A cruise ship with nearly 150 people aboard was waiting for help off the coast of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after three passengers died and at least three other people were left serio...

South Africa has identified the Andes strain of hantavirus, which spreads human-to-human, in two people who came off a cruise ship hit by an outbreak of the disease, the health minister's presentation...

Two hantavirus cases have been confirmed - including in one of the fatalities and a British passenger currently in intensive care in Johannesburg - with five further suspected cases, the WHO said.