What Jessica Malaty Rivera has said about Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 13, 2026
Jessica Malaty Rivera, Infectious disease epidemiologist, science communicator, and executive director of the Infodemiology Initiative, has been quoted on Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak once in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on November 13, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Malaty Rivera says the hantavirus cruise outbreak was a rare, closed event and that media headlines made unrelated cases look like a larger outbreak.
“So it made it look like an outbreak. It made it look bigger than it was”
TED Radio Hour: An epidemiologist's guide to good health advice (Nov 13, 2026) · Listen from 36:36
Episodes
An epidemiologist's guide to good health adviceTED Radio Hour · Nov 13, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera about health misinformation, measles, vaccine trust, wellness grifts, AI medical advice, and trending health questions.
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