Category: Featured Headlines
Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey
LA Times A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship departing Argentina highlights a broader crisis: The country is experiencing a surge of the rare rodent-borne disease linked to climate change. Argentina has recorded 101 hantavirus infections since June 2025, roughly double the previous year, with the mortality rate nearly tripling to about one-third of […]
May 6, 2026
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to head to Canary Islands as Swiss confirm new case
Washington Post More than 140 people remain on the Hondius, which will take about three days to reach the Spanish archipelago for screening. A local official has criticized the plan. Three people were evacuated Wednesday from the cruise ship facing a hantavirus outbreak in the Atlantic Ocean, as Swiss health authorities confirmed another case in […]
May 6, 2026
A Brutal First for the Cruise Industry
The Atlantic A hantavirus outbreak is serious and unnerving. Norovirus loves a cruise ship. So did the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19. The crowded rooms, stuffy air, and communal dining of a giant boat filled with humans create the ideal conditions for pathogens to spread. Now hantavirus—a highly deadly rodent-borne pathogen that typically spreads when people […]
May 6, 2026
Hantavirus Cruise Ship Remains at Sea as Leaders Clash Over Its Docking
NYT Three people with possible symptoms of the disease were evacuated on Wednesday morning from the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius. The passengers of the MV Hondius, in the grip of a deadly virus outbreak, are putting on movies, sanitizing their hands repeatedly and awaiting their next socially distanced meal as their ship sails the Atlantic. The […]
May 6, 2026
Hantavirus Case in Switzerland Spurs Race to Trace Contacts
WSJ Patient fell ill with strain capable of human-to-human transmission after returning from cruise ship. Swiss officials are rushing to trace the contacts of a man who has been hospitalized in Zurich with a strain of the hantavirus that is capable of human-to-human transmission. The patient became ill in Switzerland after returning from a trip […]
May 6, 2026
CDC delay of infant hepatitis B shot likely to raise infections, studies show
Washington Post Federal vaccine advisers to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted in December to recommend delaying the first shot until at least two months of age for infants born to mothers who test negative for the virus. The Trump administration’s decision to drop the long-standing recommendation that newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine […]
Apr 29, 2026
Mpanda : an unknown illness under surveillance; initial analyses rule out major hemorrhagic fevers
SOS Médias Burundi Mpanda, April 13, 2026 — An as-yet-unidentified illness, responsible for several cases and deaths in the Mpanda district, has been mobilizing Burundian health authorities for several days. While initial laboratory analyses are reassuring, investigations are continuing to determine the exact origin of this illness. The illness has been reported in the villages […]
Apr 15, 2026
Burundi: Mysterious disease kills five; WHO investigates
Lamilano Burundian health authorities, together with the World Health Organization (WHO), are investigating the cause of a mysterious disease that has caused five deaths and 35 infections in the Mpanda district, located in the northern region of the country. Laboratory tests have ruled out the presence of Ebola and Marburg virus infections, Rift Valley fever, […]
Apr 15, 2026
Senegal reports 2nd human CCHF case of 2026
Outbreak News Today During the week ending April 4, Senegal health authorities reported an additional Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) case. The case is a 28-year-old female from Dioffor area in Fatick region in southwest Senegal. She presented at the health facility with fever, muscle and body pain, vomiting, bleeding and meningoencephalitis. CCHF virus was […]
Apr 15, 2026
As Cities Invade the Amazon, Yellow Fever Makes a Dangerous Comeback
Sci Tech Daily As human development increasingly encroaches on the Amazon, researchers find that the growing boundary between forests and urban areas is accelerating the spillover of yellow fever into human populations. Human activity is pushing deeper into previously undisturbed ecosystems, disrupting natural balances and creating new risks for people. A study from UC Santa Barbara finds […]
Apr 15, 2026