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FILE - Passengers board a plane bound for Eindhoven, after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez,File)

The world's reaction to hantavirus is tinged by echoes of something else: COVID

6:17 AM on Thursday, May 14

The coronavirus pandemic's impact lingers, influencing our lives in both obvious and subtle ways

Passengers stand aboard the British cruise ship Ambition, as French authorities have ordered 1,700 passengers and crew to stay on board due to a gastrointestinal illness outbreak, in Bordeaux, southwestern France, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Caroline Blumberg)

France allows asymptomatic passengers off new cruise ship struck by stomach bug outbreak

6:13 AM on Thursday, May 14

Passengers unaffected by an illness outbreak on a British cruise ship have been allowed off the ship in Bordeaux

Vice President JD Vance speaks to the media from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Vance is set to speak in Maine about fraud investigations ahead of primary election

5:22 AM on Thursday, May 14

Vice President JD Vance is set to visit Maine to highlight the Trump administration’s anti-fraud efforts before the state’s primary elections

The hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius is seen at anchor at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)

Doctor on ship who helped care for passengers with hantavirus leaves medical isolation unit

5:02 PM on Wednesday, May 13

An oncologist traveling on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has been cleared to leave a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska, where he was the lone American placed in isolation after he helped care for fellow passengers who became sick on board

Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, speaks while, from left, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Joe Rogan, President Donald Trump, Joe Rogan and CEO of Americans for Ibogaine W. Bryan Hubbard listen in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

FDA chief's resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation's health department

10:30 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Dr. Marty Makary's resignation from his post atop the Food and Drug Administration is widening a leadership gap that already existed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

A barrier is set in front of the British cruise ship Ambition, as French authorities have ordered 1,700 passengers and crew to stay on board due to a gastrointestinal illness outbreak, in Bordeaux, southwestern France, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Caroline Blumberg)

France confines more than 1,700 on British cruise ship in Bordeaux after gastroenteritis outbreak

9:30 AM on Wednesday, May 13

French authorities have ordered over 1,700 passengers and crew on a British cruise ship to stay on board due to a gastrointestinal illness outbreak

FILE - The overdose-reversal drug Narcan is displayed during training for employees of the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), Dec. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes

9:01 AM on Wednesday, May 13

About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year

The hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius is seen at anchor at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)

Company says it’s not clear when its hantavirus-hit ship will start cruises again

5:17 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Oceanwide Expeditions says it expects to know by the end of the week if the MV Hondius cruise ship will keep to its schedule after a hantavirus outbreak

This combination of images show, from left, Dr. Mark Chavez outside of United States Courthouse in Los Angeles, on Oct. 2, 2024, Erik Fleming outside federal court in Los Angeles on May 13, 2026, and Dr. Salvador Plasencia outside federal court in Los Angeles on July 23, 2025. (AP Photo)

Who are the 5 people convicted in connection with Matthew Perry’s death

5:03 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The prosecution of five defendants stemming from the death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry is coming to a close

Erik Fleming departs federal court in Los Angeles after being sentenced in connection with the ketamine overdose death of actor Matthew Perry, on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)

Drug counselor who delivered 'Friends' star Matthew Perry ketamine that killed him gets 2 years

11:36 PM on Tuesday, May 12

A licensed drug addiction counselor who delivered the ketamine that killed “Friends” star Matthew Perry has been sentenced to two years

Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales, takes part in an immersive clay atelier workshop at the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre, part of a two-day trip, in Reggio Emilia, Italy, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, Pool)

Princess Catherine arrives in Italy on first solo trip abroad after cancer goes into remission

11:28 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Britain’s Princess Catherine is making her first overseas trip since announcing her cancer is in remission

Nebraska Medicine's Davis Global Center is seen on Sunday, May 10,2026 in Omaha, Neb. where American passengers from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship will quarantine. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US after hantavirus outbreak

5:43 PM on Tuesday, May 12

When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be home for 35 days as he and more than 100 other passengers and crew were to travel across the South Atlantic

CalHOPE Courage Award winners Kitahata, Darghali overcame mental health challenges

3:20 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Nothing could have prepared forward Andrea Kitahata for the emotional challenges she would face during her sophomore season at Stanford

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