[
  {
    "source": "WHO YouTube",
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "title": "WHO Director-General press conference on hantavirus cruise ship outbreak",
    "summary": "Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus briefed media on the MV Hondius situation. WHO coordinating with multiple countries under IHR, priorities are patient care, passenger safety, and preventing further spread. WHO expert deployed on board.",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/live/ksOTrl0zM5A",
    "confidence": "confirmed"
  },
  {
    "source": "CNN",
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "title": "From US to Singapore, countries race to track hantavirus",
    "summary": "Coverage of international contact tracing efforts as passengers from 23 nationalities were aboard MV Hondius. Countries coordinating repatriation plans.",
    "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/world/hantavirus-ship-tenerife-outbreak-intl",
    "confidence": "credible-report"
  },
  {
    "source": "CNN",
    "date": "2026-05-06",
    "title": "What doctors know about how the Andes hantavirus spreads",
    "summary": "Explainer on Andes virus transmission. In Argentina, carried by long-tailed pygmy rice rats common in agricultural areas. Only hantavirus with documented person-to-person spread.",
    "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/06/health/andes-strain-hantavirus-explained",
    "confidence": "credible-report"
  },
  {
    "source": "Forbes",
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "title": "2018 Argentina outbreak gives hope of avoiding epidemic",
    "summary": "WHO officials pointing to 2018 Epuyén outbreak (34 cases from one super-spreader event) as precedent for containment. That outbreak was controlled through isolation and contact tracing.",
    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/05/07/andes-hantavirus-outbreak-in-2018-gives-hope-of-avoiding-epidemic-officials-say/",
    "confidence": "credible-report"
  },
  {
    "source": "LA Times",
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "title": "Californians were aboard hantavirus-stricken cruise ship",
    "summary": "Report on Americans including Californians among the 17 U.S. citizens aboard MV Hondius. WHO confirmed Andes virus involved.",
    "url": "https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-07/californians-hantavirus-cruise-ship-risk",
    "confidence": "credible-report"
  },
  {
    "source": "New York Times",
    "date": "2026-05-05",
    "title": "Hantavirus Outbreaks Are Rare, but They Aren't Going Away",
    "summary": "Historical context on hantavirus outbreaks and the current cruise ship situation. Notes Andes virus is the only hantavirus in the Americas known to spread person-to-person.",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/health/hantavirus-outbreaks-disease-history.html",
    "confidence": "credible-report"
  },
  {
    "source": "Science Magazine",
    "date": "2026-05-05",
    "title": "Cruise ship's hantavirus outbreak puts researchers in uncharted territory",
    "summary": "Scientific perspective on the outbreak. Questions remain about the culprit virus variant and route of spread as health officials plan for stranded passengers.",
    "url": "https://www.science.org/content/article/cruise-ship-s-hantavirus-outbreak-puts-researchers-uncharted-territory",
    "confidence": "credible-report"
  },
  {
    "source": "RIVM (Netherlands)",
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "title": "Current information about hantavirus",
    "summary": "Dutch public health authority confirms Andes virus on Hondius. Risk of spreading in Netherlands remains very small.",
    "url": "https://www.rivm.nl/en/hantavirus/current-information",
    "confidence": "confirmed"
  },
  {
    "source": "X / Twitter search",
    "date": "Live query",
    "title": "Live posts mentioning Andes virus or hantavirus",
    "summary": "Open social search for public posts. Individual posts are not treated as confirmed case/outbreak data unless they come from official agencies or are corroborated by credible reporting.",
    "url": "https://x.com/search?q=%22Andes%20virus%22%20OR%20%22hantavirus%22&src=typed_query&f=live",
    "confidence": "unverified-social-stream"
  },
  {
    "source": "Bluesky search",
    "date": "Live query",
    "title": "Bluesky posts mentioning Andes virus / hantavirus",
    "summary": "Open social search stream for awareness and leads. Used as signal, not confirmation, unless source identity and claim are independently credible.",
    "url": "https://bsky.app/search?q=%22Andes%20virus%22%20hantavirus",
    "confidence": "unverified-social-stream"
  },
  {
    "source": "Reddit search",
    "date": "Live query",
    "title": "Reddit discussions mentioning Andes virus / hantavirus",
    "summary": "Community discussion stream. Posts are useful for leads and public-interest tracking, but not counted as confirmed public-health data without source verification.",
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/search/?q=%22Andes%20virus%22%20hantavirus",
    "confidence": "unverified-social-stream"
  }
]