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Virginian from hantavirus cruise ship is home, under public health monitoring

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Passengers who were aboard the cruise ship at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak are now back in the U.S., and one passenger is in Virginia. For...

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  1. Three people to be evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship as row brews over vessel’s destination

    Headline from KESQ Palm Springs ·

  2. Newest

    Virginian from hantavirus cruise ship is home, under public health monitoring

    Headline from NBC4 Washington ·

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  1. Newsweek

    Hantavirus cruise outbreak: Map shows where ship's been (opens Newsweek)

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    The virus's long incubation period is making it difficult for investigators to pinpoint where the infection occurred.

  2. CBS News

    How hantavirus may have spread aboard a cruise ship, according to health experts (opens CBS News)

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    A suspected hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship has killed three people and sickened at least four others, officials said.

  3. NBC News

    Human-to-human hantavirus transmission suspected on board stranded cruise ship, WHO says (opens NBC News)

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    The cruise ship carrying almost 150 passengers at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak was marooned in the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, waiting for two ill crew members to be evacuated for treatment.

  4. Science Alert

    What Is Hantavirus? A Guide to The Virus Linked to Cruise Ship Deaths (opens Science Alert)

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    Three people have died after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on board a cruise ship sailing between Argentina and Cape Verde.

  5. Fox News

    Rare hantavirus human-to-human transmission suspected on luxury cruise ship where 3 have died (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Hantavirus outbreak aboard cruise ship MV Hondius may involve rare human-to-human transmission, the WHO says. Three passengers have died and four others were sickened.

  6. KESQ Palm Springs

    Three people to be evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship as row brews over vessel’s destination (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    CNN By Issy Ronald, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — A political row is brewing over whether the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak can dock at the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago, once three people aboard the vessel have been evacuated in the coming hours.

  7. WTOP Washington DC

    3 patients are being evacuated to Europe from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    Three patients with suspected hantavirus infections were being evacuated from a cruise ship to the Netherlands on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said.

  8. Scientific American

    The hantavirus cruise ship outbreak is a dangerous experiment (opens Scientific American)

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    The tragic and fatal outbreak of hantavirus onboard a luxury cruise ship highlights the gaps in research and treatments for the rare and mysterious infection—including how the virus spreads among people

  9. KRDO

    Three people to be evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship in coming hours (opens KRDO)

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    KRDO's feed description

    CNN By Issy Ronald, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Three people aboard the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak will be evacuated in the coming hours,

  10. Los Angeles Times

    Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    The health emergency aboard the ship comes as Argentina sees a surge of hantavirus cases that many local public health researchers attribute to the recently accelerating effects of climate change.

  11. Deutsche Welle

  12. NBC Chicago

    3 sick passengers evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship as new case is confirmed in Switzerland (opens NBC Chicago)

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    Authorities confirmed Wednesday that the Andes strain, which can be spread among people, was identified in passengers.

  13. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    How hantavirus spreads: What to know about rare person-to-person transmission (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    The WHO said some passengers aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship may have been infected with the deadly hantavirus through person-to-person transmission

  14. KRDO

    Three people evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship as local opposition mounts over vessel’s destination (opens KRDO)

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    By Issy Ronald, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Three people with suspected hantavirus were evacuated Wednesday morning from a cruise ship hit by an

  15. WHDH Boston

    Inside the cruise ship at the center of a rare hantavirus outbreak - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    Three passengers have died and at least four people have been sick in what health officials say is an outbreak of hantavirus, which usually spreads

  16. WHDH Boston

    3 patients evacuated from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak, new case confirmed in Switzerland - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    GENEVA (AP) — The cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak and which is stuck off the coast of Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on

  17. WHDH Boston

    Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Canary Islands after 3 are evacuated - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) — Two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were evacuated Wednesday from a cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak,

  18. ABC 11 Raleigh

    3 evacuated off cruise ship with suspected hantavirus cluster, WHO says (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)

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    Three people have been evacuated off of the MV Hondius, a cruise ship with a suspected hantavirus cluster, the World Health Organization said.

  19. FOX 5 DC

    3 more patients evacuated from cruise with rare hantavirus outbreak (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    Three patients were evacuated to Europe Wednesday from the cruise ship experiencing a rare hantavirus outbreak.

  20. New York Post

    23 hantavirus cruise passengers returned home to ‘all corners,’ including to the US — and one is already sick (opens New York Post)

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    At least 23 passengers from the hantavirus-infected cruise ship MV Hondius have already left the boat and returned home, including to the US, according to a shocking new report — and one of them has already gotten sick.

  21. PhillyVoice

    What is hantavirus, the deadly illness that has stricken a cruise ship? (opens PhillyVoice)

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    A hantavirus outbreak likely has killed three people and sickened four others on a cruise ship in the South Atlantic, the World Health Organization says. The rare, deadly illness is contracted by coming into contact with the feces, urine or saliva of infected rodents.

  22. New York Post

    Health officials think they’ve tracked down source of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak (opens New York Post)

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    Two MV Hondius passengers that were killed by hantavirus likely contracted it while bird-watching in Argentina – then brought it on board the now-stranded cruise liner, according to investigators.

  23. Digital Journal

    Evacuations 'ongoing' from hantavirus-hit cruise ship (opens Digital Journal)

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    Evacuations were taking place Wednesday from a cruise ship stricken with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus, the World Health Organization said, as experts

  24. Philadelphia Inquirer

    WHO says 3 suspected hantavirus patients evacuated from cruise ship to the Netherlands (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.N. health agency is working with the operators of the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius cruise ship to monitor the crew and passengers.

  25. WSVN Miami

    Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Canary Islands after 3 are evacuated - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) — Two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were evacuated Wednesday from a cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak,

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