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Acting CDC director says hantavirus is "very different than COVID," defends agency's response
Acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya talks to "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil about the U.S. response to the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, saying the disease is "very different than COVID. And we should treat it differently than COVID."
What happened
According to CBS News’s source item, Acting CDC director says hantavirus is “very different than COVID,” defends agency’s response, Acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya talks to “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil about the U.S. response to the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, saying the disease is “very different than COVID. And we should treat it differently than COVID.”
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- Acting CDC director says hantavirus is "very different than COVID," defends agency's responseCBS News - 2026-05-11T21:17:00+00:00
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