CDC Activates Level 3 Hantavirus Response Amid Cruise Ship Outbreak

Experts Wonder 'Where Is The CDC?' As A Hantavirus Outbreak Unfolds On A Cruise Ship

“The CDC is not even a player," said Lawrence Gostin, an international public health expert at Georgetown University. “I've never seen that before.”

CDC Alerts Clinicians About Potential for Imported Hantavirus Cases

(MedPage Today) -- The CDC has issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) health advisory on hantavirus, urging clinicians to be aware of the potential for imported cases of hantavirus disease in connection with an outbreak of Andes virus aboard a cruise...

CDC classifies hantavirus outbreak to 'level 3' of emergency activation

A "level 3" designation is standard at this stage and is the lowest CDC emergency activation level, with the agency actively monitoring the virus's progress.

Why the CDC Activates Level 3 as WHO Tracks Hantavirus Across 11 Countries

A severe pathogen outbreak on an international cruise ship has triggered a coordinated response from major health organisations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently activated its continuous emergency operations centre in Atlanta to monitor a deadly hantavirus situation aboard the MV Hondius. Three passengers have already died from the infection, forcing authorities to act fast. Global health authorities are tracing individual…

CDC: Risk of Cruise Ship Hantavirus Spreading to U.S. Public Is 'Low'

The CDC has classified the hantavirus outbreak from a Dutch cruise ship as 'Level 3' – the lowest level of emergency activation in the agency’s hierarchy of responses.

CDC activates Level 3 emergency response for hantavirus outbreak: Here's what that means

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has activated its 24/7 emergency center in Atlanta to monitor the recent deadly hantavirus outbreak onboard the MV Hondius.