The episode discusses a Hantavirus outbreak linked to a wildlife expedition cruise in May 2026.
In May 2026, a wildlife expedition cruise ship called the MV Hondius departed Argentina carrying roughly 150 passengers bound for Antarctica. Within days, a handful of travelers who had hiked in rodent-inhabited mountain terrain fell gravely ill. By the time the ship made port, two had died, a third death was suspected, and eleven passengers […]