{"id":88723,"date":"2026-05-05T12:47:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=88723"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:47:28","slug":"hantavirus-outbreak-could-just-be-the-start-scientists-warn-of-spillover-of-rodent-borne-viruses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/05\/05\/hantavirus-outbreak-could-just-be-the-start-scientists-warn-of-spillover-of-rodent-borne-viruses\/","title":{"rendered":"Hantavirus outbreak could just be the start: Scientists warn of spillover of rodent-borne viruses"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA22pQ76.img?w=534&amp;h=381&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Scientists predict that climate change will lead to a massive spread of rodent\u2013borne viruses in South America\u00a0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The recent outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship could just be the beginning, scientists have warned. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/hantavirus-outbreak-could-just-be-the-start-scientists-warn-of-spillover-of-rodent-borne-viruses\/ar-AA22qf63?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69f9a86a0c15434591e0ed207004e3d9&amp;cvpid=9c2004c40ed842e48f683ad0863b4d21&amp;ei=94\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The recent outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship could just be the beginning, scientists have warned. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-88723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hantavirus.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88724,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88723\/revisions\/88724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}