WHO declares cruise ship hantavirus outbreak over
The World Health Organization on Thursday declared an end to the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that sparked international alarm, after the last person left quarantine.
Jul 2, 2026
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Congo reports large daily jump in Ebola cases a month after outbreak was declared
Congolese authorities have reported one of the highest daily increases in Ebola cases in a month-old outbreak as the virus spreads quickly in a remote region whose shifting population challenges efforts to find those exposed.
Jun 15, 2026
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Is the Ebola quarantine in the US legal? Expert weighs in
Countries across the globe are on high alert as health workers race to contain an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Central and East Africa that has killed more than 100 people and infected almost 570, according to data from ...
Jun 11, 2026
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Uganda records two new Ebola cases: health ministry
Uganda confirmed two new Ebola cases on Friday, bringing the total to nine—including one fatality—since the outbreak was declared on May 15 in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.
May 29, 2026
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'No indication' Andes strain of hantavirus has mutated: EU agency
The European Union's health agency ECDC said Wednesday there was nothing to suggest that the Andes strain of hantavirus had mutated following a deadly outbreak of the illness on a cruise ship.
May 13, 2026
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WHO chief says 'work not over' after hantavirus evacuation
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
May 13, 2026
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The mental toll of quarantine on board a cruise ship, explained by a psychologist
The MV Hondius left Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1. Within days, one passenger had become ill. Within weeks, the voyage had become the focus of an international health response after cases of Andes virus, a type of hantavirus, ...
May 12, 2026
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18 people in US hantavirus monitoring units, one positive
Eighteen people are being monitored in US medical facilities for hantavirus, including one who tested positive for the rare disease, public health officials said Monday.
May 11, 2026
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Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship arrives at Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands
A hantavirus-stricken cruise ship with more than 140 people on board has arrived at Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands, off the coast of West Africa, where the passengers and some of the crew are to disembark.
May 10, 2026
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Past hantavirus outbreak shows how Andes virus spreads
An elderly man had just started running a fever when he walked into a birthday party in the Argentine village of Epuyen in 2018.
May 7, 2026
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