/tags/virus virus en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Tue, 19 May 2026 13:00:00 GMT /americas/2026-05-19/argentinas-icy-outpost-at-the-end-of-the-world-fears-the-hantavirus-will-chill-tourism The city of Ushuaia in Argentina, which bills itself as the "end of the world," has found itself at the center of a global media storm involving a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise that departed from its port. Tourism operators and officials are scrambling to stem fallout from the nautical nightmare that they fear could cause foreigners to reconsider their Antarctic cruise plans. Tue, 19 May 2026 13:00:00 GMT /americas/2026-05-19/argentinas-icy-outpost-at-the-end-of-the-world-fears-the-hantavirus-will-chill-tourism Isabel Debre | Associated Press /americas/2026-05-06/hantavirus-is-on-the-rise-in-argentina-where-a-stricken-cruise-ship-began-its-journey Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to figure out if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise. Argentina is consistently ranked by the World Health Organization as having the highest incidence of the rare, rat-borne disease in Latin America. Wed, 06 May 2026 20:54:15 GMT /americas/2026-05-06/hantavirus-is-on-the-rise-in-argentina-where-a-stricken-cruise-ship-began-its-journey Isabel Debre | Associated Press /health/2026-05-05/hantavirus-cape-verde-cruise-ship-outbreak A case of hantavirus on a cruise ship is puzzling, said William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University professor of preventive medicine. Here’s what we know about hantavirus and its transmission. Tue, 05 May 2026 16:30:00 GMT /health/2026-05-05/hantavirus-cape-verde-cruise-ship-outbreak Louis Jacobson | PolitiFact /health/2024-08-28/what-to-know-about-the-oropouche-virus-also-known-as-sloth-fever The Florida Department of Health has recorded 30 cases in the state this year, all by patients who had been in Cuba. The disease is transmitted to humans by flies called midges and some types of mosquitoes. Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:00:00 GMT /health/2024-08-28/what-to-know-about-the-oropouche-virus-also-known-as-sloth-fever Associated Press /health/npr-breaking-news/2023-02-08/for-these-virus-hunting-scientists-the-real-gold-is-whats-in-a-mosquitos-abdomen In Guatemala's mosquito-plagued lowlands, researchers use a novel tool — they call it an "insectazooka" — to suck up mosquitoes. Then they peer at the blood meal, searching for unknown pathogens. Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT /health/npr-breaking-news/2023-02-08/for-these-virus-hunting-scientists-the-real-gold-is-whats-in-a-mosquitos-abdomen Ari Daniel, Rebecca Davis /health/2022-11-08/us-flu-season-is-off-to-a-fast-start-as-other-viruses-spread Reports of flu are already high in 17 states, and the hospitalization rate hasn’t been this high this early since the 2009 swine flu pandemic, according to the CDC. Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:00:00 GMT /health/2022-11-08/us-flu-season-is-off-to-a-fast-start-as-other-viruses-spread Associated Press /health/2022-10-17/monkeypox-cases-in-the-u-s-are-way-down-can-the-virus-be-eliminated Early fears of an escalating outbreak have not come to pass. Scientists are finding that the virus needs a very particular set of circumstances to spread effectively. Mon, 17 Oct 2022 17:00:00 GMT /health/2022-10-17/monkeypox-cases-in-the-u-s-are-way-down-can-the-virus-be-eliminated Michaeleen Doucleff, Pien Huang /news/2022-07-12/the-monkeypox-outbreak-was-avoidable-and-warning-signs-were-ignored-expert-says Monkeypox has been a developing problem for decades and the current global outbreak was avoidable, but the looming threat was largely ignored, according to a leading expert on the virus. Tue, 12 Jul 2022 10:32:24 GMT /news/2022-07-12/the-monkeypox-outbreak-was-avoidable-and-warning-signs-were-ignored-expert-says Ari Shapiro /local-news/2022-07-05/monkeypox-cases-are-growing-in-south-florida-heres-what-you-should-know The nationwide monkeypox outbreak continues to grow. Dozens of those cases have been detected in South Florida — mostly in Broward County — and those numbers are believed to be an undercount. Tue, 05 Jul 2022 09:55:00 GMT /local-news/2022-07-05/monkeypox-cases-are-growing-in-south-florida-heres-what-you-should-know Sherrilyn Cabrera /2022-05-25/parkland-shooter-trial-monkeypox-when-cocaine-cowboys-reigned-miami People in South Florida affected by the Parkland school shooting are reacting to the tragedy that unfolded at an elementary school in Texas. Two possible monkeypox cases are being investigated in Broward. Plus, in honor of our Sundial book club, we learn about the real-life cocaine cowboys who shaped Miami. Wed, 25 May 2022 21:51:00 GMT /2022-05-25/parkland-shooter-trial-monkeypox-when-cocaine-cowboys-reigned-miami Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Caitie Muñoz