A widening hantavirus emergency is now tracking across five continents as evacuated cruise passengers begin quarantine and new infections emerge mid-flight.

Iran’s jailed Nobel laureate has been rushed to a Tehran hospital, with relatives warning that returning her to prison could cost her life.

As passengers are flown home from Tenerife, two fresh infections have intensified scrutiny of a cruise outbreak linked to a highly lethal hantavirus strain.

A deadly cruise-linked hantavirus cluster is now testing global health coordination as infected passengers land across multiple continents.