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New details on quarantine for Americans who were on hantavirus-hit cruise ship
Eighteen Americans are under observation in medical facilities, including 16 in Nebraska, after they were aboard the cruise ship struck by hantavirus. One American has tested positive for the virus. Ian Lee has more.

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Americans from hantavirus cruise ship remain in quarantine to monitor for symptoms, CDC says
He was on the hantavirus cruise. What he wants every American to know.
Hantavirus updates: 18 cruise passengers back in US; states monitor for cases
Eighteen Americans who were aboard the cruise ship at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak are being monitored at health facilities in the United States on Tuesday.

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Doctor who helped ship take care of passengers with hantavirus is isolated in Nebraska medical unit
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‘It’s not like they can just order in DoorDash’: Americans from cruise-ship outbreak could be quarantined until mid-June
There are no treatments for hantavirus infections, which have a fatality rate between 30% and 50%, and people who develop hantavirus pulmonary syndrome may need access to extracorporeal membrane oxyge...

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