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CDC leader says hantavirus not "a five-alarm fire bell"
Jay Bhattacharya, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CBS News that the hantavirus outbreak should be treated differently from COVID.
What happened
According to CBS News’s source item, CDC leader says hantavirus not “a five-alarm fire bell”, Jay Bhattacharya, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CBS News that the hantavirus outbreak should be treated differently from COVID.
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- CDC leader says hantavirus not "a five-alarm fire bell"CBS News - 2026-05-11T21:28:00+00:00
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