NYT Health
Hantavirus goes rogue on a cruise ship, Ebola gets a makeover, and scientists remind us that not all viruses are the same - especially when they're actively trying to kill us.
The Guardian Europe
A deep dive into why cruise ships are basically Petri dishes with buffets, featuring hantavirus, norovirus, and the immortal wisdom of experts who say, 'You can't have backup kitchens in a floating hotel.'
BBC World
Hantavirus cruise ship finally empties its passengers, but not before three more people test positive and the world gets another reminder that cruise ships and viruses are a match made in hell.
The Guardian Europe
A quarantine veteran assures MV Hondius passengers that hantavirus isolation comes with jigsaws, gourmet ready-meals, and a concierge service - just pretend you're on holiday.
BBC World
Argentina's 'End of the World' city Ushuaia insists it didn't start the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, pointing to zero local cases since 1996 and a lack of disease-carrying mice, while officials investigate a landfill theory.
BBC Health
A cruise ship passenger develops hantavirus symptoms mid-flight, because apparently the outbreak needed a dramatic airborne encore.
BBC World
British Army paratroopers and medics parachuted onto the world's most remote inhabited island to deliver oxygen and medical help to a man with suspected hantavirus because the alternative was watching him suffocate.
The Guardian Europe
The CDC finally shows up to the hantavirus party, but experts note it's wearing yesterday's clothes and forgot the snacks.
The Guardian Europe
A dream cruise turns into a nightmare as hantavirus kills three passengers, leaving the ship stranded off Cape Verde and the Canary Islands while authorities argue over who has to deal with it.
The Guardian
WHO insists hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship is not the next pandemic, even as Spain and Canary Islands argue over docking rights and 12 countries nervously check their contact-tracing lists.
BBC Health
A cruise ship becomes a floating virology lab as hantavirus - including the rare person-to-person Andes strain - turns a dream vacation into a medical mystery, with passengers confined to cabins and experts dusting off their COVID-era playbooks.
The Guardian
A British crew member and a Dutch colleague are being urgently evacuated from a luxury cruise ship after a hantavirus outbreak killed three, because apparently even a luxury cruise can turn into a biohazard nightmare.
BBC World
Three people die from hantavirus on a cruise, and the BBC asks if viruses spread more easily on ships - spoiler: it's complicated, but probably yes.
BBC World
A cruise ship becomes a floating petri dish as hantavirus claims three lives, proving that even luxury vacations can't escape the tyranny of rodent waste.
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