Spanish government confirms new case of hantavirus linked to cruise ship – National
The Spanish government said Monday that it has confirmed a new case of hantavirus connected to the MV Hondius cruise ship that made headlines when...
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Canada adds Ebola screening at airports as Ontario test comes back negative
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada has introduced enhanced screening measures at airports for travellers returning from African countries facing a deadly...
Should Canada consider travel bans like U.S. is doing amid Ebola outbreak? – National
After U.S. travel restrictions stemming from the Ebola outbreak forced a commercial flight to divert to Montreal while carrying a passenger from one of the...
Hantavirus-hit cruise operator says ship was not source of outbreak – National
The operator of the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship said that indications “strongly suggest” the virus was introduced prior to embarkation and “did not originate from the...
First Canadian hantavirus case confirmed in B.C. patient
The first case of Andes hantavirus in Canada has been confirmed, public health officials say, following testing of a presumptive case in British Columbia. On...
B.C. health officials update public on rare hantavirus exposure cases
Descrease article font size Increase article font size British Columbia’s top doctor is set to provide an update Saturday on a group of Canadians isolating...
26 ‘low-risk’ Canadian air passengers may have hantavirus exposure – National
Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Joss Reimer, says 26 people across the country are being contacted by public health authorities to monitor for hantavirus...
Still ‘many steps to do’ in creating a hantavirus vaccine, experts say – National
With four Canadians currently isolating across the country after exposure on the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship, the outbreak raises the question of whether there...
French hantavirus patient critically ill, on ‘final stage of supportive care’ – National
A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor...
7 more in Ontario told to isolate, considered ‘low-risk’ hantavirus contacts
Ontario’s ministry of health is asking seven more people to isolate in relation to a global hantavirus outbreak, though it says those individuals are considered “low-risk” contacts....