How the world is racing to contact trace a rare virus

世界如何竞相追踪一种罕见病毒的接触者

Apple News Today

2026-05-08

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Health officials are rushing to complete contract tracing of passengers onboard the cruise ship struck with an outbreak of hantavirus. Stat’s Helen Branswell joins to discuss what experts are looking out for. After Trump launched Project Freedom, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait barred the U.S. from using their bases and airspace. The Wall Street Journal’s Shelby Holliday explains why the two Gulf countries have since reversed course. Many thought the Sphere in Las Vegas would be a failure after huge budget overruns and construction delays. The Wall Street Journal’s Katherine Sayre details how the popular venue bucked expectations. Plus, a federal court ruled that Trump’s latest tariffs are unjustified, Tennessee passed the first new congressional map since the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision, and Sir David Attenborough is celebrating a milestone birthday. Today’s episode was hosted by Cecilia Lei.
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  • Good morning.

  • Iran and the U.S. Traded fire on the Strait of Hormuz again.

  • The Wall Street Journal details how the U.S.

  • Might restart its plan to help ships cross the waterway.

  • Health officials are racing to track who came in contact with passengers of a cruise ship struck by Hantavirus.

  • Statt explains the process.

  • When something like this happens, public health has to cast a very broad net looking for potential cases.

  • And how the Las Vegas sphere became the highest-grossing arena in the world.

  • It's Friday, May 8th.

  • I'm Cecilia Lay, and this is Apple News Today.

  • Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz flared again on Thursday after Iran launched missiles,

  • drones, and small boats at American destroyers.

  • The U.S.

  • In response said it targeted missile sites and other command control locations,

  • further threatening the already fragile ceasefire.

  • The two sides, meanwhile, are working on a one-page plan that could halt fighting and set the table for new peace talks.

  • The Strait of Hormuz has been at the center of a rollercoaster few days in the war.

  • On Monday, President Trump implemented what he called Project Freedom to help guide ships through the vital waterway.

  • This involves guided missile destroyers, more than 100 aircraft.

  • We're basically creating a defensive bubble over these commercial ships that want to leave through the Strait of Hormuz.