The following is a transcript of the podcast episode:

Rachael Robertson: Hey everybody, welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. I'm your host, Rachael Robertson.

To kick us off this week, Kristina Fiore will update us on what we know about the hantavirus outbreak

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tied to a cruise ship. Then Joyce Frieden will tell us about how Medicare officials are considering a plan to auto-enroll some patients