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90-Second Read: US health officials: Hantavirus risk to Americans 'very low'

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Published May 13, 2026

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This is a simplified summary of outside reporting. Hantavirus Now did not independently report the original story. Read the original source for full details.This is a simplified summary of outside reporting. Hantavirus Now did not independently report the original story. Read the original source for full details.

Authorities say 18 Americans from the MV Hondius cruise ship have returned to the US, with one testing positive for Hantavirus. US health officials held a press conference after 18 Americans were flown to Nebraska and Georgia from the MV Hondius cruise ship, where one American tested positive for Hantavirus. Correspondent Tom Bateman was in the dining room at the White House Correspondents' Dinner with President Trump and other officials when gunshots were heard. Currently, more than 90 passengers of the MV Hondius ship, docked in Spain's Canary Islands, are being repatriated to their home countries.

A severe storm outbreak has been battering parts of the Midwest and Southern United States for nearly a week. The King and the US president exchanged several jokes during their speeches at a state banquet. During the White House state dinner, the King gifted the US president a bell from his WW2 submarine namesake, 'HMS Trump'. Thousands of demonstrators marched across the country to demand "dignity, justice and freedom" for immigrants and workers.

Authorities stressed that the risk to the public is "very, very low". Researchers at the University of Waterloo found remains of Rich Preston's great great great uncle John Bridgens. BBC's Nadine Yousif and Eloise Alanna spent five days travelling with the country's military rangers through frostbite and sub-zero temperatures. After visiting the 9/11 Memorial, Queen Camilla read to children at the New York Public Library and King Charles visited a community organisation in Harlem.

The video was released after claims that a secret service member sustained injuries in an act of 'friendly fire'. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, from Torrance, California, is said to have worked for a tutoring company for college age students. Before the fragile ceasefire in the region, this was one of the most heavily targeted US and UK military bases in the Middle East.

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Source published May 11, 12:08 PM EDT. Hantavirus Now reviewed reporting from BBC and summarized the key points below.

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