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Pensioner, 81, waits two years for cancer surgery at Costa Blanca hospital as Spain’s health service struggles

A PENSIONER, 81, has been made to wait two years for cancer surgery at a Costa Blanca hospital as Spain’s health service struggles. Jose Luis

13 May, 2026 @ 14:31

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

Measles outbreak in Murcia with 400 people traced following baptism ceremony

THREE cases of measles have been confirmed in the Murcia region with up to 400 people being traced following a baptism ceremony in Alcantarilla. Those

13 May, 2026 @ 10:34

Health·Lead·Murcia

Welsh singing legend Bonnie Tyler placed in induced coma at Portuguese hospital after emergency intestinal surgery

A WORLD renowned UK singer is currently in an Algarve intensive care unit to recover from an urgent operation, but her team insists she will

12 May, 2026 @ 17:44

Entertainment·Health·International Affairs·Lead·Other News

Hantavirus symptoms emerge in Spanish cruise ship passenger in Madrid while women in Alicante and Barcelona remain under observation

A SPANISH boat passenger with positive Hantavirus PCR test shows signs of the infection in high-level isolation, while others remain in quarantine. One of the

12 May, 2026 @ 12:51

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·International Affairs·Lead·Madrid·Other News·Valencian Community

Canary Islands president ridiculed for claim that ‘hantavirus-carrying rats will swim to shore while MV Hondius is anchored off Tenerife’

THE president of the Canary Islands has been mocked for sending Spain’s health minister a screenshot of a Google AI response claiming hantavirus rats can

11 May, 2026 @ 14:19

Canary Islands·Health·Lead

EXPLAINER: What will happen to Spanish passengers evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship – including rigorous testing and 42-day isolation

SPANISH passengers rescued from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise will face up to six weeks in quarantine as authorities scramble to contain the outbreak. The

11 May, 2026 @ 12:01

EXPLAINER·Health·Lead

French and American passenger test positive for hantavirus after evacuation from disease-hit cruise ship docked in Tenerife port

A FRENCH woman and an American passenger evacuated from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius have tested positive for the virus after leaving the vessel

11 May, 2026 @ 11:42

Canary Islands·Health·Lead

Guardia Civil officer dies suddenly during operation to evacuate passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Spain

A GUARDIA Civil officer has died of a heart attack while helping evacuate passengers from a disease-stricken cruise ship docked in the Canary Islands. The

11 May, 2026 @ 10:51

Canary Islands·Health·International Affairs·Lead·Tenerife

WATCH: Hantavirus-hit cruise ship anchors in Tenerife port as Spanish officials begin evacuating passengers

SPANISH officials have started to evacuate passengers from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after the vessel arrived in Tenerife in the early hours of Sunday morning.

10 May, 2026 @ 11:38

Canary Islands·Health·Lead

Urgent search for South African hantavirus cruise ship passenger who made ‘several day’ layover in Barcelona

SPANISH health authorities are urgently searching for a South African tourist who may have been exposed to the deadly hantavirus before spending a week in

8 May, 2026 @ 17:37

Barcelona·Health·Lead

First suspected hantavirus case detected in Spain as woman isolates with symptoms in Alicante hospital

A WOMAN is currently isolating in an Alicante hospital in Spain’s first suspected case of hantavirus, after the patient display symptoms following contact with a

8 May, 2026 @ 15:36

Alicante·Health·Lead

Global hunt underway for the 29 passengers who left deadly hantavirus cruise ship heading for Spain’s Tenerife

HEALTH officials worldwide are scrambling to contain a deadly virus outbreak linked to a cruise liner now headed for the Canary Islands. MV Hondius operator

8 May, 2026 @ 11:16

Canary Islands·Health·International Affairs·Lead·Tenerife

Can the deadly hantavirus become another global pandemic? Here’s why virologists are not panicking – yet

AS the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak heads for port in Tenerife, officials are in a race against time. Attempts are underway to

7 May, 2026 @ 15:35

Canary Islands·Health·International Affairs·Lead·Tenerife

Passengers on hantavirus cruise ship heading to Spain’s Tenerife will be unloaded on small boats after dock workers threaten to strike

A CRUISE ship bound for Tenerife with a deadly virus outbreak aboard will not dock at the island’s port, authorities have announced. Canary Islands president

7 May, 2026 @ 15:16

Canary Islands·Health·Lead·Politics·Tenerife

Medical, surgical and hospital cover: Essential for expatriates

STARTING a new life in Spain means embracing new experiences, traditions and a different way of life. To fully enjoy this new stage, it is

7 May, 2026 @ 14:03

Health·Sponsored

Cruise ship struck by hantavirus outbreak is heading for Spain’s Canary Islands after Madrid overrules local objections

A DISEASE-STRICKEN cruise ship has set sail for the Canary Islands despite protests from the regional government over ‘safety concerns’ for the local population. The

7 May, 2026 @ 11:03

Canary Islands·Health·International Affairs·Lead·Tenerife

What you need to know about the hantavirus, which has killed three cruise ship passengers – and Gene Hackman’s wife

HANTAVIRUS is an incredibly rare but potentially lethal disease transmitted by rodents through their bodily fluids and excrement. Interest in the pathogen has skyrocketed this

7 May, 2026 @ 10:53

Health·Lead

Passengers on hantavirus-ridden cruise ship to be flown home ‘immediately’ once vessel docks in Spain’s Canary Islands

PASSENGERS stuck onboard the hantavirus-ridden ship currently sailing towards the Canary Islands are set to be repatriated to their home countries as soon as the

6 May, 2026 @ 18:01

Canary Islands·Health·Lead

Hantavirus case confirmed in Switzerland as two people evacuated in ‘serious condition’ from virus-stricken cruise ship heading for Spain

