Spain said Monday it had implemented “all measures” to prevent the spread of hantavirus from passengers evacuated from a cruise ship linked to a

An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.

Illinois is testing a possible Hantavirus case in Winnebago County, but officials say the strain is not contagious and public risk remains low.

As epidemiologists race to find more answers to the origin of the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise, they have ruled out some theories circulating online. Dr. Boris Pavlin, the team lead for field and humanitarian epidemiology at the World Health Organization,

Hantaviruses have long incubation periods, meaning the time between when a person is exposed and starts showing symptoms can be weeks or even months.

A French woman who tested positive for hantavirus after disembarking from the virus-stricken cruise ship is now in a critical condition after doctors initially dismissed her symptoms as anxiety. The passenger’s condition started to deteriorate rapidly after she was finally able to leave the ill-fated MV Hondius vessel when it docked in Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday,