Multiple cases and deaths linked to a rare virus aboard a cruise ship prompt evacuations and global monitoring efforts.

Almost 150 people remained on the cruise ship after the deaths of three passengers. The risk to the public is low, World Health Organization says.

The World Health Organization said the risk to the wider public was low but added that limited human-to-human transmission had been reported in some strains of the virus.

Three passengers on the cruise ship MV Hondius have died due to an outbreak of hantavirus, a rare illness transmitted by rodents

Three passengers have died after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus ripped through an Atlantic Ocean cruise ship, the MV Hondius. Hantavirus infections, which are usually spread…

If confirmed, it would be a rare occurrence for a virus that typically spreads from rodents.

The World Health Organization said Tuesday it is investigating a rare instance of possible human-to-human transmission of hantavirus among close contacts...

A deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over the course of weeks on a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina toward Antarctica and then across the Atlantic Ocean as…

The virus usually spreads by contact with the urine or feces of infected rodents like rats and mice. It can cause a severe and sometimes deadly lung infection.

The public health risk for hantavirus in the rest of the world remains low, the World Health Organization said.

Three people have died and several others have been medically evacuated after the outbreak of a deadly hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian…

Andes strain confirmed on the MV Hondius cruise ship

Virologist Jay Hooper is developing a vaccine for the rare rodent virus behind an outbreak on a cruise ship.

The sickness starts with symptoms including a fever and chills and can quickly become life-threatening

Countries around the world raced Thursday to track down passengers who disembarked from a cruise ship struck by a Hantavirus outbreak before it was...

Some passengers potentially exposed to hantavirus have already taken flights to numerous countries.

At least 29 passengers of 12 nationalities left the MV Hondius on 24 April after the first fatality

There are now five confirmed hantavirus cases from the Atlantic cruise ship outbreak, with three more suspected, the World Health Organization (WHO) said...

Multiple cases and deaths linked to a rare virus aboard a cruise ship prompt evacuations and global monitoring efforts.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that additional hantavirus infections linked to a cruise ship outbreak cannot be ruled out, as health...

More than a dozen countries have been linked to the hantavirus outbreak, as the WHO confirms five cases of the disease. Alex Croft reports