Apoorva Mandavilli

At least some of the 18 American cruise ship passengers potentially exposed to the hantavirus will be allowed to leave a quarantine facility Monday, after nearly three weeks in isolation.

Still, the risk to people in the United States remains low, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report Friday.

The health secretary is trying to restart the work of a panel that advises the government on vaccines, after a judge froze its decisions and prevented it from meeting.

The CDC's changes included rescinding routine recommendations for immunizations against a half-dozen childhood diseases.

Others who were in the facility have been allowed to return to their homes in recent weeks for monitoring by local health officials.

A cruise ship passenger is still being held at a quarantine facility in Nebraska, against her wishes and against the recommendation of a medical review.

A cruise ship passenger who was exposed to hantavirus in early May is still being held at a quarantine facility in Nebraska, against her wishes and against the recommendation of a medical review.

The State Department is taking over much of the control of global health initiatives, for which critics say the department does not have the expertise.

Even as the world is racing to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic in Congo, the Trump administration is moving ahead with a plan that could decimate support for programs that detect and snuff out exactly such outbreaks.