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Argentina traps, tests rats as hantavirus probe expands

Argentina is expanding its investigation into a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, sending teams to trap and test rats in Mendoza.

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Scientists testing rodents for hantavirus in Argentina’s famous wine region of Mendoza after cruise ship outbreak

Argentina is expanding its investigation into a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship

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Deadly hantavirus outbreak triggers rodent hunt in Argentina

This fieldwork aims to detect the rat-borne virus in an area previously believed to be unaffected

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The city at ‘the end of the world’ faces hantavirus crisis – here’s why

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City ‘at the end of the world’ fears for future after hantavirus outbreak

Despite a lack of any evidence to suggest the outbreak started in Ushuaia, people here whose livelihoods depend on foreign visitors say they are feeling the effects

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The mental toll of quarantine on board a cruise ship – explained by a psychologist

The MV Hondius left Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1. Within days, one passenger had become ill. Within weeks, the voyage had become the focus of an international health response after cases of Andes virus, a type of hantavirus, were identified among passengers and crew. By early May, several people had…

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'Smear campaign': Ushuaia rejects claims it was ground zero for Hantavirus outbreak

A landfill in Ushuaia, Argentina, is suspected to be the source of the hantavirus outbreak. Local authorities reject the theory, saying the province never recorded a case of the hantavirus.

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Hantavirus latest: Health chief warns further cases linked to outbreak on cruise ship are expected

At least nine cases have been confirmed

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Mapped: The countries affected by the cruise ship Hantavirus outbreak that has killed three people

More than a dozen countries have been linked to the hantavirus outbreak, as the WHO confirms five cases of the disease. Alex Croft reports

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Pair self-isolating in UK after return from cruise ship affected by hantavirus outbreak

Two individuals who recently returned to the UK from a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak have been instructed to self-isolate, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. The agency reassured the public that "the risk to general public remains very low" following their return from the MV…

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6 best expedition cruises to see rare wildlife and remote landscapes in 2026

From a 12-day trip to the icy Arctic to a river cruise of the Amazon, Marc Shoffman has your guide to the most exciting expeditions of 2026

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Chile, Argentina Order Evacuations Over Post-quake Tsunami Threat

Chilean authorities issued a tsunami warning for the country's southernmost region Friday morning and both Chile and Argentina ordered evacuations after a major 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of South America.

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Cazzu Travels to the "End of the World" For Her Netflix Acting Debut and Teases New Music - PHOTOS & VIDEOS

The Argentine artist is expanding her horizons and trying her hand at acting in a Netflix project in her native Argentina.

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My epic Antarctica voyage ended in angry protests – but I loved every minute of this beautiful adventure

With sea storms and an unfixable ship, things did not go according to plan on SH Diana’s trip to the world’s southernmost continent, but Mark Stratton recounts how the cruise still ended up being a magnificent odyssey

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Darwin in Patagonia: tracing the naturalist’s route around the foot of South America

Darwin spent more than half of the five years of the Beagle expedition in the most southerly region of Argentina, where his legacy is still vivid

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Fan holding 'bag of white powder' pictured with Love Island's Davide at Ibiza party

Davide Sanclimenti posed with a fan, who was holding a bag apparently containing white powder, on a night out at Ibiza club Ushuaia. There is no suggestion that Davide has been involved in any illegal activity

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Porsche Takes Classic Cayennes On Picture-Perfect Road Trip To Patagonia

The SUVs covered 2,200 miles from Puerto Montt in Chile to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the Americas.

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Monster wave hits cruise ship killing one passenger and injuring four others

A 62-year-old woman from the US was understood to have been hit by broken glass when the wave broke cabin windows late Tuesday during a storm. Four other passengers were injured in the storm

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In Argentina, tourist killed by falling ice in Patagonian cave

A tourist identified by local media as a Brazilian man died near Argentina's southern city of Ushuaia after being hit by a block of ice that broke off the roof of a Patagonian cave, local police said on Thursday.

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Dog becomes hero after pinpointing exactly where skier is buried after avalanche

Tango the Labrador Retriever managed to pinpoint exactly where an unnamed skier was buried under five feet of snow in an avalanche on a mountain outside Ushuaia in southern Argentina last week

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