Cruise

An ice rink is probably the last thing most people would expect to find aboard a Caribbean cruise ship - but for one professional figure skater, it's become her everyday reality. Less than a decade ago, Alexandra was performing flips,…

A person living in Colorado has died of the hantavirus in a rare case that is not connected to the outbreak on a cruise ship that has killed three. Health officials have said the infection in Douglas County appears to have come from…

By ALEXA LARDIERI, US HEALTH EDITOR Published: 15:14 EDT, 15 May 2026 | Updated: 16:12 EDT, 15 May 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- …

By DAVID C. KAUFMAN, U.S. OPINION EDITOR 'A perfect storm.'That's how virologist Dr Jay Hooper describes the chain of events that likely lead to a deadly viral outbreak on a cruise ship now quarantined in the northern Atlantic Ocean with…

As officials race to get passengers off a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, health experts have revealed how the deadly rat-borne virus could have taken over the ship.Hazmat-clad medical workers descended on the luxury cruise…

They're billed as a stress–free, all–inclusive holiday at sea – but cruise ships are especially prone to disease outbreaks, an expert has warned.Vikram Niranjan, an assistant professor in public health at the University of Limerick, has…

A critically ill British doctor has been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak. Footage shows medics wearing hazmat suits boarding the luxury MV Hondius off the coast of Cape Verde to get three patients to…

Hantavirus, the deadly rat virus that has so far killed three people on a cruise ship and infected seven others has no known cure and an alarming death rate of nearly 40 percent.  So far three passengers of the MV Hondius, have died as a…

A passenger on board the doomed cruise ship struck by a fatal rat-borne virus has published an emotional plea, as Cape Verde authorities continue to refuse to offload sick travellers.Three people have died so far after the suspected…

It’s the nightmare scenario – and one that all cruise ship companies and their passengers dread and hope will never happen.But, on occasions, it does and the results can be devastating, as those on board MV Hondius, stranded in the…