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Los Angeles Times
90-Second Read: 'The CDC is not even a player.' As Hantavirus outbreak unfolds on ship, agency is MIA, experts say
May 9, 2:55 PM EDT
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 CDC's diminished role in this outbreak is an indicator the agency is no longer the force in international health or the protector of domestic health that it once was, some experts said. The Hantavirus outbreak is "a sentinel event" that speaks to "how well the country is prepared for a disease threat. It has been health experts in other countries, not the United States, who have been dealing primarily with the outbreak in the last week. Hantavirus was first identified as a cause of sickness of one of the cases on May 2.
WAVE News
90-Second Read: Is there a treatment or vaccine for Hantavirus? What to know about the illness
May 9, 2:26 PM EDT
A Hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has brought the rare rodent-borne illness to the forefront. TIFFIN, Iowa ( KCRG /Gray News), A Hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has brought the rare rodent-borne illness to the forefront. Currently, there is no specific treatment or vaccine for Hantavirus. But despite the outbreak, global health officials note the risk to the general public remains low because the virus's germs do not easily spread between people. According to the World Health Organization, investigations of the cruise ship outbreak remain ongoing, including determining the source of exposure.
NPR
90-Second Read: CDC says threat of widespread outbreak of Hantavirus remains low
May 9, 1:41 PM EDT
As Hantavirus has dominated headlines, sparking fears of another debilitating pandemic, the CDC stressed that the risk of sweeping contagion was small. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday said the agency had deep experience with the Andes strain of the Hantavirus, offering assurance to the American public that there was low risk for a widespread outbreak. Officials speaking to reporters on Saturday stressed that transmission of the virus from person to person was rare and the risk to the American public remains "extremely low." Hantavirus is typically contracted when humans come into contact with rodent urine, saliva or feces. Members of the press report from an expected reception point for passengers from the MV Hondius at the Granadilla Port on May 09.
LiveNOW from FOX
90-Second Read: Hantavirus latest: What’s next for cruise, passengers heading home
May 9, 12:03 PM EDT
The cruise ship at the center of a Hantavirus outbreak is set to anchor near the Canary Islands this weekend so passengers and some crew can disembark. WHO officials explained on Saturday, May 9, 2026, the evacuation process coming for passengers and some crew onboard the cruise ship with the Hantavirus outbreak. What we want to do is make sure we're focused on the passengers and crew on board." The head of the World Health Organization is seeking to reassure residents of Tenerife worried about the arrival there of a Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, with more than 140 passengers and crew on board, is sailing on its way to Spain's Canary Islands, off the coast of West Africa, and is expected to arrive at the island of.
NBC News
90-Second Read: World health chief addresses worried Tenerife residents as Hantavirus cruise ship prepares to anchor
May 9, 10:56 AM EDT
Protests continued on Saturday, with local residents shouting "Yes to tourism, no to the virus." Eight cases of Hantavirus have been linked to the outbreak on the ship, as of the latest WHO update on Saturday, and three people have died. Your families will not encounter them." The health chief said he would travel to Tenerife to "observe this operation firsthand, to stand alongside the health workers, port staff, and officials who are making it happen." Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, an infectious disease epidemiologist with the World Health Organization, told a media briefing on Saturday that a health screening is taking place aboard the ship. Residents have taken to the streets to protest the incoming arrival of the MV Hondius, after the Spanish government overruled local leaders to grant permission.
USA Today
90-Second Read: 6 Hantavirus cases confirmed as cruise passengers await disembarking
May 9, 9:29 AM EDT
Planes will evacuate citizens from multiple countries aboard the Tenerife, Spain-bound cruise ship hit by a deadly Hantavirus outbreak, where six cases have been confirmed as the Andes strain of Hantavirus. After the boat docks, she explained, there will be a small boat that will bring the passengers in groups to the dock for medical screening. Residents of multiple countries, including the United States, are being monitored after disembarking from the Hondius. The MV Hondius is set to anchor near Tenerife at 0300-0500 GMT on Sunday, or 10 p.m. For those who are healthy, those who are doing well, they will go to individual planes that are being organized by countries.
