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Hantavirus, COVID, norovirus, Legionnaires': Why are cruise ships so prone to disease outbreaks?

Cruises are sold as floating holidays, but they are also useful for understanding public health. Cruise ships are carefully designed places where many people live, eat, relax and move through the same shared spaces for days at a time.

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What to know about the hantavirus after deaths amid cruise ship outbreak

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Are cruise ships really breeding grounds for illness?

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US Monitors For Hantavirus As WHO Expects More Cases But 'Not Another COVID'

Sixteen passengers from the cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak are being monitored at the national quarantine center in Nebraska.

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Hantavirus updates: 18 cruise passengers back in US; states monitor for cases

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CDC encourages cruise ship passengers to remain at Omaha facility

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French Hantavirus Patient Is Critically Ill as Outbreak Reaches 11 Cases

Health officials around the world are monitoring disembarked travelers from the ship and any of their close contacts for symptoms of the virus.

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The everyday places Americans could be exposed to hantavirus — without knowing it

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French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11

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Hantavirus outbreak isn't another Covid pandemic – but experts say it's testing U.S. readiness

For some experts, the outbreak is raising broader concerns about how equipped the U.S. is to respond to future infectious disease threats.

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Why experts say hantavirus isn’t ‘COVID-19: The Sequel.’ Four facts to calm your nerves

That’s especially reassuring considering the seven U.S. passengers who got off the boat and flew home before the outbreak was flagged showed no symptoms during their travels, according to Dr. Jay Battacharya, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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From norovirus to COVID, we keep ignoring the lessons of cruise ship outbreaks

Six years ago, the Grand Princess cruise ship was rerouted to the Bay Area after passengers and crew developed flu-like symptoms on a voyage from Hawaii. The California National Guard airlifted in COVID-19 test kits by helicopter to what some called "the ...