Two Americans who were not onboard the cruise ship linked to the global hantavirus outbreak are being monitored for symptoms - as officials warn it could take weeks for the 17 evacuated US passengers to know if they are sick. The Maryland Department of Health made the announcement on Monday, as a f»»»

The British Army has airdropped a team of medics accompanied by paratroopers to treat a suspected hantavirus case on the remote island of Tristan da Cunha. The patient was among the passengers who left the Dutch-flagged cruise vessel MV Hondius before the deadly outbreak was confirmed. The cruise l»»»

The expedition cruise ship Hondius is under way for the Canary Islands, where she expects to disembark passengers and crewmembers under an exceedingly rare circumstance: an outbreak of hantavirus, normally spread by rats but - in this case - transmissible between people. Before the ship arrives, he»»»