The CDC is playing an unusually small, and quiet, role in responding to the hantavirus outbreak.

The Andes strain, which can be transmitted between humans via droplets of saliva, was identified on Wednesday through sequencing in three patients who had traveled aboard the MV…

Scientists are worried that hantaviruses haven’t been as well studied as they ought to be, but not that the MV Hondius cruise ship is ground zero for the next pandemic.

The World Health Organization sought to quell worldwide fears over the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius and reassure the public that the risk of widespread…

The update came after officials confirmed that exposed passengers from 12 countries left a cruise ship before the virus with a high mortality rate was detected.

Here are key takeaways from a WHO briefing on the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship.

Past studies of Andes virus offer scant evidence on transmission risks, and have sparked debate

But the US’s withdrawal from the WHO – and cuts to the country’s health system – stymie officials’ response

“The CDC is not even a player," said Lawrence Gostin, an international public health expert at Georgetown University. “I've never seen that before.”

The CDC is playing an unusually small, and quiet, role in responding to the hantavirus outbreak.

World Health Organization – which the US left under Trump – has been leading the response to the cruise ship outbreak

Now that most of the passengers of a luxury cruise ship are back in their home countries after a deadly outbreak was declared on board, questions and concerns about the illness…

The situation could still change and there might be more confirmed cases, warns the head of the World Health Organization.

The World Health Organization is leading outbreak efforts, but the U.S. is no longer part of the WHO. Here's how that impacts hantavirus communications.