From medieval plague ships to hantaviruses: how maritime epidemics helped shape international public health systems
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May 18, 2026
Chicago, cruise ships are convenient floating hotels through which to see far-flung parts of the world—but as an epidemiologist, I know they are also everything an infectious pathogen could want: thousands of strangers crammed into enclosed spaces for…