Cruise ship outbreak highlights need for clear communication on emerging disease threats

A tiny outbreak of a uncommon hantavirus connected a cruise vessel earlier this twelvemonth captured worldwide attraction and sparked concerns astir a imaginable caller pandemic. But according to a caller University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) commentary published successful JAMA Internal Medicine, the outbreak posed small hazard to the wide nationalist and offers important lessons astir however wellness officials, scientists and the media should pass during emerging illness events.