Despite rising concern about the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, two CDC doctors say the risk to the public remains low.
The cruise ship MV Hondius off Praia, Cape Verde, earlier this month.AFP via Getty Images
By Elizabeth Cooney
May 13, 2026
Cardiovascular Disease Reporter
Elizabeth Cooney
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The World Health Organization sought to quell worldwide fears over the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius and…
The CDC is playing an unusually small, and quiet, role in responding to the hantavirus outbreak.
Scientists are worried that hantaviruses haven’t been as well studied as they ought to be, but not that the MV Hondius cruise…
The public health risk for hantavirus in the rest of the world remains low, the World Health Organization said.
While three people have died of the disease on a cruise ship in the southern Atlantic, hantavirus presents a low risk to the…
The update came after officials confirmed that exposed passengers from 12 countries left a cruise ship before the virus with a…
