May 12, 2026 Cruise passengers question their rights as hantavirus health scare sparks worry As health outbreaks gain attention, cruise passengers who are worried can review the Passenger Bill of Rights, even as experts say protections focus on mechanical failures.
May 11, 2026 Two Maryland residents monitored for hantavirus after sharing flight with infected cruise ship passenger Maryland monitors two residents for hantavirus exposure after they flew with a passenger infected with the Andes virus from the MV Hondius cruise ship.
May 11, 2026 Cruise passengers shaken by third death at popular port less than a year after opening A cruise passenger died after losing control of her mobility scooter at Celebration Key, marking the third death at the Bahamas resort. Carnival Cruise Line confirmed the incident.
May 11, 2026 Passengers from hantavirus-linked ship may leave Nebraska under certain conditions, officials say Cruise ship passengers under hantavirus monitoring in Nebraska may leave before the 42-day period ends, a public health official noted during a press conference.
May 11, 2026 Trump says US 'in very good shape' on hantavirus President Donald Trump on Monday said the U.S. is "in very good shape" as Americans exposed to the hantavirus aboard a cruise ship returned to the country to isolate.
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 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 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.