passengers

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In travel news this week, 18 American passengers from the expedition cruise ship struck by a rare hantavirus outbreak were transported to a specialist quarantine center after one tested positive and another showed symptoms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Three people died after the rare rat-borne hantavirus spread through passengers holidaying on the MV Hondius cruise ship, sparking a global health scare.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

What followed was an hours-long ordeal on a life raft, as the pilot and the passengers waited for rescuers to find them.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

How long will the wayward cruise ship passengers stay in Omaha?

From Slate • May 14, 2026

Most of the nearby passengers had since moved to compartments well out of earshot.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood