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The morbid reason hantavirus is unlikely to be next pandemic

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Experts consulted by Newsweek say hantavirus is unlikely to spark a pandemic because it transmits poorly between people.

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  1. Forbes

    Is Hantavirus An Emerging Threat? What You Need To Know (opens Forbes)

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    The recent outbreak of hantavirus aboard a cruise ship serves as a reminder that while hantavirus infections are rare, they can be rapidly progressing and deadly

  2. The Week

    Could human-transmitted hantavirus be the next pandemic threat? (opens The Week)

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    Health experts are alarmed that a deadly shipborne outbreak of hantavirus might be spreading from human to human.

  3. Townhall

    What's Going on With the Hantavirus? Here's What You Need to Know. (opens Townhall)

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    Hantavirus outbreak updates: WHO says it's not COVID 2.0; low global risk confirmed.

  4. Forbes

    What We Know About The World's Last Andes Hantavirus Outbreak (opens Forbes)

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    Officials say proper contract tracing and isolation efforts can stop the hantavirus outbreak from becoming a “large epidemic.”

  5. Forbes

    Why Hantavirus Will Not Be The Next Pandemic (opens Forbes)

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    An ecologist explains why the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak, while serious, will not become the next pandemic. The biology of Andes virus limits large-scale spread.

  6. New York Post

    Key reason why hantavirus won’t turn into a COVID pandemic, according to leading health expert (opens New York Post)

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    The hantavirus outbreak likely won't turn into a major pandemic, a leading researcher told The Post.

  7. Newsweek

    The morbid reason hantavirus is unlikely to be next pandemic (opens Newsweek)

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    Experts consulted by Newsweek say hantavirus is unlikely to spark a pandemic because it transmits poorly between people.

  8. Townhall

    As People Worry About the Hantavirus, Some Recall This Scary Story Out of Australia (opens Townhall)

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    Hantavirus outbreak sparks concern amid missing virus vials from Australian lab in 2024.

  9. Gizmodo

    Freaking Out About Hantavirus? Here's What You Should Know (opens Gizmodo)

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    There will be another major epidemic or pandemic in the future, but it's unlikely to stem from this outbreak.

  10. Vox

    How worried should I be about hantavirus? (opens Vox)

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    Several cases and deaths from the virus have occurred in the past two weeks and the MV Honius is heading to the Canary Islands. Is this the start of the next pandemic?