BBC News
The Denver Post: Colorado hantavirus death not linked to cruise ship outbreak, state says
Douglas County case likely caused by rodent exposure, public health officials said
(CW: tracking cookies everywhere you go)
denverpost.com/2026/05/16/hant…
#hantavirus #publichealth #Colorado
A Douglas County resident who died after contracting hantavirus was not connected to the outbreak on Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, Colorado public health officials said this week.Katie Langford (The Denver Post)
The person was on board the MV Hondius, the center of the outbreak that has claimed three livesAnna Betts (the Guardian)
LA Times: Another Californian was exposed to hantavirus in deadly cruise ship outbreak, officials announce
"...Health officials have identified another California resident who was exposed to the deadly hantavirus strain that spread on a Dutch cruise ship and killed three people. ... The newly identified passenger disembarked the MV Hondius cruise ship before the outbreak was known, returned briefly to California and then once again traveled abroad. The individual is currently in the Pitcairn Islands. Located in the South Pacific roughly halfway between New Zealand and Peru, the islands are one of the most remote and sparsely populated places on Earth."
(asymptomatic and being monitorered)
latimes.com/california/story/2…
#hantavirus #hantaviruscruise #publichealth
Health officials have identified a fifth California resident who was exposed to the hantavirus strain that spread on a Dutch cruise ship and killed three people.Clara Harter (Los Angeles Times)
Member of army squad sent with medics to assist suspected hantavirus patient recounts descent to remote islandDan Sabbagh (the Guardian)
AP: Critically ill French hantavirus patient is on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11
PARIS (AP) — A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger said Tuesday. The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases, 9 of which have been confirmed.
pbs.org/newshour/health/critic…
#hantavirus #cruise #tourism #hantaviruscruise
The French passenger hospitalized in Paris has a severe form of the disease that has caused life-threatening lung and heart problems, said Dr. Xavier Lescure, an infectious disease specialist at Bichat Hospital.PBS News
Passengers will now continue their 45 days of isolation at home, with health officials confirming they remain asymptomaticGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
WHO: Management of contacts of Andes virus (ANDV) cases from the MV Hondius cruise ship
What you need to know about hantavirus is that it has an incubation period of six to eight weeks & so the interactions on board MV Hondius before the first case was actually confirmed mean that likely all passengers were exposed....
Whether the World Health Organisation is right that this is under control & there is little chance of an accelerated wave of infections.
Lets hope the World Health Organisation's optimism that its under control.
theguardian.com/world/2026/may…
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus thanks Spain for ‘compassion and solidarity’ in evacuating virus-hit cruise shipSam Jones (the Guardian)
Yesterday's live Hantavirus screening press conference at UNMC.
youtube.com/watch?v=Jk71-mXotY…
#hantavirus #publichealth #cruise #hantaviruscruise
Watch live as Nebraska medical officials hold a briefing about the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius and the U.S. passengers who were evacuat...Associated Press (YouTube)
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus thanks Spain for ‘compassion and solidarity’ in evacuating virus-hit cruise shipSam Jones (the Guardian)
This is an update on the Andes hantavirus outbreak.Jeremy Faust, MD (Inside Medicine)
Health minister Mark Butler says six people from MC Hondius plus flight crew from charter plane to be isolated for weeksStephanie Convery (the Guardian)
The Guardian: French woman was told by doctors hantavirus symptoms were just anxiety
Exclusive: Spanish health minister says MV Hondius passenger, now in a ‘critical state’, had been suffering flu-like symptoms
BBC: US and French nationals test positive for hantavirus after leaving ship
"...The US health department said a second American national on the repatriation flight had also shown mild symptoms, adding that both passengers had travelled back in "biocontainment units out of an abundance of caution"...."
bbc.com/news/articles/cjep78l5…
#hantavirus #hantaviruscruise #cruiseship
The American national has arrived in Nebraska, while a French woman is isolating in Paris.Jaroslav Lukiv (BBC News)
French woman taken to Paris in serious condition while American flown to Nebraska is asymptomatic, say officialsAngelique Chrisafis (the Guardian)
Twenty people from MV Hondius cruise spend first day living in self-contained flats in MerseysideKevin Rawlinson (the Guardian)
Foreign ministers meet to discuss latest on Ukraine, the Middle East and the western BalkansJakub Krupa (the Guardian)
The MV Hondius, the cruise ship hit by an outbreak of a virus that has left three dead, reached the Canary Islands on SundayRobyn Vinter (the Guardian)
In today’s newsletter: The outbreak aboard a luxury cruise ship offers a stark reminder of how easily a deadly pathogen can hitch a ride across borders, and how fragile global preparedness remainsMichael Segalov (the Guardian)
BBC: French national shows symptoms on return from hantavirus-hit ship
bbc.com/news/articles/c3r2p70j…
Five passengers of the MV Hondius will be quarantined in Paris "until further notice", France's prime minister says.Aleks Phillips (BBC News)
Soldiers dropped oxygen supplies and medical aid to Britain’s most remote overseas territoryGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
The 17 passengers are set to be transferred to a special quarantine center in Nebraska to ‘assess them for risk’Maya Yang (the Guardian)
BBC: Countries airlifts nationals evacuated from from virus-hit cruise ship
bbc.com/news/articles/cn7pzmg8…
#hantavirus #cruise #cruiseship #threehourtour
Spanish passengers are the first to leave the MV Hondius, after an outbreak saw three people die and several infected.Sarah Rainsford (BBC News)
Spanish health officials says all 146 passengers remain asymptomatic as vessel arrives in Tenerife watersYohannes Lowe (the Guardian)
MV Hondius anchors offshore carrying 146 people as authorities scramble to get planes to take them homeRobyn Vinter (the Guardian)
Oooh, they're sending the US passengers of the hantavirus cruise to Nebraska! (they will be the folks handling any Ebola quarantine, as well, very well set up for this)
abcnews.com/Health/nebraskas-n…
#hantavirus #cruise #publichealth
When the U.S. passengers aboard the boat that experienced a hatavirus outbreak return to America they will be sent to one of the most state of the art quarantine centers.Ivan Pereira (ABC News)
