{"id":528522,"date":"2026-05-13T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=528522"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:29:14","slug":"native-america-callling-how-indigenous-knowledge-built-the-foundation-for-todays-response-to-the-hantavirus-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/13\/native-america-callling-how-indigenous-knowledge-built-the-foundation-for-todays-response-to-the-hantavirus-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: How Indigenous knowledge built the foundation for today\u2019s response to the hantavirus outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, May 13, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">\r\nHow Indigenous knowledge built the foundation for today\u2019s response to the hantavirus outbreak\r\n<\/div>\r\nNew <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak\">hantavirus infections aboard a cruise ship<\/a> have thrust the hantavirus into the global spotlight.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/hantavirus\/about\/index.html\">Hantavirus infections<\/a> remain rare, with only about 1,000 cases reported in the U.S. in more than 30 years. But what the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1993_Four_Corners_hantavirus_outbreak\">world knows about the illness started in 1993<\/a> on the Navajo Nation. \r\n<p><\/P>\r\nAfter struggling to identify a dangerous respiratory illness spreading on the reservation at the time, medical researchers gained crucial insights from Navajo elders, noting that traditional oral histories had long associated spikes in deer mouse populations &#8212; driven by specific rainfall patterns  &#8212; with deadly disease. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIndigneous  knowledge directly informed the scientific discovery of what we know now as the Sin Nombre virus. The discovery also offers a lesson in public notification of diseases. Early media reports labeled the pathogen as the \u201cNavajo flu\u201d &#8212; which stigmatized the community for years afterward.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune into Native America Calling to look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmhealth.org\/about\/erd\/ideb\/zdp\/hps\/\">history of the hantavirus<\/a> and the current efforts to prevent its spread.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/13\/native-america-callling-how-indigenous-knowledge-built-the-foundation-for-todays-response-to-the-hantavirus-outbreak\/mvhondius\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-528555\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-attachment-id=\"528555\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/13\/native-america-callling-how-indigenous-knowledge-built-the-foundation-for-todays-response-to-the-hantavirus-outbreak\/mvhondius\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13\/MVHondius.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"MV Hondius\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;MV Hondius&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The MV Hondius is at the center of a hantavirus outbreak among passengers and crew. The ship is seen here docked in the Port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Spain, on May 10, 2026. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:MV_Hondius_in_10_May_2026.jpg&gt;AcfiPress Noticias Canarias&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13\/MVHondius.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13\/MVHondius.jpg\" alt=\"MV Hondius\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-528555\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The MV Hondius is at the center of a hantavirus outbreak among passengers and crew. The ship is seen here docked in the Port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Spain, on May 10, 2026. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:MV_Hondius_in_10_May_2026.jpg>AcfiPress Noticias Canarias<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nDean Seneca (Seneca), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senecascientificsolutions.com\/About\">CEO of Seneca Scientific Solutions+<\/a>, adjunct professor at the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University of Buffalo, and Adjunct Instructor at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in New York\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDr. Steven Bradfute, associate professor in the Center for Global Health at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDr. Erin Phipps, New Mexico State public health veterinarian\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hantavirus is back in the news, more than three decades after an outbreak on the Navajo Nation.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":528555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19,1,23],"tags":[3219,128,7443,7442,243,133,24,167,34,134,3220],"class_list":["post-528522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-national","category-world","tag-dean-seneca","tag-elders","tag-erin-phipps","tag-hantavirus","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-navajo","tag-new-mexico","tag-new-york","tag-radio","tag-steven-bradfute","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13\/MVHondius.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-2duy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528522"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537028,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528522\/revisions\/537028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}