Trending Now - US Health Officials Track Hantavirus Cases Amid Growing Concerns
WHO:
CBS News - The Minnesota Department of Health stated that the person they are monitoring was overseas when potentially exposed to hantavirus.
CIDRAP - A Spanish passenger on the MV Hondius who was in quarantine at a military hospital in Madrid is now confirmed to have hantavirus.
CIDRAP - Twelve Dutch hospital staff are in quarantine after incorrectly handling the bodily fluids of a hantavirus patient.
CBS News - The Minnesota Department of Health stated that the person they are monitoring does not have any symptoms.
CIDRAP - World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed a Spanish passenger on the MV Hondius has hantavirus.
NBC News - Health officials in Georgia are observing two residents, while Arizona and Virginia are monitoring one individual each for potential hantavirus exposure.
BBC News - A woman who was on the MV Hondius and had contact with hantavirus is isolating on Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory, and shows "no signs of illness."
CBS News - The Minnesota Department of Health stated that the individual they are monitoring was overseas when potentially exposed to hantavirus.
CIDRAP - A Spanish passenger on the MV Hondius who was in quarantine at a military hospital in Madrid is now confirmed to have hantavirus.
NY Post - Retired oncologist Stephen Kornfeld, who treated hantavirus patients on the MV Hondius, has tested positive for the virus and is isolating in a biocontainment unit in Omaha, Nebraska.
TMZ - A French woman who contracted hantavirus on the cruise is currently in critical condition and is breathing through an artificial lung.
NBC News - Sixteen states are reporting potential hantavirus exposures, including Minnesota, Kansas, and Washington state.
CIDRAP - World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated, “There is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak. But of course the situation could change, and given the long incubation period of the virus, it’s possible we might see more cases in the coming weeks.”
CIDRAP - A French woman who was on the MV Hondius cruise ship and fell ill while flying to Paris is in stable condition in an intensive care unit.
CIDRAP - Twelve Dutch hospital staff are in quarantine after incorrectly handling the bodily fluids of a hantavirus patient.
CBS News - The Minnesota Department of Health is monitoring a person potentially exposed to hantavirus.
CIDRAP - World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed a Spanish passenger on the MV Hondius has hantavirus.
the-sun.com - President Trump stated that hantavirus is “much harder to catch” than COVID-19.
WHAT:
CIDRAP - The outbreak total has reached 11 cases, with nine confirmed cases and three deaths reported.
the-sun.com - Eighteen Americans, including one British dual citizen, were evacuated from the cruise and landed in Omaha, Nebraska just before 2:30am on Monday after being evacuated from the cruise in Tenerife, Spain.
the-sun.com - One American tested positive for hantavirus, and another showed mild symptoms but later tested negative after being flown to the US.
CIDRAP - The outbreak total has reached 11 cases, with nine confirmed cases and three deaths reported.
CBS News - The Minnesota Department of Health emphasized that the risk to the public remains very low.
CIDRAP - The outbreak total has reached 11 cases, with nine confirmed cases and three deaths reported, as confirmed by the World Health Organization.
the-sun.com - Eighteen Americans, including one British dual citizen, were evacuated from the cruise and landed in Omaha, Nebraska just before 2:30am on Monday after being evacuated from the cruise in Tenerife, Spain.
CIDRAP - The outbreak total has reached 11 cases, with nine confirmed cases and three deaths reported.
the-sun.com - Eighteen Americans, including one British dual citizen, were evacuated from the cruise and landed in Omaha, Nebraska just before 2:30am on Monday after being evacuated from the cruise in Tenerife, Spain.
CIDRAP - The outbreak total has reached 11 cases, with nine confirmed cases and three deaths reported, as confirmed by the World Health Organization.
CBS News - The Minnesota Department of Health stated that the individual they are monitoring was overseas when potentially exposed to hantavirus.
CIDRAP - The outbreak total has reached 11 cases, with nine confirmed cases and three deaths reported.
CBS News - The Minnesota Department of Health stated that the person they are monitoring does not have any symptoms.
CBS News - The outbreak has now reached at least eight other confirmed or suspected cases tied to the MV Hondius cruise ship.
the-sun.com - The death toll from the outbreak remains at three, with no new fatalities reported.
CIDRAP - The outbreak total has reached 11 cases, with nine confirmed cases and three deaths reported.
the-sun.com - One American tested positive for hantavirus, and another showed mild symptoms but later tested negative after being flown to the US.
CBS News - The Minnesota Department of Health is monitoring an individual who does not have symptoms.
CIDRAP - The hantavirus outbreak has grown to 11 cases, with 9 confirmed and 3 deaths reported.
the-sun.com - One American tested positive for hantavirus after returning from the MV Hondius cruise ship.
the-sun.com - Eighteen Americans, including one British dual citizen, were evacuated from the cruise and landed in Omaha, Nebraska.
WHERE:
NBC News - Sixteen states are reporting potential hantavirus exposures, including Minnesota, Kansas, and Washington state.
the-sun.com - The remaining 16 Americans are housed at a state-of-the-art quarantine center in Nebraska.
NBC News - Sixteen states are reporting potential hantavirus exposures, including Minnesota, Kansas, and Washington state.
