CDC Keeps Andes Risk Low as States Track Hondius Contacts

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CDC and state health officials are keeping the public-risk message low while monitoring exposed Hondius passengers across the U.S. The focus is still early symptom recognition, 42-day follow-up, and rapid care if illness appears. IN THIS EPISODE 1. Travelers' Health - CDC [https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel] — CDC Travelers' Health | CDC Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link CDC is currently responding to the outbreak of Andes virus, a type of hantavirus, among passengers and crew of a cruise ship which had been sailing in the Atlantic Ocean. The overall risk to the American public and travelers for Andes… 2. Hantavirus - Virginia Department of Health [https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/hantavirus/] — Virginia Department of Health Hantavirus - Hantavirus Hantavirus - Hantavirus [](#) [Hantavirus](https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/) ![Virginia Department of Health](https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/themes/vdh-shared/assets/generated/vdh-logo.png) Search for: # Hantavirus ## May 2026 Hantavirus Outbreak The World Health Organization (WHO) was [notified](https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON599)… 3. CDC Shares Update on Hantavirus Outbreak in the U.S. After Latest ... [https://www.aol.com/articles/cdc-shares-hantavirus-outbreak-u-163223000.html] — People Fri, May 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM UTC 0 Hantavirus testing laboratory tubes Credit: Joao Luiz Bulcao / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty ### NEED TO KNOW The CDC is monitoring 41 people across 16 states for possible hantavirus exposure after a cruise ship outbreak Officials confirm that there are currently no known hantavirus cases in the U.S. The World Health Organization confirmed 10 hantavirus cases… 4. Step Back — If someone exposed on the Hondius does get sick, what happens medically — are there proven treatments for Andes hantavirus, or is this mostly about early recognition and ICU support while experimental drugs are still a backup plan? BACKGROUND SOURCES * Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Treatment and Prevention [https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/hantavirus-pulmonary-syndrome/treatment] — American Lung Association * Hantavirus Infection - Infections - MSD Manual Consumer Version [https://www.msdmanuals.com/home/infections/arboviruses-arenaviruses-filoviruses/hantavirus-infection] — Msdmanuals * Interim Guidance for Public Health Assessment and Management of People with Potential Exposure to Andes Virus [https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/256281] — Cdc * Virological characterization of a new isolated strain of Andes virus involved in the recent person-to-person transmission outbreak reported in Argentina | PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases [https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0013205] — PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Daily TopFive for Hantavirus Watch. Links above go to the original articles. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com [hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com].

Hondius Hantavirus Case Tests Global Quarantine Machinery — May 25, 2026

MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak added a Netherlands crew case, bringing suspected and confirmed infections to 12 with three deaths, while WHO tracks 600-plus contacts and U.S. quarantine orders face new legal scrutiny. IN THIS EPISODE 1. WHO says new hantavirus case among Hondius ship's crew [https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-hantavirus-case-hondius-ship-crew.html] — AFP WHO says new hantavirus case among Hondius ship's crew share this! Tweet Share May 22, 2026 --- # WHO says new hantavirus case among Hondius ship's crew edited by Andrew Zinin Add as preferred source --- Credit: Diego F. Parra from Pexels A member of the MV Hondius cruise ship crew who disembarked in Spain's Canary Islands and was repatriated to the Netherlands was confirmed Friday as… 2. Public health in action: from detection to response – how International Health Regulations (2005) guided response to hantavirus outbreak [https://www.who.int/europe/news-room/photo-stories/item/public-health-in-action--from-detection-to-response---how-international-health-regulations-(2005)-guided-response-to-hantavirus-outbreak] — World Health Organization # Public health in action: from detection to response – how International Health Regulations (2005) guided response to hantavirus outbreak Published: 2026-05-22T08:26:20+00:00 Source: who.int (who.int) Language: en ## Story Public health in action: from detection to response – how International Health Regulations (2005) guided response to hantavirus outbreak Skip to main content # Public… 3. Inside an African lab that helped crack the hantavirus outbreak - Yahoo News UK [https://uk.news.yahoo.com/inside-african-lab-helped-crack-070527230.html] — Reuters Inside an African lab that helped crack the hantavirus outbreak - Yahoo News UK Advertisement Advertisement By Jessica Donati DAKAR, May 22 (Reuters) - The call for help came in early May: a cruise ship off Cape Verde was stranded, with passengers suspected of infection by a deadly strain of hantavirus that kills about one in three of its victims. The vessel had stopped at several remote… 4. Step Back — When officials say a new Hondius crew case is part of this outbreak, how do they actually tell whether it came from person-to-person spread on the ship versus a separate rodent exposure at a port? What kinds of lab or contact-tracing evidence would make the risk level go up or down? BACKGROUND SOURCES * Threat assessment brief: Hantavirus-associated cluster of illness on a cruise ship: ECDC assessment and recommendations [https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/threat-assessment-brief-hantavirus-associated-cluster-illness-cruise-ship-ecdc] — Europa * What is the Andes virus? The hantavirus linked to a cruise ship outbreak is among the deadliest strains [https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hantavirus-andes-virus-what-is-cruise-ship-outbreak-deadly-strain-rcna343901] — Nbcnews * WHO: Contact tracing underway as rare 'Andes' Hantavirus strain confirmed in cruise ship outbreak [https://gulfnews.com/world/who-contact-tracing-underway-as-rare-andes-hantavirus-strain-confirmed-in-cruise-ship-outbreak-1.500531477] — Jay Hilotin * Hantavirus isn't COVID-19. Here's why contact tracing after the MV Hondius outbreak is different | CBC News [https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hantavirus-contact-tracing-explained-9.7191411] — Nick Logan · CBC News · Posted: May 08, 2026 12:20 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 8 5. CDC’s hantavirus cruise ship quarantine orders could face legal challenges, expert says - Healthbeat [https://www.healthbeat.org/2026/05/22/cdc-hantavirus-quarantine-order-could-face-legal-challenge-expert-says/] — Healthbeat # CDC’s hantavirus cruise ship quarantine orders could face legal challenges, expert says - Healthbeat Author: By Alison Young | May 22, 2026, 2:34am UTC Published: 2026-05-22T02:34:45.245000+00:00 Source: healthbeat.org (healthbeat.org) Language: en ## Story CDC’s hantavirus cruise ship quarantine orders could face legal challenges, expert says - Healthbeat Skip to main content #… Daily TopFive for Hantavirus Watch. Links above go to the original articles. Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hantavirus-watch/id1896473566] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/033cUtdU1SAw5NA0s5t9FY]. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com [hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com].

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CDC Keeps Andes Risk Low as States Track Hondius Contacts — May 19, 2026

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