Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US after hantavirus outbreak
Boston photographer describes isolation unit as a ‘very nice room’ after three deaths onboard South Atlantic voyage
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Cassidy Morrison
Early hantavirus symptoms you must never ignore
Health officials are monitoring 16 Americans after a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship killed three people, with early symptoms like fatigue, fever and muscle aches, first mimicking a bad cold.
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Midwesterner who was NOT on rat virus cruise may have hantavirus
Officials said the man was not on board the MV Hondius cruise ship where at least 11 people contracted hantavirus after a breakout last month, with three people killed by the deadly virus.
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Elaine Allaby; The Local
British tourist quarantined in Milan tests negative for hantavirus
A British tourist who was on a flight with a woman who later died of hantavirus has tested negative for the disease, the Lombardy region said on Wednesday.
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MADISON CZOPEKPolitiFact; Madison Czopekpolitifact
Evidence doesn't back ivermectin use for hantavirus
With a fatal hantavirus outbreak setting off public health alarms, could ivermectin be a solution?
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SECTIONS French hantavirus patient is critically ill; On An Artificial Lung As Total Cases Grow
Argentina·French hantavirus patient is critically ill, on an artificial lung as total cases grow to 11
A French woman is critically ill with hantavirus, requiring an artificial lung, as the cruise ship outbreak reaches 11 cases and three deaths. Health officials are investigating the virus's origin in South America, with Argentina dispatching experts. Returning passengers are advised to quarantine fo...
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Health officials monitoring Americans from hantavirus cruise outbreak
International health officials say the number of confirmed or suspected hantavirus cases stemming from the cruise ship outbreak has climbed to 11, including the three people who died. CBS News' Ian Lee and Dr. Céline Gounder have more.
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Chris Nesi
Officer suffers fatal heart attack while helping passengers disembark hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius
A Civil Guard officer suffered a fatal heart attack while assisting in the removal of passengers from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius as health officials in Kansas announced it was monitoring th…
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WHO confirms 11 hantavirus cases linked to cruise ship as Spain detects new case
A Spanish passenger evacuated from a cruise ship has tested positive for hantavirus. The World Health Organization has confirmed eleven cases linked to the ship, including three fatalities. All passengers and crew have been evacuated. The ship is now returning to the Netherlands for cleaning and dis...
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Hantavirus cases to jump in next few days, warns WHO director, shares details on epidemic fears
Hantavirus outbreak: 11 hantavirus-related cases have so far been reported, including three deaths.
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25-yr-old Calabrian man with Hantavirus symptoms samples sent to Spallanzani Hospital
He was on a KLM flight from Johannesburg with the woman who later died
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THL: Two Finns monitored after hantavirus exposure on flight
Finnish health authorities are monitoring two travellers who were possibly exposed to the Andes strain of hantavirus during a flight from Johannesburg after sitting near an infected passenger linked to a cruise ship outbreak that has killed three people. The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare,...