Hantavirus is responsible for the death of at least one of the three MV Hondius passengers who died this past month. While another three people on board are showing symptoms of respiratory distress, the luxury cruise ship, which Cape Verdean authorities have banned from docking, could head for the Canary Islands.

The outbreak of hantavirus, an infection that is usually transmitted to humans from rodents, occurred on a cruise ship that was traveling from Argentina to Cape Verde. Though…

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed three deaths on Sunday aboard the polar cruise ship MV Hondius from a hantavirus outbreak, a disease typically transmitted through…