#Outbreaks

Past outbreaks spawned clever strategies for testing antivirals and antibodies, but researchers will still face major challenges on the ground

Dutch hospital Radboud University Medical Center quarantined 12 employees for six weeks after a protocol breach involving a patient infected with hantavirus, officials say.

An American who was on MV Hondius connected to a hantavirus outbreak tested positive for Andes virus, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The cruise ship tied to a Hantavirus outbreak that killed three people arrived Sunday off the Spanish island of Tenerife, where passengers will be tested before being flown to their home countries.

U.S. government is evacuating American passengers from a cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak, with plans to quarantine them at a Nebraska military base.

Caribbean Princess cruise saw a norovirus outbreak affecting 102 of 3,116 passengers and 13 crew members, according to a CDC report released Thursday.

Hantavirus concerns grow after three deaths linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak. An infectious diseases expert says pandemic risk is "near zero."

From Gizmodo RSS Feed: Flight Attendant Hospitalized After Sharing Plane With Hantavirus Cruise Passenger

A Swiss man tested positive for the Andes strain of hantavirus after returning from a cruise aboard the MV Hondius, which has killed three passengers and sickened others.

A deadly hantavirus outbreak on an Atlantic cruise ship has left at least three dead as WHO investigates. Experts say close quarters may have amplified the risk.

At least some cases aboard the MV Hondius are now suspected to have been caused by human-to-human transmission, WHO officials say.

A passenger aboard the m/v Hondius cruise ship describes fear and uncertainty as three deaths and a suspected hantavirus outbreak are investigated off Cape Verde.

A suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the m/v Hondius cruise ship has left three dead and others ill, according to WHO. Medical evacuations are being coordinated.

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Cases of illnesses like haemorrhagic fever were once sporadic but have been increasing in frequency