Month: May 2026

Federal health officials said they are monitoring 41 people in the U.S. for hantavirus but are not going to impose any movement restrictions on them. David Fitter, incident manager for the Centers … […]

HOPEWELL, N.Y. — Ontario County Public Health (OCPH) said it’s investigating a possible case of locally-acquired hantavirus. OCPH says there’s no connection to the current […]

Health officials say there is no risk to the general public. Source: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/news/2026/05/14/ontario-county-health-officials-confirm-locally-acquired-case-of-hantavirus READ from source

State officials say five residents are known to have come into contact with the MV ‘Hondius’ or its passengers. Source: https://www.independent.com/2026/05/14/five-californians-exposed-to-andes-hantavirus-in-cruise-ship-outbreak/ READ from source

North Carolina is home to one of just 13 specialized pathogen response centers in the country designed to prepare for rare infectious disease threats and […]

VDH and the CDC state the risk of this outbreak to the public is very low. Source: https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2026/05/14/whats-going-around-hantavirus-latest-as-vdh-continues-to-monitor-single-virginia-case/ READ from source

Ontario County is investigating a suspected case of locally acquired hantavirus, according to a release from Kate Ott, the county’s public health director. Source: https://13wham.com/news/local/hantavirus-case-suspected-in-ontario-county […]

There are no known cases of the virus in Scotland and the risk to public is very low, Public Health Scotland says. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3326kje5g5o READ […]

The World Health Organization on Wednesday detailed its working hypothesis for how the deadly hantavirus outbreak spread on a cruise ship. “Based on currently available […]

None of them have so far tested positive for the respiratory disease that stems from rodents, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. […]

There are ​41 people in the United ‌States currently being monitored for hantavirus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ​and Prevention said on Thursday, ​most […]

Officials said on May 14 that there are a total of 41 people across the United States who are currently being monitored for hantavirus exposure. […]

California Public Health officials said they have identified a fifth person from the Golden State who may have been exposed to hantavirus following an outbreak […]

A retired Bend doctor who helped sick passengers during a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has been released from isolation. Source: https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/health/2026/05/14/bend-doctor-hantavirus-leaves-isolation/90077183007/ READ from […]

As the cruise-ship-driven hantavirus outbreak continued to make international news, William Schaffner, MD, Professor of Preventive Medicine, was one of the most quoted experts by […]