Courtney Spencer
Coverage of Courtney Spencer in the Nexus archive.
- 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.
- 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.