CDC monitors 41 people for hantavirus exposure
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The hantavirus outbreak has resulted in three deaths so far
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The White House and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are receiving daily briefings on the U.S. response to an Andes hantavirus outbreak that killed three people aboard a luxury cruise ship this month,
The CDC confirmed May 14 there are no hantavirus cases in the United States, even as the number of Americans being monitored has grown. A leading infectious disease expert is also pushing back on how the outbreak is being characterized. Here are four ...
As of Friday, the WHO said there are still eight cases: five people confirmed to have hantavirus and three others were suspected of contracting it.
Cases span more than a dozen states, with people getting sick from a strain of the bacterium that is showing resistance to a number of antibiotics. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a salmonella outbreak in more than a dozen states.