By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. Reviewed by Lauren Hardaker Jun 10 2026 After a cruise ship-linked outbreak sparked fears of another COVID-19-style crisis, scientists examined the evidence and found that Andes hantavirus spreads, evolves, and causes disease in fundamentally different ways, making a similar pandemic unlikely. Study: Why Andes hantavirus is not the next SARS-CoV-2: contrasting viral shedding, transmissibility and genomic patterns . Image credit: Billion Photos/Shutterstock.com A recent 

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