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Passengers are being removed from the Dutch cruise ship tied to the hantavirus outbreak after the vessel arrived near the Canary Islands today.

Seventeen Americans are preparing to return to the United States for monitoring and evaluation, while other passengers head back to their home countries.

Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia says the response effort has involved extensive international coordination.

The World Health Organization says the overall risk to the public remains low.

and stresses this is not another COVID-19-style pandemic.

As passengers disembark from the cruise ship in the Canary Islands, the government in the U.K.

has launched a mission to support one of its citizens on another island who's become ill with a suspected case of hantavirus.

NPR's Lauren Frayer reports from London.

Lots of moms will get a break from cooking on this Mother's Day.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports it's one of the busiest days of the year for eating out.

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Fighting in the Middle East continues to drive up energy costs, and global food prices are rising as well.

The United Nations says April marked the third straight month of increases in its global food commodity index, with some of the sharpest jumps tied to cooking oils and fuel-related products.

Food and Agriculture Organization chief economist Maximo Torero says vegetable oil prices saw some of the biggest increases last month.

Analysts say consumers could begin seeing the impact in grocery stores in the coming weeks, especially on products tied to shipping and energy-intensive production.

Millions of students in universities in K-12 districts had their data compromised last week after a hacker took down Canvas.

That's a classroom management tool used across the country.

NPR's Sequoia Carrillo reports the attack is raising concerns about student data privacy and schools' reliance on private software to run classes.

That's NPR's Sequoia Carrillo reporting.

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