"Q: What do you say to infectious disease experts who are worried the country isn't prepared to deal with something like hantavirus because of all the HHS funding and staffing cuts?TRUMP: Doc, you want to answer that?DR OZ: It's just not true. Secretary Kennedy is involved. - Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-11T16:18:59.063Z"
"Oz rejected the concerns of those experts. "It's just not true," he said, adding that Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "is involved" in the response. "The country is prepared, and the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] is focused on it," Oz added."
"The hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship near Argentina has led to 11 confirmed cases and three deaths among the 147 people who were on board. Eighteen Americans were on the ship, and have since returned to the U.S. They are currently under observation at medical centers in Nebraska and Atlanta."
A White House press conference addressed concerns about a potential hantavirus spread in the United States after Americans returned from a cruise where multiple people were infected. Infectious disease experts raised worries about inadequate government response tied to HHS funding and staffing cuts. Mehmet Oz rejected those concerns and said the claims were not true. Oz stated that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is involved and that the country is prepared, with the CDC focused on the situation. The cruise outbreak near Argentina involved 11 confirmed cases and three deaths among 147 people onboard. Eighteen Americans returned to the U.S. and were placed under observation at medical centers in Nebraska and Atlanta.
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