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WHO Chief Tells AFP Hantavirus Outbreak Not Like Start Of Covid Pandemic
WHO chief told AFP Wednesday the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak isn't like Covid's early days.
Inside The Cruise Ship At The Centre Of A Rare Hantavirus Outbreak
A cruise ship off West Africa faces a hantavirus outbreak with three deaths and passengers isolating amid health monitoring.
Two Disease Specialists Heading To Hantavirus Cruise Boat: Operator
Two specialist doctors in infectious diseases are heading from the Netherlands to the MV Hondius ship that has seen a deadly outbreak of hantavirus...
WHO Tracing Over 80 People Taken By Hantavirus Victim
The World Health Organization said Tuesday it was tracing people on a flight between the island of Saint Helena and Johannesburg, taken by a cruise...
Hantavirus Outbreak: How Cruise Ship Cases Went Undetected For Weeks
A deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over the course of weeks on a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina toward Antarctica.
Hazmat Suits On, Health Authorities Evacuate Suspected Hantavirus Patients From Cruise Ship
Medical teams in hazmat suits evacuated suspected hantavirus patients from cruise ship MV Hondius as WHO-led containment measures intensified. The rare Andes virus outbreak has triggered isolation, air ambulance transfers and international surveillan
Senior Hezbollah Commander Killed In Israeli Strike On Beirut
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his military had targeted "the commander of Hezbollah's Radwan force".
"War Criminal": Pro-Kremlin Lawyer Who Helped Jail Alexei Navalny Turns Against Putin
Former Kremlin-linked lawyer and propagandist Ilya Remeslo was detained in March after he posted online that Vladimir Putin should resign.
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies At 87. How His Vision Of News Changed Industry
The media mogul Ted Turner's death on Wednesday leaves a legacy of conservation work that spanned decades.
"Watcha Want Me To Do? Bust Out Crying": Epstein Note Before Suicide Attempt
Few people had known about the note until Epstein's former cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, a former police officer serving a life sentence for killing four people, mentioned it last year on writer Jessica Reed Kraus' podcast.
From Rodents To Humans: How Hantavirus Usually Travels In Closed Spaces
Hantavirus is a group of viruses that can travel in enclosed spaces. Here is what you need to know about hantavirus and how it can infect humans.
Atlantic Cruise Outbreak Update: Hantavirus Has 38 Strains; Only 1 Spreads To Humans
An update on the Atlantic cruise outbreak, explaining hantavirus strains and why only one is known to spread to humans. Here is what you need to know about the different strains and if you should be worried.
One Page, 14 Points: Inside The US-Iran 'Memo' To End Middle East War
The memo calls on Iran to commit to a moratorium on nuclear enrichment, the US agreeing to lift its sanctions and release billions in frozen Iranian funds, and both sides lifting restrictions around transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
US President Trump's Renewed Trade War With China
US President Donald Trump is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in May on his first visit to China in eight years.
Trump Official Lutnick Testifies On Epstein Island Lunch
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told members of a congressional committee in private testimony on Wednesday that he couldn't recall why he and his family had lunch on Jeffrey Epstein's private island, members said.
Trump Says Iran Deal "Very Possible" Following Latest Talks
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday told reporters that the U.S. has had very good talks with Iran in the last 24 hours.
China Rolls Out J-35AE Stealth Jet As F-35 Rival, Pak May Be First Buyer
The aircraft carried the branding of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China instead of air force markings, signalling its export role.
Patient Who Died Of Hantavirus Was 'Briefly' On International Flight
Dutch health authorities are contacting those who were aboard this flight "as a precaution," KLM said in its statement.
Epstein Had Dirt On 'One Person', No Links To CIA Or Mossad: Former Lawyer
Speaking to Pod Force One, a political podcast hosted by New York Post columnist and author Miranda Devine, Jeffrey Epstein's former lawyer Alan Dershowitz said that he was not a paedophile but was only interested in 16- to 18-year-olds.
