‘Patient Zero’ identified in hantavirus cruise ship outbreak

The individual linked to the first known case has been named locally while investigators trace the global spread of the disease.

World health chief addresses worried Tenerife residents as hantavirus cruise ship prepares to anchor

The head of the World Health Organization has addressed local anger in Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, where passengers from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship will be allowed to disembark

Trump administration's hantavirus response assailed by Sen. Chuck Schumer

Schumer demanded the rehiring of fired CDC cruise ship inspectors and port health station staff to "track Americans exposed to hantavirus."

With fears of hantavirus outbreak, here's the real pandemic risk

The World Health Organization identified this outbreak early on. But experts worry spillover of pathogens from animals to humans will only increase.

NIH Director Says Hantavirus ‘Is Not COVID’ As U.S. Passengers Prepare For Return (Latest Updates)

There are nine U.S. residents being monitored for the illness across six states, though none have shown any signs of illness.

Arizona man who survived hantavirus 24 years ago, but lost mom and sister, says recent outbreak is "hard" to process

In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.

Why hantavirus isn’t the next pandemic, according to health officials

The sights of PPE-clad passengers leaving the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship Sunday may prompt flashbacks to the COVID pandemic. Health officials say that isn't exactly the case.