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Ebola spreads through direct contact with the body fluids of a symptomatic person or with contaminated clothing or other materials. Ebola virus is in saliva and other body fluids but has not been ...

The World Health Organization has declared an international public health emergency as a growing Ebola outbreak in Central Africa sparks concern that the deadly virus could spread beyond the region — ...

The virus is clearly far less contagious than the coronavirus, scientists agree, but they have found cases where it spread among people without direct contact. By Apoorva Mandavilli Close, sustained ...

The cruise ship hantavirus outbreak reveals serious gaps in scientific knowledge about whether and how the pathogen can spread through the air between humans. Hantaviruses are typically spread by ...

At least 11 passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship are reported to have the Andes strain of hantavirus. Of the 18 Americans who were on board and are now in quarantine facilities in the U.S., at ...

With at least one U.S. hantavirus case confirmed in a passenger who came from the cruise ship at the center of the outbreak, how easily is the virus spread, how does it compare to COVID-19 and where ...

A cruise ship outbreak has renewed interest in hantavirus, a rare but lethal virus with no cure. Photo: CDC via Reuters Ruhi Çenet, a YouTuber and travel blogger, was on the MV Hondius cruise ship ...

A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has raised questions about how the rare, often fatal illness could have spread among passengers and crew, and whether it may continue to ...

Hantavirus, a rare disease typically caused by exposure to infected rodents’ urine or feces, is suspected in the deaths of three people after an outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.