Experts Stress Trump's CDC Is 'Not Sufficiently Responding' To Hantavirus. Here's What Info You Can Actually Trust

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The World Health Organization is leading outbreak efforts, but the U.S. is no longer part of the WHO. Here's how that impacts hantavirus communications.

After a rare hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship killed and sickened several passengers, you can’t go online without seeing rumors and news about new cases and suspected infections — or so-called treatments that are most definitely not treatments.

It’s hard not to panic about a new virus after the terror of the COVID-19 pandemic, but infectious disease researchers stress that hantavirus is not at that level of concern right now. Still, people’s very real trauma from COVID is only making the misinformation and grossly exaggerated statements worse.