The last time I wrote about the rat-borne illness hantavirus, it was after iconic actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease, with Alzheimer’s disease as a contributing factor.
The report indicated he passed alone and was abandoned in his home after his caretaker wife had died suddenly of a hantavirus.
The disease is back in the news, as a hantavirus outbreak has occurred on the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, causing several severe illnesses and at least three deaths.
Health officials in at least a dozen countries, including the U.S., are tracking dozens of passengers who traveled aboard the cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak.
Those passengers have dispersed across the world and were in five states as of Thursday afternoon: Arizona, California, Georgia, Texas and Virginia. Health officials in those states said the former passengers, who are not being publicly identified, have not shown any symptoms...
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