Americans exposed to Ebola in Africa will quarantine in Kenya and be moved to treatment facilities in Europe if they test positive, senior Trump administration officials said on Thursday. Why it matters: The administration's plan to keep affected Americans from returning to the U.S. has angered some public health experts, who say there already are specialized facilities stateside to treat them. The big picture: Officials said flying sick individuals to locations in Europe will be faster than sending the individuals back to the U.S. and allow them to obtain prompt care. - They did not say whether sick Americans will be able to return home at any point. - Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during a Cabinet meeting earlier this…
The passenger, who had tested positive once in the Canary Islands, was being monitored in a special biocontainment facility in Omaha, until a new test came back negative.
The University of Nebraska is home to the only federally funded quarantine unit in the U.S. and a separate biocontainment unit that can treat people exposed to infectious diseases.
More than a dozen American passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have been quarantined at medical facilities in the United States.
The American passengers from a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak are being monitored by U.S. health officials. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: On April 1, 2026, The MV Hondius, a Dutch-registered cruise ship, departed from Ushuaia, a city in southern Argentina. Between April 6 and April 28, a number of passengers became sick, with the first reported death on April 11. On May 2, an outbreak of hantavirus was officially reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). Hantavirus is carried by rodents and there are currently no targeted treatments or widely available vaccines. Consequently, the 18 American passengers have been put into quarantine. Sixteen of the passengers are being monitored at the University of…Open
An American passenger aboard the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive and was transported to a biocontainment center. NewsNation’s Xavier Walton has the details.
Two American passengers from the hantavirus‑affected M.V. Hondius are being transported in biocontainment units as they return to the United States, health officials said. One passenger is experiencing mild symptoms, while another has tested positive for the virus but remains asymptomatic, prompting heightened precautions during transport and upon arrival for monitoring and evaluation. "NewsNation Prime" is America’s source for unbiased news offering a full range of perspectives from across the U.S. Weekends starting at 7p/6C. #Prime NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Dr. Deborah Birx, the physician who oversaw the coronavirus task force in the first Trump administration, joins “NewsNation Prime” to discuss the deadly outbreak of hantavirus on a Dutch-flagged cruise ship. She said the passengers who have disembarked or soon will leave the ship should take weekly PCR tests as they wait out the incubation period, to “decrease the anxiety they have.” #Hantavirus #Health "NewsNation Prime" is America’s source for unbiased news offering a full range of perspectives from across the U.S. Weekends starting at 7p/6C. #Prime NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
