Associated Press May 05, 2026 • 00:36

What to know about hantavirus, the illness suspected in a cruise ship outbreak - AP News

By Susan Montoya Bryan

What to know about hantavirus, the illness suspected in a cruise ship outbreak - AP News

Three people have died and others have been sickened after what some health authorities suspect may be a rare hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Hantaviruses exist throughout the world and are spread mainly by contact with rodents. It…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) A rodent-borne illness is suspected of causing an outbreak aboard a cruise ship that has killed three people and sickened others.
The germ, called hantavirus, has been confirm… [+6057 chars]

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