The deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has put citizens and health authorities on high alert. Experts believe a few passengers were infected with the Andes strain of ...

Is the current hantavirus outbreak destined to become the next COVID-19 pandemic? That has been the question circulating on social media after the news that eight passengers on the cruise ship MV ...

Is the current hantavirus outbreak destined to become the next COVID-19 pandemic? That has been the question circulating on social media after the news that eight passengers on the cruise ship MV ...

Researchers at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have revealed a key defence system in plants to fight viruses. Plants are known to use liquid-like, sticky protein droplets to ...

The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship has thrown a previously little-known virus into international headlines and mobilized health authorities from all corners of the globe, with the ...

For many people, news of a virus outbreak on a cruise ship immediately brings back memories of COVID spreading when the Ruby Princess docked in Sydney in March 2020. Of the passengers and crew who ...

It’s hard to imagine that a snail could kill a person, but a particularly venomous group of marine molluscs called cone snails can. Their stings contain a cocktail of small proteins called conotoxins, ...

Passengers on the the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, watch epidemiologists board the boat in Praia, during their voyage to Spain’s port of Tenerife, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo) The ...

Aid agencies are racing to help health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The virus is known to have killed at least 49, but the true toll may be far higher. By Lynsey Chutel Amelia ...

There are no confirmed cases in the US, but 41 people who were potentially exposed to the Andes virus are in quarantine or being monitored for symptoms. This includes a group of 18 passengers from the ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is widespread among wildlife species, according to new research. The virus was detected in six common backyard species, and antibodies indicating prior ...

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 ...