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The CDC has released a Health Alert Network notification advising healthcare professionals and public health organizations throughout the United States to brace for possible cases of Andes virus — an uncommon and deadly variant of hantavirus that spreads uniquely from one person to another. This outbreak began on a cruise ship in the South Atlantic in May 2026, resulting in confirmed fatalities and seriously ill individuals. The CDC is tracking US passengers from the impacted ship and air travel connections in various states. Although the current risk to the general public is deemed extremely low, the CDC has raised its alert status as the Andes virus can lead to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a serious and potentially lethal respiratory illness with no sanctioned antiviral treatments.

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00:00The CDC is warning American doctors and hospitals to prepare for a potentially deadly imported
00:05virus, one that can spread from person to person.
00:09A Health Alert Network advisory issued by the CDC warns about a confirmed outbreak of
00:14Andes virus, a rare form of hantavirus linked to a cruise ship in the South Atlantic.
00:20Two people have died.
00:22At least one more was critically ill.
00:24The outbreak was confirmed by the World Health Organization in May 2026.
00:28Here is what makes Andes virus uniquely alarming.
00:32Unlike other hantaviruses, it spreads from person to person through close contact.
00:37Most hantaviruses only pass through contact with infected rodents.
00:42The CDC is now tracking U.S. passengers who were on the ship and any air travel contacts
00:47who may have been exposed.
00:50Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, the disease it causes, has no approved antiviral treatment.
00:55Early symptoms mimic the flu.
00:57By the time severe respiratory failure develops, it can be too late.
01:01The CDC says the U.S. risk is currently low, but it is actively monitoring across multiple states.
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