Democracy Dies in DarknessThe agency developed a questionnaire to help identify possible exposures to the Andes virus, the only type of hantavirus known to spread person to person.May 14, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. EDTToday at 6:00 a.m. EDTHealth officials in the United States and around the world are assessing and managing potential exposures linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the expedition ship. Some of the American passengers on the ship are quarantining in Nebraska and Georgia. Others returned home earlier.