A rare strain of hantavirus, which has been known to spread between people in close contact, has been found in patients linked to a deadly outbreak on a Dutch cruise ship. The health ministry in South Africa said the Andes strain of the virus was ...

Two Arizonans were on the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship, state health officials said May 12. One is in quarantine in Nebraska.

In February 2025, the classical pianist Betsy Arakawa died in her New Mexico home from a virus most people had never heard of. Her husband, the actor Gene Hackman, died a week later of heart disease.

The MV Hondius was the epicenter of the first-ever deadly outbreak of hantavirus aboard a modern cruise ship. Was this a freak occurrence, or a sign of things to come?