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We must be better prepared to prevent the next pandemic

Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks expose a gap not in our ability to respond, but in our willingness to anticipate, prevent, and use precaution, experts say

The ship has arrived in the Port of Rotterdam (AP)

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Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docks in the Netherlands

<p>Rural and suburban businesses spent years watching their customers commute away each morning. Remote work has quietly become an unexpected lifeline.</p>

economy

Alan Healy: When will Irish companies realise the return-to-office battle has been lost?

Preview of 2023 Ambassador Cruise Line new cruise ship named AMBITION (former AIDAmira, Costa neoRiviera, Grand Mistral, Mistral

world

Some passengers allowed to leave norovirus-hit cruise ship

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Irish among 1,700 confined to cruise ship in France after suspected norovirus outbreak

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world

WHO head tells countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases

Dutch hospital quarantines 12 over breach of hantavirus protocol

In the latest report of a potential case, Italy's ANSA news agency said a 25-year-old Italian man who had flown on a KLM flight with a woman who died of hantavirus had been taken to hospital with symptom

Tue, 12 May, 2026

Hantavirus: Some passengers on board cruise were ‘facing mental breakdown’

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press briefing it would have been “inhumane” to leave people on board the ship rather than letting it dock in Tenerife

Tue, 12 May, 2026

Cruise Ship MV Hondius Docks In Tenerife

French passenger on board hantavirus-hit ship tests positive as Irish passengers land home

The Irish evacuees from the MV Hondius will now quarantine in a HSE facility

Mon, 11 May, 2026

Plans in place to bring Irish passengers on hantavirus-hit ship ship home, officials say

Depending on their health when they disembark the cruise ship MV Hondius, the two Irish passengers will be transferred 'directly' to Ireland

Sat, 09 May, 2026

WHO seeks to reassure ‘worried’ Tenerife residents over arrival of hantavirus-hit ship

The UN agency said there had been six confirmed hantavirus cases linked to the MV Hondius ship and that four patients were currently in hospital

Sat, 09 May, 2026

What the deadly hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius teaches us after covid

The deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius highlights persistent infection risks and hard lessons from the covid era

Sat, 09 May, 2026

Irish passengers on virus-hit cruise safe and well, says Helen McEntee

Three people in total have died linked to an outbreak of hantavirus on the MV Hondius

Fri, 08 May, 2026

Third British national diagnosed with suspected hantavirus linked to cruise ship

The cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak is still days away from docking

Fri, 08 May, 2026

Hantavirus: Global race underway to trace passengers who left ship before outbreak confirmed

The outbreak has killed three people and caused global alarm.

Thu, 07 May, 2026

WHO says hantavirus outbreak unlikely to become epidemic after three deaths

Health officials say public risk remains low as countries coordinate safe return plans for passengers and crew

Thu, 07 May, 2026

Dozens of passengers left hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after first fatality

Health authorities were monitoring people or trying to trace others who may have come into contact with cruise passengers on at least four continents

Thu, 07 May, 2026

What is hantavirus, the infection that has killed three people on a cruise ship?

Rodent-carried disease is not usually contagious between humans and outbreaks are rare. ‘New world’ variants are the most deadly. What are the symptoms and treatment?

Thu, 07 May, 2026

Argentina races to find origins of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, amid reports some passengers have returned to US

The Argentine health ministry on Tuesday reported 101 hantavirus infections since June 2025, roughly double to the year prior

Thu, 07 May, 2026

‘We don’t know how we’ll get home’: Cork passenger on hantavirus stricken cruise ship

Cork passenger says travellers expect quarantine in Canary Islands but remain unsure how they will return to Ireland

Wed, 06 May, 2026

Canary Islands rejects hantavirus-hit cruise ship's plans to dock as three people evacuated

Spain says MV Hondius will be received in Canary Islands and passengers and crew treated before repatriation

Wed, 06 May, 2026

Human to human hantavirus transmission suspected on cruise but risk to public low, WHO says

Author Ann Lane is one of two Irish women on board the MV Hondius, which is anchored off the coast of Cape Verde

Tue, 05 May, 2026

Cork woman on board hantavirus ship tells of her shock at deaths during cruise

Ann Lane from Millstreet in Co Cork told the 'Irish Examiner' how passengers heard of the deaths of several fellow passengers

Mon, 04 May, 2026

Test tube labeled Hantavirus on a mask, with gloves in a lab setting

Two Irish passengers on board of suspected hantavirus cruise ship

Officials say they will not authorise docking ‘to protect public health’ after deaths of three passengers

Mon, 04 May, 2026

Irish Examiner view: We need to prepare now for Donald Trump's warnings

US president warned 'America is going to take back a lot of what was stolen from it by other countries'

Thu, 13 Mar, 2025

What is hantavirus, the rare disease that killed Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa?

