An American passenger quarantining at a Nebraska facility after being exposed to hantavirus aboard a cruise ship says he plans to remain there the full 42 days.
The cruise ship outbreak has put renewed attention on the Andes virus, a rare type of hantavirus that can spread between people and cause severe respiratory illness.
As the number of norovirus cases rise and hantavirus lingers on cruise ships, health officials advise passengers to take precautionary measures to avoid sickness.
Two New Jersey residents are being monitored after they were potentially exposed to a person infected with hantavirus.
Six U.S. states are tracking nine residents for possible hantavirus infections.
Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.