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Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?’ as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship
Spanish authorities were on Saturday preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials hav...

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CDC activates Level 3 emergency response for hantavirus outbreak: Here's what that means
'The CDC is not even a player.' As hantavirus outbreak unfolds on ship, agency is MIA, experts say
Evacuation Begins For Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship In Spain's Canary Islands
Occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has sparked international alarm began flying home from Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday in a complex repatriation operation.

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Hantavirus cruise ship crisis: What we know so far as MV Hondius evacuations gather pace
Evacuations begin as Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrives in Tenerife
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius begins evacuation in Spain’s Canary Islands
The vessel, the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, anchored near Tenerife on Sunday and people have started to disembark, beginning with Spanish citizens, Spain’s Health Ministry said.

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Plane carrying Spanish passengers from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship leaves Tenerife for Madrid
Experts wonder 'Where is the CDC?' as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship

Acting CDC director on hantavirus: 'This is not COVID... we shouldn't be panicking'

Acting CDC Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya responds to criticism from health officials regarding the CDC’s response to the hantavirus outbreak, telling Jake Tapper: “They didn’t see what the CDC has been
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CDC head assures Americans hantavirus outbreak isn’t the new COVID: ‘Shouldn’t be panicking’

Acting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya urged the public not to panic over the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, underscoring that it’s not like COVID-19. Bhattacharya, who also helms the National Institutes of ...
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CDC Alerts Clinicians About Potential for Imported Hantavirus Cases

The CDC has issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) health advisory on hantavirus, urging clinicians to be aware of the potential for imported cases of hantavirus disease in connection with an outbreak of Andes virus aboard a cruise ship.

Acting CDC director on hantavirus: ‘This is not COVID’

Director Jay Bhattacharya said Sunday that hantavirus “is not COVID,” comments that come after an outbreak of the virus on a Dutch cruise ship.
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Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?' as hantavirus outbreak unfolds

No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No televised news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors. In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak that involves Americans and is making headlines around the world, the U.S ...