{"id":210499,"date":"2026-05-12T15:13:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/daily-briefing-american-positive-for-hantavirus-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:13:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:13:48","slug":"daily-briefing-american-positive-for-hantavirus-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/daily-briefing-american-positive-for-hantavirus-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Briefing: American positive for hantavirus – USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start with these reads:
Nicole Fallert<\/a><\/strong><\/em> here. Start Monday with USA TODAY’s News Quiz<\/a>. Then dive into today’s news, from the hantavirus outbreak to a trend in tick bites.
A French and a U.S. national are among two positive cases for hantavirus<\/a> following evacuations from a cruise ship at the center of an outbreak.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Sunday that one of the 17\u00a0Americans being repatriated had\u00a0tested mildly\u00a0positive\u00a0for the Andes strain of the virus, while a second had shown mild symptoms.
Meanwhile, some critics have accused the Trump administration of being\u00a0ill-prepared<\/a> to handle another pandemic, saying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s response to the hantavirus outbreak has been muted. A senior U.S. health official pushed back against criticism, stressing that the public health risk is low.
AAPI Heritage Month<\/span><\/strong>
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Gold House’s star-studded fifth annual Gold Gala<\/a>\u00a0lit up downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, with a glitzy evening celebrating accomplishments by leaders from across the Asian diaspora. Throughout the evening, honorees including Charles Melton, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jet Li and Simu Liu took the stage to accept awards<\/a> for their efforts to improve representation in Hollywood.
NCAA Sports<\/span><\/strong>
The\u00a0NCAA Softball Tournament bracket<\/a>\u00a0has been finalized. Sixty\u2011four Division I softball teams \u2014 31 automatic qualifier bids and 33 at\u2011larges \u2014 learned the paths they must take to Oklahoma City following the NCAA Tournament bracket reveal Sunday. The SEC came out with the most of any Power Four teams, with Alabama edging out Texas and Oklahoma for the No. 1 overall seed<\/a>.
Have feedback on the Daily Briefing?\u00a0Shoot\u00a0Nicole an email at\u00a0NFallert@usatoday.com<\/em><\/small>.<\/p>\n

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