RFK Jr. orders American woman quarantined for hantavirus against CDC and expert advice

—Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directed that an American woman exposed to hantavirus remain in quarantine against the recommendation of CDC officials and other medical experts. The forced quarantine order marks an unusual assertion of federal authority over an individual's movement in a case where health authorities say standard protocol would not require continued isolation. Critics have pointed to the decision as an example of Kennedy overriding scientific guidance at the Department of Health and Human Services.