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CDC takes a back seat as hantavirus outbreak tests US public health leadership

As a deadly hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship Hondius generated a surge of global headlines for the past week, public health experts noticed one organization was oddly quiet: the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Lack of U.S. response to hantavirus outbreak worries public health experts

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US health agencies equipped to handle hantavirus, acting CDC director says

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Hantavirus testing of UK passengers well under way, health officials say

Twenty-two passengers are isolating at Arrow Park hospital in Merseyside Clinical assessments and testing of passengers who were on board the MV Hondius are "well underway" at a Merseyside hospital af...

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Hantavirus updates: 18 cruise passengers back in US; states monitor for cases

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Spain reports new hantavirus case in passenger evacuated from cruise ship as outbreak grows to 11

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How are countries responding to hantavirus?

Twenty British nationals, one German national who lives in the UK and one Japanese passenger arrived at Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside, north-west England late on Sunday.

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Mapping the hantavirus outbreak as cruise ship passengers return to US

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WHO says seven cases of hantavirus confirmed from cruise ship

CA health officials say public risk is minimal

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How public health officials are tracing people who came in contact with hantavirus victims

Hantaviruses do not spread easily between people, which makes health officials confident the recent outbreak on a cruise ship that has killed three people will not turn into an epidemic.

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Health officials reassure public amid hantavirus concerns

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US health officials: Hantavirus risk to Americans 'very low'

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Only 20 states are prepared for a public health emergency: What to know

Only states prepared public health emergency include 20 states ranked high in readiness by Trust for America’s Health in 2026 report.

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What is a public health crisis, and why do we have so many of them?

A night sky glowing with fire in the mountains, thousands of emergency personnel deployed, and hundreds of thousands more ordered to evacuate from their homes. A series of wildfires in Los Angeles County sparked by dry conditions and whipping Santa Ana ...

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Kennedy Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into Vaccines, Despite His Public Silence

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has toned down his public criticism of vaccines, under orders from the White House. But inside his department, a sprawling research effort is a top priority.

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Bangor public health director reflects on conditions that escalated Maine HIV outbreak

Penobscot County is grappling with Maine’s largest HIV outbreak in its history. Looking back, the top public health official for the county seat of Bangor described how the conditions existed for such an outbreak and how it is now difficult to know the full scope.