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

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…

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

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…

WHO says a total of seven hantavirus cases identified on cruise ship MV Hondius so far

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 World Health Organization highlighted that three cases were confirmed as laboratory-detected hantavirus infections

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…

Eight suspected cases of hantavirus have now been linked to the luxury cruise ship

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

Three passengers have died in the outbreak, and several others are sick.

Eight suspected cases of hantavirus have been linked to the boat, which sailed from southern Argentina

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

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

About 12 countries have so far been linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, as the UN health agency confirms at least five cases.

The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Spain prior to the arrival of the Hantavirus-hit cruise ship