Outbreaks - Page 8

May 11, 2026

US passengers begin hantavirus quarantine

Seventeen Americans from the hantavirus-plagued MV Hondius have returned to U.S. soil, where they face a mandatory 42-day monitoring period at the National Quarantine Center in Nebraska.

May 11, 2026

American evacuated from cruise ship tests positive for hantavirus, another has symptoms, HHS confirms

One of 17 American citizens repatriated from the MV Hondius cruise ship tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus hantavirus variant.

May 10, 2026

6 states monitor potential hantavirus exposure

Johns Hopkins senior scholar Dr. Amesh Adalja discusses the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship and explains the virus’ limited human-to-human transmission. Fox News correspondent CB Cotton reports on ‘The Big Weekend Show.’

May 10, 2026

Top WHO official warns cruise passengers are ‘high-risk contacts’ as Americans return from hantavirus ship

WHO official warns all MV Hondius cruise ship passengers should be considered "high-risk" contacts after deadly hantavirus outbreak kills three people.

May 10, 2026

Cruise ship linked to deadly Hantavirus outbreak arrives off Tenerife as passenger evacuation begins

The cruise ship linked to a deadly Hantavirus outbreak arrived off Tenerife, where Spanish health authorities are testing and evacuating passengers to their home countries.

May 10, 2026

Passengers DISEMBARK cruise ship amid hantavirus OUTBREAK

The Spanish Navy and CDC teams have launched an evacuation of the MV Hondius in the Canary Islands, as 140 passengers flee a rare 'Andes' variant hantavirus outbreak that allegedly began at an Argentine trash landfill.

May 10, 2026

Cruise ship passengers wearing PPE disembark from ship at center of hantavirus outbreak

Passengers wore personal protective equipment (PPE), as they disembarked from the MV Hondius cruise ship off Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday. (Associated Press)

May 9, 2026

Americans to be evacuated from Hantavirus cruise ship as global health chief travels to quarantine island

The M/V Hondius cruise ship carrying 150 passengers, including 17 Americans, heads to Spain's Canary Islands amid a deadly Hantavirus outbreak at sea.

May 8, 2026

CDC spells out next steps after Americans exposed to hantavirus on cruise ship

The U.S. government plans to evacuate Americans from a cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak and quarantine them at a Nebraska facility.

May 8, 2026

Highly contagious norovirus spreads on cruise ship, sickening over 100 passengers and crew

Over 100 people fell ill with norovirus on a Caribbean Princess cruise, according to a CDC report, with symptoms including diarrhea and vomiting.