As of last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed five hantavirus infections, including three deaths, linked to the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, which sailed from Argentina on ...

Most hantavirus infections are linked to contact with rodents or their droppings. The Andes strain, found in South America, ...

The Covid-19 pandemic caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) stands as the fastest-spreading and most extensive global health crisis that humanity has faced in a century ...

The backstory: The Dutch-flagged cruise ship departed from southern Argentina on April 1, and followed an itinerary across the South Atlantic with multiple stops in remote islands. Three of the ...

The disease has been detected in Indonesia in the past two years, with dozens of patients infected. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WHAT was billed as a 35-day “Atlantic Odyssey” for the 114 or so passengers of the MV Hondius has turned into a voyage ...

Hantavirus is a group of viruses usually found in rodents. Typical risk situations in Norway include cleaning the cabin after the winter, or working in the woodshed. People usually contract the ...

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

An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in people exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus at home, according to trial results published today in the New England Journal of ...

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 ...

Will Hantavirus cause the next pandemic? A public health expert explains why it is unlikely to result in a global pandemic, ...