Health Officials Trying to Trace and Contain Deadly Hantavirus Outbreak

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🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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P.M. Edition for May 6. A patient in Switzerland has been hospitalized with a strain of hantavirus after returning from a cruise to South America. Three people who traveled on that cruise ship have died. Journal reporter Xavier Martinez discusses what’s concerning about the virus and what health officials are doing about it. Plus, media titan Ted Turner, who created CNN and shaped the cable-TV industry, has died at 87. And as some companies lay off workers because of AI, others are keeping their headcount, but they expect workers to do more. We hear from WSJ workplace reporter Chip Cutter about what that means for their workers. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:25.1	While increasing megastore profits, they deserve it. Don't they?
0:29.1	Tell Congress, stop the Durban Marshall money grab for corporate megastores.
0:31.2	Paid for by the Electronic Payments Coalition.
0:40.3	What we know about the hanta virus that has killed three people on a cruise ship and sickened several more.
0:45.3	Plus, Ted Turner, who helped shape modern cable TV, has died at age 87.
0:48.5	And some companies are cutting jobs because of AI.
0:51.9	Those that don't expect their workers to do more work. The days of sort of certainty and routine and having a clear
0:55.8	career path are kind of over. It's Wednesday, May 6th. I'm Alex O'Sullough for the Wall Street
1:01.3	Journal. This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that
1:06.8	move the world today.
1:14.0	We start our show today talking about hauntavirus.
1:17.2	It's a rare but deadly disease that's in focus right now after an outbreak on a cruise ship that's killed at least three people.
1:21.0	Now, a man in Switzerland who had been a passenger on that cruise ship
1:24.3	has been hospitalized with the virus.
1:26.4	He got sick after returning from a trip to
1:28.3	South America at the end of last month. For more on the outbreak, I'm joined by WSJ reporter, Xavier
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