NBC News - Sixteen states are reporting potential hantavirus exposures, including Minnesota, Kansas, and Washington state.
the-sun.com - Health officials in Georgia are observing two residents, while Arizona and Virginia are monitoring one individual each for potential hantavirus exposure.
BBC News - A woman who was on the MV Hondius and had contact with hantavirus is isolating on Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory.
NBC News - Most of the cases involve people who left the cruise ship at the center of the outbreak before it was identified or others who traveled with exposed passengers.
the-sun.com - Health officials in Georgia are observing two residents, while Arizona and Virginia are monitoring one individual each for potential hantavirus exposure.
the-sun.com - The remaining 16 Americans are housed at a state-of-the-art quarantine center in Nebraska.
the-sun.com - Two people in Texas, who left the ship before the outbreak was found, are monitoring themselves and checking in with officials.
CBS News - The monitoring is taking place in Minnesota.
CIDRAP - The Spanish passenger is in quarantine at a military hospital in Madrid.
the-sun.com - The Americans were evacuated to Omaha, Nebraska, and are housed at a quarantine center.
WHEN:
the-sun.com - The 16 Americans at Nebraska’s National Quarantine Unit will need to quarantine for 42 days and are set to undergo a few days worth of testing.
the-sun.com - The 16 Americans at Nebraska’s National Quarantine Unit will need to quarantine for 42 days and are set to undergo a few days worth of testing.
the-sun.com - The 16 Americans at Nebraska’s National Quarantine Unit will need to quarantine for 42 days and are set to undergo a few days worth of testing.
the-sun.com - The 16 Americans at Nebraska’s National Quarantine Unit will need to quarantine for 42 days and are set to undergo a few days worth of testing.
the-sun.com - The 16 Americans at Nebraska’s National Quarantine Unit will need to quarantine for 42 days and are set to undergo a few days worth of testing.
the-sun.com - The 16 Americans at Nebraska’s National Quarantine Unit are set to undergo a few days worth of testing.
the-sun.com - The Americans landed in Omaha just before 2:30am on Monday after being evacuated from the cruise in Tenerife, Spain.
the-sun.com - The 16 Americans at Nebraska’s National Quarantine Unit will need to quarantine for 42 days.
WHY:
the-sun.com - Dr. Jill Roberts stated that school closures due to hantavirus are "highly unlikely" because there has been a lack of person-to-person spread of the Andes Virus in the US.
the-sun.com - Dr. Jill Roberts stated that school closures due to hantavirus are "highly unlikely" because there has been a lack of person-to-person spread of the Andes Virus in the US.
the-sun.com - Dr. Jill Roberts stated that school closures due to hantavirus are "highly unlikely" because there has been a lack of person-to-person spread of the Andes Virus in the US.
the-sun.com - Dr. Jill Roberts stated that school closures due to hantavirus are "highly unlikely" because there has been a lack of person-to-person spread of the Andes Virus in the US.
the-sun.com - Dr. Jill Roberts stated that school closures due to hantavirus are "highly unlikely" because there has been a lack of person-to-person spread of the Andes Virus in the US.
the-sun.com - Dr. Jennifer Dunphy stated that school closures are unlikely due to the low transmission rate of hantavirus.
the-sun.com - Dr. Jennifer Dunphy stated that school closures are unlikely due to the low transmission rate of hantavirus.
CBS News - The Minnesota Department of Health emphasized that the risk to the public remains very low.
the-sun.com - Public anxiety has increased since the outbreak began, with concerns about potential school closures.
HOW:
Wired - A University of Nebraska lab has developed a test that can detect hantavirus before symptoms become severe, ready to start testing those returning to the US after the cruise outbreak.
Wired - A University of Nebraska lab has developed a test that can detect hantavirus before symptoms become severe, ready to start testing those returning to the US after the cruise outbreak.
Wired - A University of Nebraska lab has developed a test that can detect hantavirus before symptoms become severe, ready to start testing those returning to the US after the cruise outbreak.
Wired - A University of Nebraska lab has developed a test that can detect hantavirus before symptoms become severe, ready to start testing those returning to the US after the cruise outbreak.
Wired - A University of Nebraska lab has developed a test that can detect hantavirus before symptoms become severe, ready to start testing those returning to the US after the cruise outbreak.
Wired - A University of Nebraska lab has developed a test that can detect the virus before symptoms become severe.
the-sun.com - Passengers can choose to do their 42 days of monitoring at the quarantine unit or at home if they are symptom-free and have somewhere to isolate away from people.
the-sun.com - Passengers can choose to do their 42 days of monitoring at the quarantine unit or at home if they are symptom-free and have somewhere to isolate away from people.
CBS News - The Minnesota Department of Health is in contact with the exposed person and monitoring them daily for symptoms.
CIDRAP - Health officials are tracking the virus by sending a team to locations visited by the patient identified as "patient zero."
the-sun.com - Passengers can choose to do their 42 days of monitoring at the quarantine unit or at home if they are symptom-free.
