Nsisong Asanga, MBBCh, MPH, FIMC

The article examines a recent hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship on the Atlantic Ocean and explains why experts say it is unlikely to become another COVID-19-style pandemic. It reviews how hantaviruses spread, the severe clinical syndromes they can cause, current prevention and infection control measures, and the urgent need for better diagnostics, treatments, vaccines, and surveillance as concerns grow over rare person-to-person transmission involving the Andes virus.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is accelerating worldwide, with MRSA, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, and drug-resistant gonorrhea threatening modern medicine. As antibiotic development lags, AI-driven discovery, soil-derived compounds like teixobactin, and phage therapy offer renewed hope.

Norovirus, discovered in 1972, causes millions of gastroenteritis cases yearly. Learn prevention methods, symptoms, and updates on vaccine development.