hantavirus

A rat virus survivor has revealed how the potentially fatal disease left her in a coma, within an inch of her life and with excruciating long term effects.Jennifer Benewiat, 43, told the Daily Mail she experienced ICU psychosis and had…

A Briton is among the six people who have today arrived at a remote quarantine facility in Australia after they all sailed on a hantavirus-affected cruise. A flight organised by the Australian Government left the Netherlands on Thursday…

A British tourist who boarded a plane with a woman who later died from hantavirus has been detained at an Italian bar and ordered to quarantine in hospital for a month - despite showing no symptoms and testing negative for the…

Health officials have revealed the unexpected spots Americans could be exposed to hantavirus. Hantavirus is a rat-borne illness currently at the center of an outbreak stemming from the MV Hondius cruise ship, which has caused 11…

The first suspected 'generation-three' hantavirus case has emerged, potentially signifying the first stage of a much wider outbreak of the deadly rat-borne disease.Samples from a quarantined Italian man have been sent to an infectious…

By EMMA GRITT, ASSOCIATE HEALTH EDITOR Published: 03:56 EDT, 11 May 2026 | Updated: 04:18 EDT, 11 May 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- The…

Scientists are rushing to develop a hantavirus vaccine as the number of confirmed infections grows – but experts have warned it could take years to be approved.Researchers from the University of Bath say they are working on a 'highly…

Patient zero of the deadly cruise ship rat virus outbreak that has killed three passengers and infected several more has been pictured for the first time. Ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, 70, boarded the MV Hondius with his wife after…

For many, the news may have triggered an uncomfortable sense of déjà vu.Images of hazmat-suited medical workers airlifting gravely ill passengers from the MV Hondius earlier this week were hauntingly reminiscent of the darkest days of…

A third Brit is feared to be infected with hantavirus on Tristan da Cunha, the world's most remote inhabited island with less than 300 residents.The UK Health Security Agency said on Friday that, in addition to two Britons who were…