Three suspected hantavirus patients were evacuated from the stranded MV Hondius and sent to the Netherlands for treatment. The transfer came as authorities tracked deaths, fresh infections and a rare strain that can spread between humans.

GENEVA (AP) — The cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak and which is stuck off the coast of Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board was waiting Wednesday to head to Spain’s Canary Islands. Meanwhile, health authorities in South Africa and Switzerland identified a strain of the virus that can […]

The cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak is waiting to head to Spain’s Canary Islands.