Virus that caused death of actor’s wife in Santa Fe is rare but serious illness that can damage major organs of the body

Sat, 08 Mar, 2025

Gene Hackman died of heart disease a week after rare virus killed wife, autopsy says

Hackman's wife died days earlier, according to authorities, who suggested that his Alzheimer's might have hindered his understanding

Fri, 07 Mar, 2025

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Another deadly pandemic seems inevitable — but there is a way to avoid it

We are not helpless: we need to do big things quickly, though, to halt the disturbance of nature. And I fear that’s not happening, writes John Vidal

Tue, 04 Jul, 2023

#Hantavirus

We must be better prepared to prevent the next pandemic

Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docks in the Netherlands

Alan Healy: When will Irish companies realise the return-to-office battle has been lost?

Some passengers allowed to leave norovirus-hit cruise ship

Irish among 1,700 confined to cruise ship in France after suspected norovirus outbreak

WHO head tells countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases

Dutch hospital quarantines 12 over breach of hantavirus protocol

Hantavirus: Some passengers on board cruise were ‘facing mental breakdown’

French passenger on board hantavirus-hit ship tests positive as Irish passengers land home

Plans in place to bring Irish passengers on hantavirus-hit ship ship home, officials say

WHO seeks to reassure ‘worried’ Tenerife residents over arrival of hantavirus-hit ship

What the deadly hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius teaches us after covid

Irish passengers on virus-hit cruise safe and well, says Helen McEntee

Third British national diagnosed with suspected hantavirus linked to cruise ship

Hantavirus: Global race underway to trace passengers who left ship before outbreak confirmed

WHO says hantavirus outbreak unlikely to become epidemic after three deaths

Dozens of passengers left hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after first fatality

What is hantavirus, the infection that has killed three people on a cruise ship?

Argentina races to find origins of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, amid reports some passengers have returned to US

‘We don’t know how we’ll get home’: Cork passenger on hantavirus stricken cruise ship

Canary Islands rejects hantavirus-hit cruise ship's plans to dock as three people evacuated

Human to human hantavirus transmission suspected on cruise but risk to public low, WHO says

Cork woman on board hantavirus ship tells of her shock at deaths during cruise

Two Irish passengers on board of suspected hantavirus cruise ship

Irish Examiner view: We need to prepare now for Donald Trump's warnings

What is hantavirus, the rare disease that killed Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa?

Gene Hackman died of heart disease a week after rare virus killed wife, autopsy says

Another deadly pandemic seems inevitable — but there is a way to avoid it

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Mick Clifford

#Hantavirus

We must be better prepared to prevent the next pandemic

Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docks in the Netherlands

Alan Healy: When will Irish companies realise the return-to-office battle has been lost?

Some passengers allowed to leave norovirus-hit cruise ship

Irish among 1,700 confined to cruise ship in France after suspected norovirus outbreak

WHO head tells countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases

Dutch hospital quarantines 12 over breach of hantavirus protocol

Hantavirus: Some passengers on board cruise were ‘facing mental breakdown’

French passenger on board hantavirus-hit ship tests positive as Irish passengers land home

Plans in place to bring Irish passengers on hantavirus-hit ship ship home, officials say

WHO seeks to reassure ‘worried’ Tenerife residents over arrival of hantavirus-hit ship

What the deadly hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius teaches us after covid

Irish passengers on virus-hit cruise safe and well, says Helen McEntee

Third British national diagnosed with suspected hantavirus linked to cruise ship

Hantavirus: Global race underway to trace passengers who left ship before outbreak confirmed

WHO says hantavirus outbreak unlikely to become epidemic after three deaths

Dozens of passengers left hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after first fatality

What is hantavirus, the infection that has killed three people on a cruise ship?

Argentina races to find origins of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, amid reports some passengers have returned to US

‘We don’t know how we’ll get home’: Cork passenger on hantavirus stricken cruise ship

Canary Islands rejects hantavirus-hit cruise ship's plans to dock as three people evacuated

Human to human hantavirus transmission suspected on cruise but risk to public low, WHO says

Cork woman on board hantavirus ship tells of her shock at deaths during cruise

Two Irish passengers on board of suspected hantavirus cruise ship

Irish Examiner view: We need to prepare now for Donald Trump's warnings

What is hantavirus, the rare disease that killed Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa?

Gene Hackman died of heart disease a week after rare virus killed wife, autopsy says

Another deadly pandemic seems inevitable — but there is a way to avoid it

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Mick Clifford

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