Residents burn an Ebola treatment center in Congo as anger grows over the outbreak ^62.4%

AP News - By JUSTIN KABUMBA, MONIKA PRONCZUK, GERALD IMRAY - 5/21/2026, 10:47 AM

Unattributed Quote 17.3% - Negativity Bias 15.3% - Framing Effect 12.5%

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer said, as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors are struggling to contain. The arson attack... more

Animal welfare groups say 3 South African zoo elephants are depressed and sue to move them ^46.4%

AP News - By GERALD IMRAY - 5/19/2026, 11:54 AM

Appeal to Emotion 22.2% - Appeal to Authority 21.7% - Confirmation Bias 18.3%

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The mental well-being of three elephants in a zoo in South Africa is the subject of an unusual court case, with animal welfare groups saying they are depressed and should be moved to a larger conservation park where they can be happy. The case this week will ask a South African court to decide if the state... more

A timeline of the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak and when passengers fell sick ^2.6%

AP News - By GERALD IMRAY - 5/7/2026, 6:31 PM

Appeal to Authority 11.2% - Negativity Bias 8.6% - Framing Effect 8.4%

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over weeks on a cruise ship as it sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. At least three passengers have died and several others are sick and were evacuated from the ship. Health authorities are trying to trace passengers who left the ship previously and people who... more

Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after first fatality ^6.9%

AP News - By MOLLY QUELL, SUMAN NAISHADHAM, ISABEL DEBRE, GERALD IMRAY - 5/7/2026, 8:05 AM

Appeal to Authority 31.4% - Negativity Bias 14.7% - Hindsight Bias 8.3%

MADRID (AP) — Health authorities across four continents Thursday were tracking down and monitoring passengers who disembarked a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship before its deadly outbreak was detected, and trying to trace others who may have come into contact with them since then. In Argentina, a team of investigators has yet to leave for... more

How a deadly hantavirus outbreak unfolded on a cruise ship for weeks before it was identified ^10.8%

AP News - By GERALD IMRAY - 5/5/2026, 8:47 PM

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over the course of weeks on a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina toward Antarctica and then across the Atlantic Ocean as passengers and crew members fell sick, according to information from the cruise operator, the World Health Organization and ship... more

A cruise ship is waiting for help after 3 people died in a suspected hantavirus outbreak ^0.9%

AP News - By GERALD IMRAY - 5/4/2026, 11:43 AM

Appeal to Authority 3.7% - Appeal to Emotion 3.5% - Representativeness Heuristic 2.9%

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A cruise ship with nearly 150 people aboard was waiting for help off the coast of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after three passengers died and at least three other people were left seriously ill in a suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus, according to the World Health Organization and the... more

A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic kills 3 people ^8.7%

AP News - By GERALD IMRAY - 5/3/2026, 7:59 PM

Negativity Bias 14.5% - Unattributed Quote 13.9% - Appeal to Authority 11.4%

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organization and South Africa’s Department of Health said Sunday. In a statement to The Associated... more