Are Hantavirus Tests Like Covid Tests? Doctors Explain Key Differences

Unlike Covid-19, hantavirus cannot be detected using rapid antigen kits. Doctors explain why diagnosis depends on specialised blood tests, PCR analysis and clinical suspicion, especially during severe ...
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Hantavirus vs. COVID: What the 2026 cruise ship outbreak really means

Three people dead on a cruise ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. A rodent-borne virus spreading, perhaps, between human beings in close quarters. The World Health Organization is scrambling to ...

Hantavirus will test if the world learned anything from Covid

The hantavirus outbreak is still small. But it's a huge test for a battered public health sector.

Hantavirus outbreak isn't another Covid pandemic – but experts say it's testing U.S. readiness

For some experts, the outbreak is raising broader concerns about how equipped the U.S. is to respond to future infectious ...
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Inside the race to develop a hantavirus PCR test

Researchers at the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory worked round the clock to develop a test for the Andes virus at the ...

U.S. cruise passengers arrive in the U.S. after one tests positive for hantavirus

One of the 18 Americans tested "mildly" positive for the virus during the U.S. return flight. A French woman has also tested ...