(UPDATED May 14, 2026 01:35 UTC)
The Minnesota Department of Health is currently monitoring an individual who was overseas and potentially exposed to hantavirus, while a Spanish passenger from the MV Hondius has been confirmed to have the virus after being quarantined in Madrid. In total, the outbreak has reached eleven cases, including nine confirmed cases and three deaths, prompting the quarantine of twelve Dutch hospital staff who mishandled bodily fluids from a hantavirus patient. Meanwhile, eighteen Americans, including one British dual citizen, were evacuated from the cruise in Tenerife and are now quarantined in Nebraska, where they will undergo testing for 42 days at a state-of-the-art facility.
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(UPDATED May 13, 2026 23:19 UTC)
The World Health Organization has confirmed that a Spanish passenger on the MV Hondius has tested positive for hantavirus, contributing to an outbreak that now totals eleven cases, including three deaths. The Minnesota Department of Health is monitoring a person who shows no symptoms and emphasizes that the risk to the public remains very low, despite potential exposures reported in sixteen states, including Minnesota, Kansas, and Washington. Meanwhile, sixteen Americans at Nebraska’s National Quarantine Unit will undergo a 42-day quarantine and testing, while experts suggest that school closures due to hantavirus are highly unlikely given the lack of person-to-person transmission in the U.S.
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(UPDATED May 13, 2026 19:33 UTC)
Health officials in Georgia are monitoring two residents for potential hantavirus exposure, while Arizona and Virginia are keeping an eye on one individual each. The outbreak has now reached a total of 11 cases, including nine confirmed cases and three deaths, as reported by the World Health Organization. Meanwhile, 16 Americans, who were evacuated from a cruise in Tenerife, Spain, have landed in Omaha, Nebraska, where they will undergo a 42-day quarantine and testing at the National Quarantine Unit.
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(UPDATED May 13, 2026 17:40 UTC)
Health officials are monitoring an individual in Minnesota who was potentially exposed to hantavirus while overseas, while a Spanish passenger from the MV Hondius has been confirmed to have the virus after being quarantined in a military hospital in Madrid. The outbreak has now reached a total of 11 cases, including nine confirmed cases and three deaths, prompting the evacuation of eighteen Americans, along with one British dual citizen, from the cruise in Tenerife, Spain, to Omaha, Nebraska. In response to this situation, the 16 Americans at Nebraska’s National Quarantine Unit will undergo a 42-day quarantine and testing, while a University of Nebraska lab has developed a test to detect hantavirus before symptoms become severe.
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(UPDATED May 13, 2026 15:52 UTC)
Retired oncologist Stephen Kornfeld, who treated hantavirus patients on the MV Hondius, has tested positive for the virus and is currently isolating in a biocontainment unit in Omaha, Nebraska. Meanwhile, a French woman who also contracted hantavirus during the cruise is in critical condition and relying on an artificial lung for breathing. The outbreak has now reached a total of 11 cases, with nine confirmed cases and three deaths reported, as confirmed by the World Health Organization.
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(UPDATED May 13, 2026 13:40 UTC)
Sixteen states, including Minnesota, Kansas, and Washington, are reporting potential hantavirus exposures, with the outbreak totaling eleven cases, nine of which are confirmed and three resulting in deaths. Most of the cases involve individuals who left a cruise ship linked to the outbreak or traveled with exposed passengers, while the Minnesota Department of Health is monitoring one person who currently shows no symptoms. In response to the situation, sixteen Americans at Nebraska’s National Quarantine Unit will undergo a 42-day quarantine and testing, although experts like Dr. Jennifer Dunphy suggest that school closures are unlikely due to the low transmission rate of the virus.
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(UPDATED May 13, 2026 11:43 UTC)
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has indicated that there are currently no signs of a larger outbreak, although he cautioned that the situation could change in the coming weeks due to the virus's long incubation period. The outbreak has now been linked to at least eight confirmed or suspected cases associated with the MV Hondius cruise ship, while the death toll remains at three with no new fatalities reported. Health officials in Georgia are monitoring two residents for potential hantavirus exposure, and passengers can choose to complete their 42 days of monitoring either at a quarantine unit or at home if they are symptom-free and have a suitable isolation space.
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(UPDATED May 13, 2026 07:50 UTC)
A French woman who fell ill while flying back from the MV Hondius cruise ship is now in stable condition in an intensive care unit, while the outbreak has reached a total of 11 cases, including nine confirmed cases and three deaths. Twelve Dutch hospital staff members are currently in quarantine after mishandling the bodily fluids of a hantavirus patient, and one American tested positive for the virus, although another showed mild symptoms but later tested negative. The remaining 16 Americans are housed at a quarantine center in Nebraska and are set to undergo several days of testing, with options for monitoring either at the center or at home if they remain symptom-free.
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(UPDATED May 13, 2026 06:09 UTC)
The Minnesota Department of Health is currently monitoring an individual who may have been exposed to hantavirus, although they are not showing any symptoms. Meanwhile, a Spanish passenger on the MV Hondius has tested positive for the virus, contributing to an outbreak that has now reached 11 cases, including three fatalities. President Trump has commented on the situation, stating that hantavirus is “much harder to catch” than COVID-19, as health officials continue to reassure the public that the risk remains very low.