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France monitors hantavirus contacts as severe MV Hondius case intensifies concern
A rare cruise outbreak is testing global health systems. France’s severe Andes virus case turns MV Hondius into a high-stakes tracing test.
Hantavirus outbreak crosses Atlantic: 16 Americans isolated in Nebraska, couple in Atlanta biocontainment unit
A polar cruise outbreak in the Atlantic just stress-tested two of America's top biocontainment units. The federal special pathogens system is now live.
MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak: France tightens isolation after passenger shows symptoms
A rare ship outbreak is now a Europe-wide coordination test. France, Spain and WHO must contain risk without triggering public alarm.
Hantavirus outbreak: Spain Alicante and Tristan da Cunha report fresh suspected cases as MV Hondius nears Tenerife docking
Spain just approved a hantavirus cruise to dock in Tenerife. Two new suspected cases on two continents now test how far the Andes strain has already travelled.
Hantavirus is back in global headlines, and the world is watching a single cruise ship to decide how worried to be
Hantavirus kills up to half its victims but barely spreads. The MV Hondius outbreak is testing whether that biology holds against modern travel.
Protests erupt in Tenerife over tourism’s impact on local housing and environment
On Saturday, thousands of residents took to the streets of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, in a…