HEALTH authorities in Switzerland and France are monitoring a growing hantavirus situation linked to the virus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship, after several passengers were infected

6 May, 2026 @ 17:03

Health·International Affairs·Lead

British doctor on board stricken hantavirus cruise ship is unexpectedly redirected from Spain to the Netherlands after his ‘condition improves’

A BRITISH doctor on board the cruise ship MV Hondius is being flown to the Netherlands instead of Spain after his condition improved, health authorities

6 May, 2026 @ 13:42

Canary Islands·Health·Lead·Tenerife

Canary Islands president resists Pedro Sanchez’s order to let hantavirus-stricken cruise ship dock in Tenerife over health risk fears

CANARY Islands officials have threatened to block a disease-carrying cruise ship from docking in Tenerife despite orders from Spain’s central government, citing safety fears. Regional

6 May, 2026 @ 13:17

Canary Islands·Health·Lead·Tenerife

Spain agrees to receive cruise ship struck by deadly hantavirus outbreak that has already killed three

A CRUISE ship struck by a deadly virus outbreak has been granted permission to dock in Spain. The MV Hondius, which has been quarantined off

6 May, 2026 @ 10:50

Canary Islands·Health·Lead·Tenerife

Deadly hantavirus cruise ship plots course for Spain’s Canary Islands after outbreak kills three passengers

A CRUISE ship stricken by a deadly hantavirus outbreak is set to head for the Canary Islands, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. Maria

5 May, 2026 @ 13:34

Canary Islands·Health·International Affairs·Lead·Tenerife

‘Death ship’ could be coming to Spain: Just what is the hantavirus, how contagious is it – and deadly is it?

A CRUISE ship stricken by a suspected hantavirus outbreak that already killed three passengers could next head for the Canary Islands, its operator has suggested.

5 May, 2026 @ 11:40

Canary Islands·Health·International Affairs·Lead·Tenerife

Record €13.3m medical negligence award in Spain after newborn baby is not given enough oxygen

Record €13.3m medical negligence award in Spain after baby is not given enough oxygen

A VALENCIA family has received a Spanish record figure €13.3 million for medical negligence after their son was not properly treated immediately after his birth.

5 May, 2026 @ 11:37

Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Barcelona named best in Europe for free drinking water fountains with summer heatwaves just round the corner

BARCELONA has been named the best city in Europe for free drinking water with 18 water fountains per square kilometer in the Catalan capital. A

4 May, 2026 @ 16:45

Barcelona·Health·Lead·Travel News

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Pensioner, 81, waits two years for cancer surgery at Costa Blanca hospital as Spain’s health service struggles

Measles outbreak in Murcia with 400 people traced following baptism ceremony

Welsh singing legend Bonnie Tyler placed in induced coma at Portuguese hospital after emergency intestinal surgery

Hantavirus symptoms emerge in Spanish cruise ship passenger in Madrid while women in Alicante and Barcelona remain under observation

Canary Islands president ridiculed for claim that ‘hantavirus-carrying rats will swim to shore while MV Hondius is anchored off Tenerife’

EXPLAINER: What will happen to Spanish passengers evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship – including rigorous testing and 42-day isolation

French and American passenger test positive for hantavirus after evacuation from disease-hit cruise ship docked in Tenerife port

Guardia Civil officer dies suddenly during operation to evacuate passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Spain

WATCH: Hantavirus-hit cruise ship anchors in Tenerife port as Spanish officials begin evacuating passengers

Urgent search for South African hantavirus cruise ship passenger who made ‘several day’ layover in Barcelona

First suspected hantavirus case detected in Spain as woman isolates with symptoms in Alicante hospital

Global hunt underway for the 29 passengers who left deadly hantavirus cruise ship heading for Spain’s Tenerife

Can the deadly hantavirus become another global pandemic? Here’s why virologists are not panicking – yet

Passengers on hantavirus cruise ship heading to Spain’s Tenerife will be unloaded on small boats after dock workers threaten to strike

Medical, surgical and hospital cover: Essential for expatriates

Cruise ship struck by hantavirus outbreak is heading for Spain’s Canary Islands after Madrid overrules local objections

What you need to know about the hantavirus, which has killed three cruise ship passengers – and Gene Hackman’s wife

Passengers on hantavirus-ridden cruise ship to be flown home ‘immediately’ once vessel docks in Spain’s Canary Islands

Hantavirus case confirmed in Switzerland as two people evacuated in ‘serious condition’ from virus-stricken cruise ship heading for Spain

British doctor on board stricken hantavirus cruise ship is unexpectedly redirected from Spain to the Netherlands after his ‘condition improves’

Canary Islands president resists Pedro Sanchez’s order to let hantavirus-stricken cruise ship dock in Tenerife over health risk fears

Spain agrees to receive cruise ship struck by deadly hantavirus outbreak that has already killed three

Deadly hantavirus cruise ship plots course for Spain’s Canary Islands after outbreak kills three passengers

‘Death ship’ could be coming to Spain: Just what is the hantavirus, how contagious is it – and deadly is it?

Record €13.3m medical negligence award in Spain after baby is not given enough oxygen

Barcelona named best in Europe for free drinking water fountains with summer heatwaves just round the corner

EXCLUSIVE: Daughter of US Trump politician flees Texas to seek asylum in Spain fearing she will be branded a domestic terrorist if she returns home

Gibraltar suffers three-hour power cut during international gaming summit pitching the Rock to investors

BREAKING: Facebook and Instagram go down across Spain in mass outage

Silicon Valley giant OpenAI targets Madrid for its first office in Spain as ChatGPT demand explodes by 40%

Walmart heiress’ spectacular €300m superyacht Kaos and its €30m support ship rock up in Puerto Banus

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