Press Releases

South African Government

The Department of Health has been informed by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the medical condition and reported deaths of passengers of an international cruise ship (MV Hondius) travelling from Southern Argentina to...

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(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Tuesday that the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship is unlikely to escalate dramatically — though officials warned that further infections among passengers cannot be ruled...

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(MENAFN) The World Health Organization has indicated that there is no current sign of a large-scale outbreak following the cluster of hantavirus infections detected on board the MV Hondius cruise ship, although further cases among exposed...

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(MENAFN) US health authorities are racing to contain a rare and deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, mobilizing emergency personnel and arranging repatriation flights as infected American passengers brace for weeks of...

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(MENAFN) The head of the World Health Organization has moved to calm public concerns after a cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak approached Spain’s Tenerife, stressing that the situation does not resemble another global pandemic scenario...

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(MENAFN) World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus moved to calm public anxiety Saturday, assuring residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife that the health risk was contained as the cruise ship MV Hondius —...

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(MENAFN) American health authorities are stepping up containment procedures following hantavirus-related deaths connected to the MV Hondius cruise vessel, as US travelers aboard the ship prepare for quarantine supervision upon their return home,...

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(MENAFN) World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has personally traveled to Spain's Tenerife to oversee the docking of the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius, reassuring local residents that the outbreak poses...

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(MENAFN) Newly released footage shows the captain of a cruise ship reassuring passengers after an onboard death, which later became part of a confirmed hantavirus outbreak investigation, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump on Friday described hantavirus as "not easily transferable, unlike COVID," in an effort to calm public concern while health officials across several countries work to contain an outbreak linked to a cruise ship....

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(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed Tuesday that a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship anchored off Cabo Verde almost certainly predates the voyage itself — with the initial patient likely infected on land before...

City of Boston

Boston Public Health Commission's Mayor’s Health Line staff will be at City Hall Wednesday, January 21 from 10am-2pm Tuesday, January 20, 2026, The Boston Public Health Commission’s Mayor’s Health Line (MHL) is hosting a health insurance...

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(MENAFN) Three individuals suspected of carrying hantavirus have been removed from the outbreak-stricken cruise ship and are en route to the Netherlands for urgent medical attention, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom...

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(MENAFN) Three people are dead and a fourth remains in intensive care after a suspected hantavirus outbreak tore through a Netherlands-based cruise ship, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed Sunday — raising urgent alarms over a...

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(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (World Health Organization) has reported a suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard a Netherlands-based cruise vessel, resulting in three deaths and several additional illnesses, according to statements released...

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(MENAFN) Three people have died and at least five others are suspected infected aboard a cruise ship sailing the Atlantic Ocean following a confirmed hantavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization disclosed Sunday evening in a development that...

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(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (WHO) says three people die after a suspected hantavirus outbreak occurs on a Netherlands-based cruise ship in the Atlantic, according to reports.

City of Boston

Massachusetts Open Enrollment runs from November 1, 2025, to January 23, 2026. BOSTON - October 31, 2025 - Federal changes are threatening access to health care nationally and in Boston.

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Mayor Wu and Age Strong announce, 44 community nonprofit organizations will receive $570,000 to strengthen social connections and community. 11 community nonprofit organizations will receive $706,000 to strengthen behavioral health support for...

Rhode Island Government

RHODE ISLAND, April 13 - In observance of National STI Awareness Week (April 12-19), the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is highlighting some encouraging trends in reducing the burden of sexually transmitted infections in Rhode Island....