Hantavirus cases spark surge in pharma and biotech stocks — here’s why

ILLUSTRATION of hantavirus testing concept with laboratory tubes containing cotton swabs and HANTAVIRUS labels photographed in front of a public domain hantavirus related microscopic image released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Paris, France, May 8, 2026. Joao Luiz Bulcao | Afp | Getty Images Several pharmaceutical stocks surged on Monday as investors assessed which company might be best primed to tackle an outbreak of the hantavirus . …