In Our View: U.S. Must Be Prepared for Infectious Diseases

Hantavirus Outbreak Tests Post-Covid Health Communications Playbook

A rodentborne virus with a scary name. A midocean cruise ship in quarantine. Several people dead and more falling sick. It is no wonder that an outbreak

Cruise ship hantavirus outbreak revives COVID-era fears worldwide

Health officials around the world are racing to calm public fears after a hantavirus outbreak aboard a luxury cruise ship in the Atlantic revived painful memories of the COVID-19 p...

In Our View: U.S. must be prepared for infectious diseases

A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has revived memories of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet while experts say the situation is not as threatening as a coronavirus, the situation highlights the ne

Return of the Next Pandemic Script

Return of the Next Pandemic Script by Yaffa Shir-Raz at Brownstone Institute "Essentially, 2–3 people may have unfortunately died from a virus that has probably existed at least as long as humans," wrote David Bell two days ago, a former WHO physician and public health scientist. "The news story is that it was made into an international news story. Yesterday, about 4,000 people died of TB, and 2,000 children died of malaria. The same news servic…

Hantavirus outbreak isn't another Covid pandemic – but experts say it's testing U.S. readiness

For some experts, the outbreak is raising broader concerns about how equipped the U.S. is to respond to future infectious disease threats.