Month: May 2026

A Hopkins doctor shared insights on Hantavirus as two Marylanders are being monitored for potential exposure. Source: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/health-hantavirus-johns-hopkins-doctor-concerns-monitor/71286433 READ from source

Experts say the risk to the public remains low. Source: https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/05/12/minnesota-hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak-cdc-quarantine-osterholm READ from source

Experts say A.I. tools have made it even easier for influencers and others to spread false messages online. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/well/hantavirus-covid-misinformation.html READ from source

Disease much deadlier than COVID but a lot harder to spread. Source: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/05/hantavirus-likely-to-be-fully-contained-but-may-take-time-hanage-says/ READ from source

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/video/what-does-the-potential-hantavirus-exposure-mean-to-maryland/ READ from source

A UNMC medical expert says the quarantine facility in Omaha will remain available, but people staying there could go home early. Source: https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/people-quarantined-for-hantavirus-may-leave-omaha-sooner-than-expected/ READ from […]

The goal for the Grady team is to transport the patient to the hospital for the individual’s care and the safety of everyone. Source: https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/you-only-got-one-shot-ambulance-crew-says-moving-hantavirus-patients-was-years-making/ISY5TC7DQNDR5PZKSNVGXHCWRI/ […]

Health officials are investigating a potential hantavirus case in Illinois, though the case is not linked to a recent outbreak of the illness on a […]

The Illinois Department of Public Health is investigating a potential hantavirus case in an Illinois resident in Winnebago County, not linked to an outbreak on […]

Much of scientists’ understanding of how humans get infected comes from a handful of outbreaks. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rather-brief-history-hantavirus-reveals-spread-rcna344603 READ from source

Source: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/minnesotan-potential-exposure-hantavirus/89-6bbac96c-accc-4c8a-9b7e-7c9fba9d7090 READ from source

So far no cases have been identified in anyone other than passengers on the Dutch cruise ship. Source: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emerging-topics/hantavirus-outbreak-grows-11-cases-9-confirmed READ from source

Jake Rosmarin, a travel influencer from Boston, is one of 15 passengers from the virus-stricken cruise ship being monitored at the National Quarantine Unit in […]

The hantavirus outbreak is still small. But it’s a huge test for a battered public health sector. Source: https://www.vox.com/health/488447/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak-spread-response READ from source

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-possible-hantavirus-case-winnebago-county-not-linked-cruise-ship/ READ from source