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What we know about the cruise hantavirus outbreak and its origins

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A rare form of hantavirus is believed to have spread person-to-person on board a cruise ship. Three people are dead, four more are ill and nearly 150 others are stranded aboard the ship, where they will stay potentially for months until they are cleared to leave. Tom Hanson has more.

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Rare form of hantavirus believed to have spread person-to-person on cruise ship; Coast Guard seeks public's help in finding missing woman in Bahamas.

American stuck on hantavirus-stricken cruise ship speaks out: "All we want ... is to feel safe"

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The World Health Organization said a cruise ship quarantined off West Africa will continue to Spain's Canary Islands after two passengers with the dangerous hantavirus are medically evacuated. Seven passengers are believed to have gotten the virus and three have died. Tom Hanson has more on the outbreak, and CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder joins to discuss what to know about hant...