quarantine

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In a phone interview, Perryman said Kennedy’s quarantine order, slipped under her door Monday, was “ridiculous.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered an American passenger exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship to remain in quarantine Monday against her will and despite expert advice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Santa Clara County’s Public Health Department urged unvaccinated people who may have been exposed to measles to quarantine to help prevent the virus from spreading rapidly through the population.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

Washington has pledged $13.5 million to Kenya's Ebola preparedness efforts and Kenyan health minister Aden Duale told parliament he "will not stop" the quarantine centre, despite a halt order from the High Court.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

While the boy went up and down the empty hallways, cleaning banisters with bleach water, Etta came by the kitchen to report that Arnold Myerson had gotten sick, resetting the quarantine clock.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman