Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Hondius Outbreak Moves Stateside as CDC Activates Response — May 11, 2026
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Hondius Outbreak Moves Stateside as CDC Activates Response — May 11, 2026
The Hondius investigation has moved into a U.S. response phase, with 17 Americans being airlifted home, two in biocontainment, and CDC running a Level 3 activation while Argentina’s broader hantavirus surge keeps the outbreak’s source questions alive.
In this episode- Per HHS's Twitter on 17 American citizens being repatriated to the US: "One passenger currently has mild symptoms and another passenger tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus." — r/medicine (46 pts, 10 comments)
HHS through @ASPRgov and @CDCgov is supporting @StateDept in the repatriation of 17 American citizens from the MV Hondius cruise ship affected by the Andes variant of hantavirus.
All 17 are currently en route via @StateDept airlift to the United States, with two of the passengers travelling in the plane's biocontainment units out of an abundance of caution. One passenger currently has mild…CDC activates Level 3 emergency response for hantavirus outbreak: Here's what that means — CBS Atlanta
CDC activates Level 3 emergency response for hantavirus outbreak: Here's what that means - CBS Atlanta The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has activated its 24/7 emergency center in Atlanta to monitor the recent deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, sources tell CBS News. CDC officials say its center is now operating on a Level 3 response. That's the lowest level of emergency…
- “The human-to-human transmission cannot be as unlikely as people say it is if this is what’s happening. What, was the flight attendant hugging and kissing the infected? Were they sitting right next to them for extended periods of time?
If not, that’s pretty contagious.” — r/worldnews (7944 upvotes)“These incubation periods are so long. They should test all of them, could give information on asymptomatic cases. If this kindling goes up in flames, I think the smoking gun will be the lady who decompensated in the Johannesburg international airport. On a plane crumping for 1…” — r/medicine (42 upvotes) “Mildly PCR positive? Is that like slightly pregnant?
Our take: We get the alarm bell, but a hospitalized flight attendant after contact is not, by itself, proof of easy airborne spread. Andes virus does have documented person-to-person transmission; the key question is still what kind of exposure, how close, how long, and whether the infection is confirmed.
Our take: This is the strongest argument for controlled repatriation and serious monitoring: long incubation periods make a clean snapshot hard. We’d be careful with “assume the worst” as a public message, but testing, symptom tracking, and contact follow-up are exactly how you avoid learning too late.
I’m just glad the CDC is fully staffed, under expert leadership, and ready to work closely with the top researchers at the NIAID and to cooperate fully with the WHO.” — r/medicine (166 upvotes)Why Andes Virus Is the Only Hantavirus With Person-to-Person Spread — HantaCount
Our take: The “slightly pregnant” joke lands because “mildly PCR positive” is not great outbreak language. If officials mean low-level detection or a high cycle threshold, say that plainly; precision is not pedantry when people are deciding how worried to be.
Why Andes Virus Is the Only Hantavirus With Person-to-Person Spread
More than two dozen hantaviruses circulate in mammals — Hantaan in Asia, Puumala in Europe, Sin Nombre in North America, Seoul almost everywhere — and they all do the same thing once they reach a person. They cause severe disease, sometimes fatal disease, and then they stop. The chain of transmission ends at the patient. Only…Hantavirus cases nearly doubled in Argentina in the past year. Experts say climate change is to blame | News | wsiltv.com — WSIL-TV
Hantavirus cases nearly doubled in Argentina in the past year. Experts say climate change is to blame | News | wsiltv.com
You have permission to edit this article.
(CNN) — Hantavirus cases in Argentina have almost doubled in the past year, with the country recording 32 deaths alongside its highest number of infections since 2018.
The rise comes as Argentine authorities race to trace the…
Daily TopFive for Hantavirus Watch. Links above go to the original articles. Feedback? Email [email protected].
View all episodes
By Hantavirus Watch — Lantern PodcastsThe Hondius investigation has moved into a U.S. response phase, with 17 Americans being airlifted home, two in biocontainment, and CDC running a Level 3 activation while Argentina’s broader hantavirus surge keeps the outbreak’s source questions alive.
In this episode- Per HHS's Twitter on 17 American citizens being repatriated to the US: "One passenger currently has mild symptoms and another passenger tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus." — r/medicine (46 pts, 10 comments)
HHS through @ASPRgov and @CDCgov is supporting @StateDept in the repatriation of 17 American citizens from the MV Hondius cruise ship affected by the Andes variant of hantavirus.
All 17 are currently en route via @StateDept airlift to the United States, with two of the passengers travelling in the plane's biocontainment units out of an abundance of caution. One passenger currently has mild…CDC activates Level 3 emergency response for hantavirus outbreak: Here's what that means — CBS Atlanta
CDC activates Level 3 emergency response for hantavirus outbreak: Here's what that means - CBS Atlanta The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has activated its 24/7 emergency center in Atlanta to monitor the recent deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, sources tell CBS News. CDC officials say its center is now operating on a Level 3 response. That's the lowest level of emergency…
- “The human-to-human transmission cannot be as unlikely as people say it is if this is what’s happening. What, was the flight attendant hugging and kissing the infected? Were they sitting right next to them for extended periods of time?
If not, that’s pretty contagious.” — r/worldnews (7944 upvotes)“These incubation periods are so long. They should test all of them, could give information on asymptomatic cases. If this kindling goes up in flames, I think the smoking gun will be the lady who decompensated in the Johannesburg international airport. On a plane crumping for 1…” — r/medicine (42 upvotes) “Mildly PCR positive? Is that like slightly pregnant?
Our take: We get the alarm bell, but a hospitalized flight attendant after contact is not, by itself, proof of easy airborne spread. Andes virus does have documented person-to-person transmission; the key question is still what kind of exposure, how close, how long, and whether the infection is confirmed.
Our take: This is the strongest argument for controlled repatriation and serious monitoring: long incubation periods make a clean snapshot hard. We’d be careful with “assume the worst” as a public message, but testing, symptom tracking, and contact follow-up are exactly how you avoid learning too late.
I’m just glad the CDC is fully staffed, under expert leadership, and ready to work closely with the top researchers at the NIAID and to cooperate fully with the WHO.” — r/medicine (166 upvotes)Why Andes Virus Is the Only Hantavirus With Person-to-Person Spread — HantaCount
Our take: The “slightly pregnant” joke lands because “mildly PCR positive” is not great outbreak language. If officials mean low-level detection or a high cycle threshold, say that plainly; precision is not pedantry when people are deciding how worried to be.
Why Andes Virus Is the Only Hantavirus With Person-to-Person Spread
More than two dozen hantaviruses circulate in mammals — Hantaan in Asia, Puumala in Europe, Sin Nombre in North America, Seoul almost everywhere — and they all do the same thing once they reach a person. They cause severe disease, sometimes fatal disease, and then they stop. The chain of transmission ends at the patient. Only…Hantavirus cases nearly doubled in Argentina in the past year. Experts say climate change is to blame | News | wsiltv.com — WSIL-TV
Hantavirus cases nearly doubled in Argentina in the past year. Experts say climate change is to blame | News | wsiltv.com
You have permission to edit this article.
(CNN) — Hantavirus cases in Argentina have almost doubled in the past year, with the country recording 32 deaths alongside its highest number of infections since 2018.
The rise comes as Argentine authorities race to trace the…
Daily TopFive for Hantavirus Watch. Links above go to the original articles. Feedback? Email [email protected].