Hantavirus Explained: How Dangerous Is It Really?

Hantavirus

Hantavirus is a virus that most people have never encountered directly and that most infectious disease specialists have spent their careers treating as a rare and geographically limited threat. That changed in April 2026 when a hantavirus outbreak of a particularly dangerous strain emerged aboard a cruise ship sailing from southern Argentina, resulting in multiple […]

The deadly hantavirus outbreak that has nations on alert

Hantavirus

A deadly outbreak of hantavirus aboard an expedition cruise ship has set off an international public health response, with health authorities across more than a dozen countries scrambling to track down passengers who may have been exposed to the rare and potentially fatal virus. The MV Hondius, owned by Dutch company Oceanwide Expeditions, departed from […]