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Jackie Fortier with our partner KFF Health News has more.

Jackie Fortia reporting.

A cruise ship hit by the Hanta virus arrived today at the Spanish island of Tenerife, about 60 miles off the northwest coast of Africa.

The passengers are being taken off the ship in small groups to an airport to be flown to their home countries.

Three people have died during the outbreak.

State news outlets in Myanmar say miners have found a ruby, a huge one, measuring 11,000 carats.

It was found in the heartland of the gem mining industry.

which has recently experienced intense fighting in the country's civil war.

The ruby is described as having a purple-red hue with yellowish undertones.

It's believed to be the second largest ruby by weight and more valuable than the largest ever found because of its superior color and quality.

Myanmar produces as much as 90% of the world's rubies.

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A cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak is now anchored off Spain's Canary Islands.

The passengers, including 17 Americans, are being flown home on planes chartered by their countries.

Public health experts are raising new concerns.

about whether the U.S.

is prepared to respond to another major disease outbreak.

NPR's Windsor Johnston reports.

Traditionally, the political party not in the White House gains congressional seats in the midterm election.