1+ hour, 22+ min ago  (357+ words) May 15 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization said Friday there have been 10 hantavirus cases reported from the MV Hondius cruise ship and three people have died. The WHO held a press conference to share an update on the hantavirus outbreak Friday,…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (420+ words) May 12 (UPI) -- The European Union is considering a ban on social media for children, EU President Ursula Von der Leyen said at the European Summit on Artificial Intelligence and Children. Von der Leyen said Tuesday that the bloc will take…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (313+ words) May 11 (UPI) -- Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martinez and Julian Alvarez lead Argentina's preliminary 55-player roster for the 2026 World Cup, the Argentine Football Association announced Monday. Winger Angel Di Maria, who retired in 2024, is the only player who was in Argentina's starting…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (349+ words) May 11 (UPI) -- Seventeen Americans evacuated from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship docked off Spain's Canary Islands were being airlifted to the United States late Sunday, the Department of Health and Human Services said. One American experiencing mild symptoms and another who…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (285+ words) May 10 (UPI) -- Israel deported two activists who were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla attempting to deliver aid to Gaza more than a week ago. Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Avila were deported on Sunday after Israel's foreign ministry said…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (223+ words) May 10 (UPI) -- A cruise ship stricken with a hantavirus outbreak is evacuating its nearly 150 passengers in the Spanish island Tenerife on Sunday. The MV Hondius docked in Tenerife Sunday morning to begin evacuating passengers who will be sent to their…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (381+ words) May 9 (UPI) -- Two activists being held in Israel after the country intercepted its Gaza-bound aid flotilla are scheduled to be released Saturday, an aid organization said. Human rights organization Adalah said that Brazilian Thiago "vila and Spanish-Swedish citizen Saif Abukeshek…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (607+ words) May 7 (UPI) -- A sustained increase in hantavirus infections in Argentina and a sharp rise in fatal cases in Chile this year have raised concerns among health authorities, who link the situation to climate change and the transmission capacity of the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (578+ words) May 7 (UPI) -- Public health officials conducted contract tracing across the globe Thursday in response to cruise ship operator Oceanwide Expeditions' announcement that 29 people disembarked the vessel after the start of a hantavirus outbreak. The company said the passengers disembarked the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (513+ words) May 6 (UPI) -- A cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak onboard that has killed at least three people and sickened more was due to set sail for the Canary Islands on Wednesday after Spain agreed to allow passengers and crew to…...