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New suspected hantavirus cases emerge

Officials reported two suspected hantavirus cases on Friday—one in Spain and another on the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha.

08 May 2026-23:50
Argentina slams WHO for politicizing hantavirus outbreak

The government of Argentine President Javier Milei has accused the World Health Organization of politicizing the ongoing hantavirus outbreak to try to reverse Argentina’s decision to withdraw from the organization.

08 May 2026-22:55
US to evacuate Americans from cruise amid hantavirus outbreak

The U.S. government is dispatching a repatriation plane to safely evacuate 17 Americans from a cruise ship experiencing a deadly hantavirus outbreak.

08 May 2026-22:16
Moderna stock jumps after hantavirus vaccine update

Moderna shares rose 14.38% in Thursday morning trading following positive Phase 1 results for its mRNA hantavirus vaccine, which was well-tolerated and produced strong immune responses at all dose levels—an important milestone since no FDA-approved hantavirus vaccine currently exists.

08 May 2026-21:14
Hantavirus outbreak prompts 29 to leave cruise

Public health authorities conducted global contact tracing on Thursday after cruise operator Oceanwide Expeditions reported that 29 passengers disembarked following the onset of a hantavirus outbreak.

07 May 2026-20:51
Argentina looks into cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

Argentine health authorities are investigating whether their country is the origin of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has killed several people aboard an Atlantic cruise ship.

07 May 2026-02:41
Cruise ship with hantavirus cases to dock in Spain following evacuations

A luxury cruise ship, stranded off the coast of Cape Verde since Sunday due to a deadly hantavirus outbreak, was scheduled to sail to Spain on Wednesday after three passengers—two critically ill—were evacuated.

06 May 2026-18:58

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