One of 17 American Cruise Ship Passengers Tests Positive For Hantavirus As Cargo Plane Transports Them to the U.S.

At least one of the 17 American citizens who were passengers on the ill-fated MV Hondius cruise ship, which has suffered a deadly Hantavirus outbreak that has global health authorities on edge, has tested positive for the Andes strain, which has a fatality rate of between 30% and 50%. The news that