Andes Virus (Hantavirus) News

ABC News

Updates: One passenger en route to Omaha tested positive for hantavirus

May 22, 2026

• NBC News

  • Hantavirus cases linked to cruise ship rise to 12 after crew member tests positive

May 19, 2026

• WOWT 6 Omaha

  • Hantavirus update: CDC confirms 2 brought to Omaha facility ordered to quarantine

May 15-16, 2026

• UNMC/Nebraska Medicine

  • Two additional MV Hondius passengers arrive at National Quarantine Unit

• FOX

  • “No known cases of hantavirus in US as officials continue to monitor potential exposure”

May 11, 2026

• UNMC/ Nebraska Medicine

  • 16 U.S. citizens safely repatriated to UNMC, Nebraska Medicine

  • Cruise ship passengers arrive at National Quarantine Unit

• KETV 7 Omaha

  • Video: “American passengers impacted by hantavirus outbreak arrive at Omaha's Eppley Airfield”

May 10, 2026

• UNMC/Nebraska Medicine

  • One passenger en route to Omaha tested positive for hantavirus

May 8, 2026

• UNMC/ Nebraska Medicine

  • “Nebraska Medicine/UNMC asked to monitor U.S. citizens from cruise ship hantavirus outbreak”

  • Video: National Quarantine Unit Press Conference

• KETV 7 Omaha

  • “CDC teams will meet Americans on hantavirus-stricken ship at Nebraska quarantine unit and in Canary Islands”

• WOWT 6 Omaha

  • “Americans aboard ship at center of hantavirus outbreak to quarantine in Nebraska, meet with CDC teams”

• Nebraska Public Media

  • “American passengers on cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak headed to Omaha”

• KVRN Rural Radio

  • “Nebraska Medicine/UNMC asked to monitor U.S. citizens from cruise ship hantavirus outbreak”

• CNN

  • “CDC teams to meet Americans on hantavirus-stricken ship, sources say, as bad weather threatens landing”