Hantavirus Cruise Ship Remains at Sea as Leaders Clash Over Its Docking
Hantavirus Cruise Ship Remains at Sea as Leaders Clash Over Its Docking (nytimes); Swiss man tests positive for hantavirus after returning from cruise linked to deadly outbreak (foxnews) (sources: nytimes, foxnews, ap, france24, cnn)
Hantavirus Cruise Ship Remains at Sea as Leaders Clash Over Its Docking (nytimes); Swiss man tests positive for hantavirus after returning from cruise linked to deadly outbreak (foxnews)
- Swiss man tests positive for hantavirus after returning from cruise linked to deadly outbreak (foxnews)
- Swiss man tests positive for hantavirus after returning from cruise linked to deadly outbreak (foxnews)
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This story is about Hantavirus Cruise Ship Remains at Sea as Leaders Clash Over Its Docking. This bill would narrow HHS’s communicable-disease control authority under the Public Health Service Act.
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This story is about Hantavirus Cruise Ship Remains at Sea as Leaders Clash Over Its Docking. This bill would require stronger federal standards for cruise-ship medical staffing via DOT rulemaking.
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- Require stronger federal standards for cruise-ship medical staffing via DOT rulemaking (in consultation with HHS • Expand federal passenger-protection requirements for “covered passenger vessels.
This story is about Hantavirus Cruise Ship Remains at Sea as Leaders Clash Over Its Docking. This bill would create an Office of Maritime Consumer Protection at DOT to handle covered passenger-vessel consumer issues/complaints.
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- Create an Office of Maritime Consumer Protection at DOT to handle covered passenger-vessel consumer issues/complaints • Tighten “medical standards” requirements for covered passenger vessels (e.g.
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