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2026 Cruise Ship Hantavirus Outbreak

Two people in full personal protective equipment, including white jumpsuits, masks, gloves and goggles.

8 claims about hantavirus and 2026 cruise ship outbreak we've examined

Written by: Rae Deng

May 16, 2026

Reader interest in rumors about the family of viruses rose amid the 2026 Andes hantavirus cruise ...

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Does 'hanta' mean 'scam' in Hebrew slang? Social media users confused similar words

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

May 14, 2026

The name "hantavirus" traces from the Hantaan River on the Korean Peninsula, not from Hebrew slang.

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Collage image featuring generic vials of blue liquid and a stamp of the word "missing"

Did 323 vials of pathogens, including hantavirus, go missing from Australian lab?

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

May 14, 2026

Australian officials did report missing virus samples in 2024, but a later investigation found i ...

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An image shows part of an unverified fact sheet about hantavirus. The words "The virus is not contagious" are highlighted using a box out.

Inspecting hantavirus fact sheet that says virus isn't contagious

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 13, 2026

It's possible the fact sheet was written before human-to-human transmission of hantavirus was fi ...

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an old white man with gray-white hair, points his finger at someone while talking into a microphone.

Did CDC fire cruise ship inspectors under RFK Jr. in 2025? We investigated

Written by: Jack Izzo

May 12, 2026

The federal health agency wasn't in charge of inspecting the cruise ship where a hantavirus outb ...

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Image featuring photo of the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the epicenter of the spring 2026 hantavirus outbreak, and a June 2022 X post that reads, "2023: Corona ended, 2026: Hantavirus."

Real 2022 tweet about hantavirus fuels 'prediction' rumor amid outbreak

Written by: Joey Esposito

May 9, 2026

The account's bio claimed they were an "astrologist" who "reads the future," but it's unclear if ...

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A cruise ship sails on a dark sea with needles meant to represent the Pfizer mRNA Covid-19 vaccine.

Pfizer didn't say hantavirus is side effect of its COVID-19 vaccine, contrary to online claims

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

May 8, 2026

Those eager to discredit Pfizer's mRNA vaccine, which is safe and effective, exploited the cruis ...

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An aerial view of the cruise ship MV Hondius stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 5, 2026.

Did hantavirus spread between people before cruise ship outbreak? Tracing rare cases

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 7, 2026

Researchers have known since at least 1996 that at least one hantavirus variant — the Andes viru ...

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