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The rural family home where Rodrigo Morinigo, who died from hantavirus in January at the age of 14, lived with his family when he contracted the illness in San Andres de Giles, Argentina, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey

1:15 PM on Wednesday, May 6

Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to figure out if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise

FILE - A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is photographed May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

IRS may owe you a refund for coronavirus-era fines. Here's how to apply

12:01 PM on Wednesday, May 6

Millions of taxpayers penalized by the IRS during the coronavirus pandemic for late payments or filings may qualify for refunds or penalty terminations

Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam donate $12.5 million toward blood cancer research and treatment

11:11 AM on Wednesday, May 6

Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam have donated $12.5 million toward blood cancer research and treatment

Medical personnel in hazmat suits wait for patients, evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, at Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

The Latest: Cruise ship hantavirus patients arrive in Europe for treatment

10:05 AM on Wednesday, May 6

Three cruise ship passengers with suspected hantavirus infections are being flown to the Netherlands for treatment

Aptevo Reports 87% Clinical Benefit and 81% Remission in 31 Evaluable Frontline AML Patients Through Cohort 5, Substantially Outperforming Benchmark; RAINIER on Track for 2026 Completion and Phase 2 Dose Selection

8:05 AM on Wednesday, May 6

Plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Obeng performs a belly bottom reconstruction plastic surgery after a tummy tuck at a surgical center in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Cosmetic interventions are booming. Many say ethical conversations are lagging

7:08 AM on Wednesday, May 6

Technological advancements have made cosmetic procedures more accessible but have also lead many to grapple with the philosophical and ethical implications

Stormy Bost stands on her porch in Calhoun, Ga., on March 29, 2026. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia officials knew chemicals from carpet mills were polluting local water. The people did not

7:01 AM on Wednesday, May 6

State officials knew nearly two decades ago that toxic chemicals called PFAS were spreading from the carpet mills of northwest Georgia into rivers that are the region's main source of drinking water

Cover, "Counteract the Junk," by DéShond G Barnes.

7:00 AM on Wednesday, May 6

Health workers in protective gear arrive to evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Canary Islands after 3 are evacuated

4:38 AM on Wednesday, May 6

The U.N. health agency says two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were evacuated from a cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak

A view of the inside of the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, a cruise ship carrying nearly 150 people as it remains off Cape Verde on Monday, May 4, 2026 after three passengers died and several others fell seriously ill in a suspected hantavirus outbreak. (Qasem Elhato via AP)

How a deadly hantavirus outbreak unfolded on a cruise ship for weeks before it was identified

4:47 PM on Tuesday, May 5

A deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over the course of weeks on a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina toward Antarctica and then across the Atlantic Ocean

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