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HEALTHJun 16 · 21:05 UTCWDIV CLICKONDETROITAli Swenson And Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

RFK Jr. overrules experts to keep hantavirus cruise ship passenger in quarantine

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to release Angela Perryman, a cruise ship passenger exposed to hantavirus, from a Nebraska quarantine facility despite a federal medical review stating her release was unnecessary. Florida officials opposed federal quarantine conditions, leading to continued detention, while experts criticized the decision as an illegal overreach.

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