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

Jake Rosmarin said he’s “trying not to think about” whether he’s been infected with hantavirus as he hunkers down for six weeks in a medical facility.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says three people who were exposed to a person with hantavirus are under observation at the University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, Kansas.

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - There are no confirmed cases in the United States of the Andes hantavirus outbreak that killed three people aboard a luxury cruise ship this month,

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Officials are investigating the origin of the outbreak of hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise ship that departed Argentina’s southernmost city, Ushuaia, last month. One theory that has gained prominence in media coverage holds that the Dutch husband and wife who were the first to show symptoms of hantavirus and later die from it picked up the virus while bird-watching at a landfill in Ushuaia before the cruise.

Amid concerns of hantavirus cases, Dr. Marc Siegel says there is 'no comparison' between hantavirus and COVID-19 pandemic concerns.