hantavirus

WHO declares cruise ship hantavirus outbreak over

The World Health Organization on Thursday declared the hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius officially over, closing a two-month episode that infected 13 people, killed three, and triggered a global health alert spanning 33 countries.

Three U.S. states monitor residents from hantavirus cruise ship

Health authorities in at least three U.S. states are monitoring residents who traveled aboard the MV Hondius, a Dutch cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has killed three passengers and sickened several others during an…