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HEALTHJun 16 · 21:05 UTCWPLG LOCAL 10 MIAMIBy ALI 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 concluding her release was safe. Florida officials rejected federal conditions for monitoring Perryman at home, prompting Kennedy to extend her quarantine, a decision criticized by experts as an overreach of public health authority.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.personAngela PerrymanpersonCenters for Disease Control and PreventionorganizationU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesorganizationFloridaplaceNebraskaplacehantavirustopicAndes virustopicNational Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical CenterorganizationLawrence GostinpersonCourtney Spencerperson
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