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  "path": "/2026/05/cruise-ship-hantavirus-outbreak-highlights-persistent-food-safety-risks-from-rodents/",
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  "textContent": "A deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius in the South Atlantic is drawing renewed attention to rodent contamination as a serious food safety risk.\n\nAs of May 12, the outbreak aboard the vessel had been linked to 11 illnesses, including nine laboratory-confirmed hantavirus infections, with three deaths reported, according",
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