Medical Xpress

From medieval plague ships to hantavirus: How outbreaks at sea helped to shape the international public health system

Cruise ships are convenient floating hotels by which to see far-flung parts of the world—but as an epidemiologist, I know they are also everything an infectious pathogen could want: thousands of ...
The Conversation

From medieval plague ships to hantavirus: How outbreaks at sea helped to shape the international public health system

Passengers on the the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius watch epidemiologists board the boat in Praia, Cape Verde, on May 6, 2026. AP Photo/Uncredited Cruise ships are convenient floating ...
Houston Chronicle

From medieval plague ships to hantavirus: How outbreaks at sea helped to shape the international public health system

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Katrine L. Wallace, University of Illinois Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) Cruise ships are ...
SlashGear

Six Ships Ranging From Medieval Times To The 1600s Found In 'Exciting' Discovery

Building a railway tunnel through somewhere as historic as Varberg in Sweden meant the authorities couldn't just send in the contractors straightaway. That's because Swedish law requires ...