U.S. cruise passenger tests positive for hantavirus on the way home
May 11, 2026
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as posted by the channelThe U.S. says 17 Americans and one Briton who were on board a cruise ship where the rare hantavirus was found, have now arrived in the U.S. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, one of the passengers tested positive for the virus on the flight home and a second passenger is experiencing mild symptoms.
Some of the passengers who returned to the U.S. are quarantining at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. All will undergo clinical evaluation. According to the CDC, symptoms can take up to 42 days after exposure to show up. The World Health Organization says the risk to the general public remains low and the outbreak is "not the start of another COVID pandemic."
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