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

If your social media feed looks anything like mine, hantavirus has completely overtaken it. Given that we’ve only recently moved on from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s normal to see ...

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 ...

Hantavirus and COVID are comparable in a broad sense, but they differ in how they spread and where they originate, leading to ...

The outbreak of Andes hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius, the Dutch-flagged cruise ship that left Ushuaia on April 1 and docked ...

Almost as soon as the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius became international news, public health experts ...

It’s been assumed that the virus is contagious only if someone is in close contact with someone who’s having symptoms.

Since the first sign of an outbreak, the reminders have come from government officials, health agencies and plenty of experts ...

Infectious disease experts have sought to reassure people that the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak poses very low risks to ...

Passengers who were potentially exposed to hantavirus on a cruise are back home and being monitored for symptoms, as scientists maintain that risk to the public is low.

While hantavirus respiratory infections may still be rare in the U.S., they can be incredibly deadly. The virus, which has ...