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RFK Jr. overrules experts to keep hantavirus cruise ship passenger in quarantine
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has refused to release a cruise ship passenger exposed to hantavirus from the Nebraska quarantine facility where she is being held
What happened
According to ABC News’s source item, RFK Jr. overrules experts to keep hantavirus cruise ship passenger in quarantine, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has refused to release a cruise ship passenger exposed to hantavirus from the Nebraska quarantine facility where she is being held
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- RFK Jr. overrules experts to keep hantavirus cruise ship passenger in quarantineABC News - 2026-06-16T23:25:50+00:00
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