Mother Jones
90-Second Read: Polymarket’s Hot New Bet: Hantavirus
May 9, 8:15 AM EDT
Medical professionals sail towards the cruise ship MV Hondius in response to a deadly outbreak of Hantavirus. AFP/Getty Over the past four days, bettors on the prediction platform Polymarket have wagered nearly $3 million on whether we'll see a Hantavirus pandemic this year. But Polymarket users are spending big across several Hantavirus-related propositions—including whether a vaccine will be developed this year and whether or not officials will tie the cruise ship outbreak to a "lab leak." Polymarket declined to comment on Hantavirus betting. Users have wagered nearly $3 million on the odds of a Hantavirus pandemic. A cluster of cases of a particularly deadly strain of the virus erupted on a cruise ship last month, killing three people out of eight suspected cases linked to the vessel.
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
90-Second Read: 2 Hantavirus cruise passengers are Texas residents, health department confirms
May 8, 10:45 PM EDT
Texas health officials say two Houston residents were on the cruise ship linked to a Hantavirus outbreak. Department of Health and Human Services says two passengers who may have been exposed to the virus are Texas residents. There is no medicine, there is no shot, there are no pills or injections that we have that's effective in treating this." The state health department said the Texas passengers have no reported symptoms and have agreed to monitor themselves daily with temperature checks. New details are emerging about American passengers connected to a Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. We're learning more about American passengers on the cruise ship at the center of a Hantavirus outbreak.
San Francisco Chronicle
90-Second Read: Hantavirus update: California residents aboard cruise, no known San Francisco passengers
May 8, 8:09 PM EDT
California health officials are monitoring a resident exposed to a rare Hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship. California health officials are monitoring a returned passenger exposed to an Andes Hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius, but say the risk to the public is extremely low. San Francisco health officials said Friday there are no known city residents aboard a cruise ship at the center of a rare Hantavirus outbreak, while California officials monitor one returned resident for possible exposure. Crew members of the Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, wait their turns for a first interview with epidemiologists, during the voyage to Spain's port of Tenerife, May 6, 2026. Federal officials notified the state that California residents had been aboard the MV Hondius, the Dutch-flagged expedition ship at the.
AP News
90-Second Read: What we don’t know about the Hantavirus outbreak as the cruise ship nears Spanish territory
May 8, 6:15 PM EDT
Countries are preparing to manage 140 people on a Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands. 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. Some scientists believe the Andes virus implicated in the cruise ship outbreak may be able to spread between people in rare cases. Hantavirus is usually spread by the inhalation of contaminated rodent droppings and isn't easily transmitted between people. But the World Health Organization says the risk to the wider public from the outbreak is low.
WSB-TV
90-Second Read: Metro Atlanta infectious disease specialist says Hantavirus quarantine is the right move
May 8, 6:14 PM EDT
Workers from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet the American passengers this weekend and take them to a special quarantine facility in Nebraska. Seventeen Americans are on the ship where an outbreak of the Hantavirus has killed three people. Doctor Andrew Pugliese has treated infectious diseases for 33 years. Health officials believe there is little risk to the general public because it is not as easily transmitted as the flu or covid. He told Channel 2's Berndt Petersen the disease is treatable if caught early.
KETV
90-Second Read: Nebraska Medicine will quarantine American citizens on cruise ship impacted by Hantavirus outbreak
May 8, 5:57 PM EDT
Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center confirmed that they have been requested to receive and monitor American citizens on the cruise ship impacted by the Hantavirus outbreak. Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center confirmed that they have been requested by federal officials to receive and monitor American citizens on the cruise ship impacted by the Hantavirus outbreak. We are proud to support this national effort." READ MORE: CDC teams will meet Americans on Hantavirus-stricken ship at Nebraska quarantine unit and in Canary Islands Nebraska Medicine said the individuals being monitored are well with no symptoms of illness at this time. The individuals will be observed in the National Quarantine Unit, the only federally funded quarantine unit in the United States, which is on the.