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MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak: A luxury expedition cruise boom and new world of remote travel risks
Remote expedition cruises to destinations like Antarctica and the Arctic are booming, but the deadly hantavirus aboard MV Hondius is a reminder of unique risks. This cluster currently includes 13 articles from 10 sources.
This cluster currently includes 13 articles from 10 sources. Sources in this event include Reuters, ABC News, Washington Times, and others.
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The New York Times
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NBC News
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Wall Street Journal
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CNBC
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Al Jazeera
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France 24
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Washington Times
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CNN
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Reuters
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ABC News
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Before Hantavirus Outbreak, the MV Hondius Attracted ‘a Different Type of Traveler’
Former passengers on the MV Hondius say that the ship was made for wildlife expeditions and that the crew took safety very seriously.

Officials track hantavirus as passengers return to U.S.
Officials track hantavirus as passengers return to U.S.
American Hondius Passengers to Head to Nebraska Quarantine Center
Global public-health officials are racing to contain the spread of hantavirus as more than 100 passengers are set to return to their home countries.

MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak: A luxury expedition cruise boom and new world of remote travel risks
Remote expedition cruises to destinations like Antarctica and the Arctic are booming, but the deadly hantavirus aboard MV Hondius is a reminder of unique risks.

Trump says hantavirus is ‘under control’ as WHO tracks cruise outbreak
US President Donald Trump says a hantavirus cruise ship cluster is ‘under very good control.’

French couple on hantavirus cruise ship says ‘no panic onboard’
A French couple who is currently travelling on the MV Hondius, which was recently hit by a hantavirus outbreak, has issued a statement urging media not to “overdramatise” the situation, adding that there is “no panic” among the passengers onboard. "To call this an epidemic is wrong. To imply it's a pandemic is.
Experts wonder 'Where is the CDC?' as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship
NEW YORK — No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors. In the midst of a strange outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship that involves Americans and is making headlines around the world, the U.S. government’s top public health agency, the.

American doctor aboard hantavirus-stricken ship gives new update
Erin Burnett talks to Dr. Stephen Kornfeld, who is on the hantavirus-infected cruise ship, about the timeline for he and other passengers to leave the ship and head home.
UK nationals on hantavirus-hit cruise ship to isolate in hospital on return
target="_blank">UK nationals on hantavirus-hit cruise ship to isolate in hospital on return Reuters
Countries prepare to evacuate hantavirus ship passengers
target="_blank">Countries prepare to evacuate hantavirus ship passengers Reuters

Hantavirus: American oncologist who became cruise ship's de facto head doctor speaks
Dr. Stephen Kornfeld discusses helping fellow passengers. After the doctor on the cruise ship MV Hondius contracted the hantavirus, an American doctor onboard jumped into action to help passengers navigate the outbreak. Dr. Stephen Kornfeld, an oncologist from Bend, Oregon, told ABC News that he quickly realized he.
All passengers on hantavirus-hit ship considered high-risk contacts, EU health agency says
target="_blank">All passengers on hantavirus-hit ship considered high-risk contacts, EU health agency says Reuters
Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Tenerife
target="_blank">Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Tenerife Reuters