Three people have died in association with the vessel, and health officials have identified a total of two confirmed cases and five suspected cases of the infection. The virus usually spreads via cont

AN Irish jet has departed Tenerife to bring home two Irish passengers who were stranded on a rat virus-plagued cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Two Irish citizens are set to be return home from

Around 100 people have been left stranded in the VOCO hotel in Southampton due to a reported gas leak at the port’s Dock Gates 4 and 5, just hours before Cunard's Queen Anne was due to depart

A French woman and an American have tested positive for the hantavirus after passengers from the cruise ship disembarked and prepare to quarantine.

Passengers still stranded aboard the hantavirus-stricken HV Hondius appear to be going about their daily routines in a calm manner — despite the looming threat of contracting the illness that killed three fellow travelers.

Six passengers from Australia and New Zealand will be quarantined at a facility in Perth after they were stranded on a cruise ship exposed to the deadly hantavirus.

Maritime lawyer Frank Spagnoletti, who helped secure compensation for the Carnival Triumph victims, says that while quarantine is a legal reality during outbreaks, passengers are often left in the dar