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What to know about hantavirus, the illness linked to a cruise ship outbreak
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An outbreak aboard a cruise ship of a rare rodent-borne illness called hantavirus has left three passengers dead and sickened others, but global health officials say the risk ...
May 11, 2026 The MV Hondius cruise ship is anchored at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Work begins on expansion of ICU at Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital
Work to expand the adult intensive-care unit at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon will get underway this week. The project, which comes with a $17 million price tag, will expand the number of bed...
May 11, 2026 Andrew Will, CEO of the Saskatchewan Health Authority, Jeremy Cockrill, Saskatchewan’s health minister, Jennifer Molloy, the Royal University Hospital Foundation’s CEO, and Dr. Mark Fenton, the health authority’s deputy chief medical officer for integrated Saskatoon health, at an event marking the start of an expansion at the hospital’s ICU on May 11, 2026. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
No Canadians had known direct contact with hantavirus on ship: B.C. health official
None of the Canadians who were on a ship struck by an outbreak of deadly hantavirus had any known direct contact with anyone who was infected, British Columbia's provincial health officer says. But Dr...
May 11, 2026
Ontario allowing pharmacists to treat more conditions, administer more vaccines
TORONTO - Ontario pharmacists will soon be allowed to administer more vaccines and treat more common ailments, as part of the government's continuing moves to expand their scope of practice. Health Mi...
May 11, 2026
2 passengers test positive for hantavirus as a third shows symptoms after cruise ship evacuation
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A French woman and an American tested positive for the hantavirus, as nations around the world scrambled Monday to repatriate passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadl...
May 11, 2026 Passengers are sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)
Canadians on ship at centre of hantavirus outbreak land in Canada
VANCOUVER - Four Canadians who disembarked the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak landed Sunday in B.C., where they will continue their quarantine. Online plane tracking platfor...
May 10, 2026
Quebec rolling out digital health dashboard pilot project to reduce paperwork
MONTRAL - Quebec has rolled out its digital health dashboard pilot project on Saturday despite criticism over security breaches and technical issues. The system, which was first introduced in Montreal...
May 09, 2026
Remaining Canadians on cruise ship at the centre of hantavirus outbreak to disembark
After a roughly month-long voyage and days of quarantining, the remaining Canadians aboard a cruise ship at the centre of a high-profile and fatal hantavirus outbreak are set to begin their journey ho...
May 09, 2026
Leave young animals alone this spring, community safety ministry says
Baby animals may look like they need help, but getting close to young wildlife usually does more harm than good. That's the message Saskatchewan's community safety ministry is sharing this spring. Acc...
May 09, 2026 A fawn sleeps in the warm sunny grass at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Friday, May 31, 2019. Mother deer usually leave their fawns for a period of time to forage for food. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Health authority warns of possible hepatitis A exposure at Saskatoon Club
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning patrons of the Saskatoon Club to keep an eye out for hepatitis A symptoms after a case was confirmed in an employee. Hepatitis A is a liver infection cause...
May 08, 2026 Anyone who consumed food or drinks at the club on 21st Street East between February 25 and March 18 was advised to monitor themselves for symptoms for “up to 50 days” after the last exposure. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
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