The CDC has stressed that the risk to public health is 'extremely low,' but if you're concerned about hantavirus, there are a few ways to protect yourself at home

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Fears of a new pandemic are spreading following the deaths of three people aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

At least five passengers on the Dutch vessel MV Hondius were confirmed to have hantavirus (officially Orthohantavirus ), a strain of deadly viruses spread through contact with rodents or their droppings. Of the three passengers who died, one of them — a 69-year-old Dutch woman — was confirmed to have had the virus. The cases of her Dutch husband and a German woman, who both also died, are still being investigated.…