The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a Health Alert Network Health Advisory May 8 notifying clinicians and health departments of the potential for imported cases of hantavirus disease,

Hantavirus, a disease commonly found in rodents, can cause nasty symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, fevers, lung issues, and more.

The retirement of Luis Rodríguez, who has been part of the Vessel Sanitation Program since 2010 and served as its chief since 2023, was announced internally at the CDC on Wednesday. His departure comes amid a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that has experts worried and that has captured the public’s attention.

Public health experts are questioning the U.S. government's response to the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship that involves Americans.

Major cuts to the CDC program that investigates outbreaks on cruise ships may leave the department vulnerable as the deadly Hantavirus outbreak continues.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has activated its 24/7 emergency center and classified hantavirus at the lowest activation level, according to a report Thursday evening. The CDC’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has three activation levels,

The CDC has issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) health advisory on hantavirus, urging clinicians to be aware of the potential for imported cases of hantavirus disease in connection with an outbreak of Andes virus aboard a cruise ship.