Hantaviruses do not spread easily, which makes health officials confident the recent outbreak on a cruise ship that has killed three people will not turn into an epidemic. But, still, they need to make sure.

Seventeen Americans monitored hantavirus Nebraska at UNMC after exposure on MV Hondius; one positive case isolated in biocontainment unit for treatment.

Health officials are warning of a dangerous, highly contagious virus spreading at high levels across the United States, causing severe sickness and hospitalizations.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that as of mid-April,

The US is evacuating American passengers from a cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak, transporting them to a Nebraska military facility for quarantine.

Several countries are monitoring residents who were on board the MV Hondius, the cruise ship now tied to multiple cases and deaths from hantavirus.

Ever since the hantavirus Andes strain struck a cruise ship called MV Hondius, concerns have grown about the dangerous and often-fatal illness. Yes, it's been found in the U.S. In fact, it killed actor Gene Hackman's wife.

A Houston-based doctor, Mary Talley Bowden, has shared a possible solution to tackle the hantavirus outbreak