Health

Hantavirus: what happens to cruise ship passengers now and will they quarantine?

Up to 150 passengers and crew from hantavirus-hit MV Hondius start flying home aboard military and government planes from Spain’s Canary Islands

Dozens of people from cruise ship struck by hantavirus leave Tenerife

Britons among passengers and crew taken off vessel and put on flights to 10 countries as part of two-day operation

British paratroopers land on Tristan da Cunha for suspected hantavirus case

Soldiers dropped oxygen supplies and medical aid to Britain’s most remote overseas territory

Americans onboard hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US

The 17 passengers are set to be transferred to a special quarantine center in Nebraska to ‘assess them for risk’

Passengers start to disembark cruise ship stricken by hantavirus

Updated on: May 10, 2026 / 11:32 AM EDT / CBS News

‘One of the greatest invisible tragedies’: is the loss of childhood imagination inevitable?

We have created the most stifling and sanitised imaginative space conceivable for children, says teacher Brendan James Murray. Today true imagination has become a radical act

Mental illness is pregnancy’s No 1 complication. It’s time to support those who suffer from it

Integrated mental healthcare for maternity services, more perinatal psychiatrists and public awareness of the problem could deliver meaningful change

Pirouetting and gaping: mysterious whale behaviour documented as humpback migration begins

With the help of citizen scientists, researchers studying rare humpback ‘jaw-gaping’ believe the move could be a social display

My mother stole these plush house slippers from me

Brunch’s bestselling slippers feel like a pair you’d receive at a fancy hotel. I asked my mom how they’ve held up the past few months since they became hers

Motherless Daughters: Coming Together

On a mountaintop in Northern California, a group of women met for the first time. They call themselves "motherless daughters." These women were all age 21 or younger when their moms died – many from illnesses like cancer, some more suddenly – and might find their life stories divided into a "before" and an "after."

Passengers disembark hantavirus-plagued cruise ship

Passengers have begun evacuating the MV Hondius cruise ship that was hit by a rare hantavirus outbreak, boarding planes after the ship is docked in Spain’s Canary Islands.

At 103 years old, I’m the ‘world’s oldest doctor’: My 3 rules for a long, happy life are so simple—I tell it to 'all my patients'

Dr. Howard Tucker left behind an impressive legacy. At 103, he was named the oldest doctor in the world — and quite possibly the happiest. Shortly before passing away, he shared his rules for living a long, happy and healthy life. They're very simple, he says.