CDC to quarantine American passengers from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship in Nebraska

At least two deaths confirmed (Dutch woman, German woman) and one British expedition guide in critical condition; multiple evacuations and medical interventions required.

A cruise ship that departed Argentina in early April has become the first documented site of person-to-person Andes hantavirus transmission outside South America, leaving two passengers dead, one in critical condition, and nearly 150 people still aboard as the vessel crosses toward the Canary Islands. The Andes strain — alone among hantaviruses in its capacity to pass between humans — carries a mortality rate above one in three for those who develop pulmonary symptoms, lending quiet gravity to what began as an expedition voyage through some of the world's most remote waters. When the ship dock

CDC to quarantine American passengers from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship in Nebraska

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