Infectious Disease - Page 8

May 7

Hantavirus in the US: Where the rare, sometimes deadly disease has been found

An infectious disease expert says the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak will likely fade in weeks, noting transmission of this illness is far less efficient than COVID.

May 7

WHO doesn't expect large Hantavirus outbreak

Dr. Frank Contacessa, a custom care medical internist, weighs in after the World Health Organization provided an update on the deadly Hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship.

May 7

Rabid beaver attacks boy fishing at New Jersey lake, prompting health officials to warn residents

An 8-year-old boy was attacked by a rabid beaver while fishing at Lake Henry in Mahwah, New Jersey. The frightening encounter was captured on video.

May 7

Where are they now? Officials race to find 40 passengers who disembarked cruise ship stricken with hantavirus

Nearly 40 passengers disembarked from a cruise ship exposed to a deadly hantavirus outbreak and are believed to have dispersed across multiple countries untraced.

May 6

What to know about hantavirus and orphines

Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel joins 'America's Newsroom' to unpack the symptoms and characteristics of hantavirus amid news of an outbreak on a cruise ship and explain the opioid orphines.

May 6

3 dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard cruise ship

Former CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield discusses the suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius after it departed Argentina on ‘The Story.’

May 6

California businessman found guilty of selling faulty COVID tests, defrauding customers

California man linked to controversial underground biolab convicted in $4 million COVID-19 test fraud scheme involving fake FDA-approved test kits.

May 6

Argentina investigators zero in on possible origin point of hantavirus in deadly cruise outbreak

Argentina officials say a Dutch couple may have contracted hantavirus at a landfill in Ushuaia before boarding a cruise ship that saw three deaths.

May 6

Doctor warns 'terrifying' cruise virus can be mistaken for flu before turning deadly

Doctor sounds alarm over deadly hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship, saying flu-like symptoms and a 38% mortality rate make it highly dangerous.

May 6

Swiss man tests positive for hantavirus after returning from cruise linked to deadly outbreak

A Swiss man who traveled on the MV Hondius cruise ship has tested positive for the Andes hantavirus strain and been isolated, officials confirmed.