Health officials stressed that different strains of hantavirus are less contagious than the one on the Dutch cruise ship.

Ontario County Public Health (OCPH) said it's investigating a possible case of locally-acquired hantavirus. OCPH says there's no connection to the current cruise ship infections, and no risk to the general public.

The virus is clearly far less contagious than the coronavirus, scientists agree, but they have found cases where it spread among people without direct contact.

Eighteen Americans who were aboard the cruise ship at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak are being monitored at health facilities in the United States on Tuesday. One pa

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani had been hospitalized with pneumonia and placed on a ventilator, his spokesperson said

But it has been hard to attract interest in medical interventions for viruses that have not been considered a top public health priority, scientists say.