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MedPage Today
90-Second Read: CDC Alerts Clinicians About Potential for Imported Hantavirus Cases
May 9, 10:19 AM EDT
About 30 passengers disembarked the ship on April 24, returning to their home countries, including several Americans. From 1993 through 2023, there have been a total of 890 lab-confirmed cases of Hantavirus in the U.S., with a case fatality rate of 35%. As of May 8, WHO reported six confirmed cases, two suspected cases, and three deaths. Several state health departments confirmed to MedPage Today that they have individuals under monitoring. In severe cases, extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can significantly improve survival if started early.
AP News
90-Second Read: WHO head seeks to reassure Tenerife residents ahead of arrival of Hantavirus cruise ship
May 9, 9:56 AM EDT
The head of the World Health Organization is seeking to reassure residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife worried about the anticipated arrival there of a Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship. Spanish authorities were on Saturday preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials have said they will perform careful evacuations. Passengers on the the Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, watch epidemiologists board the boat in Praia, during their voyage to Spain's port of Tenerife, May 6, 2026. Argentina's tourism-dependent province — Tierra del Fuego, home to the southernmost city of Ushuaia — on Friday rejected the idea that the deadly Hantavirus outbreak aboard an Atlantic cruise ship may have emerged from its territory. Caivano) An.
AP News
90-Second Read: Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?’ as a Hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship
May 9, 9:06 AM EDT
Despite a cruise ship outbreak of a rare rodent-borne illness, global health officials say the risk to the general public remains low because Hantavirus germs do not easily spread between people. To experts, the situation aboard a cruise ship has not spiraled because, unlike COVID-19 or measles or the flu, Hantavirus does not spread easily. The Hantavirus outbreak is "a sentinel event" that speaks to "how well the country is prepared for a disease threat. A Spanish Civil Guard officer inspects the area where passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship are expected to arrive at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Saturday, May 9, 2026. It has been health experts in other countries, not the United States, who have been dealing primarily with the outbreak in.
CBS News
90-Second Read: Arizona man who survived Hantavirus 24 years ago, but lost mom and sister, says recent outbreak is "hard" to process
May 8, 9:48 PM EDT
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted Hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. Updated on: May 8, 2026 / 9:55 PM EDT / CBS News Twenty-four years ago, Arizona photojournalist Gilbert Zermeño, who contracted Hantavirus after losing both his mother and sister to the illness, says news of the recent outbreak has been hard to process. Health officials around the world are monitoring the deadly Hantavirus outbreak linked to a Dutch-flagged cruise ship that has caused nine confirmed or suspected cases, including three deaths. I imagine I got the same feeling that every person who's ever contracted Hantavirus and still deals with the effects afterwards of it," Zermeño told CBS News' "The Daily Report." "It takes you back, and it's no less.
LiveNOW from FOX
90-Second Read: Hantavirus latest: CDC gives update on outbreak linked to cruise ship
May 8, 8:59 PM EDT
CDC officials are responding to a deadly Hantavirus outbreak tied to an Antarctic cruise ship that has left three people dead. As of Wednesday, eight cases were involved, with five confirmed as Hantavirus by laboratory testing. The cruise at the center of the outbreak was the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius luxury cruise ship. This aerial picture shows a general view of the cruise ship MV Hondius stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 3, 2026. On Wednesday, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said three suspected Hantavirus case patients were evacuated from the ship and on their way to receive medical care in the Netherlands.