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The federal government says it is moving forward on a $267 million laboratory in Winnipeg to better prepare for future disease outbreaks.

The move injects new drama into tensions between Fauci and Republican lawmakers over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and accusations he lied about the origins of COVID-19.

The findings, published this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), come from an attempt to better gauge how common these kinds of illnesses are.

The dropping of the flu vaccine mandate follows what health officials described as a particularly severe flu season, during which U.S. infections surged.

'I want to be unequivocal here: this is not SARS-CoV-2. This is not the start of a COVID pandemic. This is an outbreak that we see on a ship,' a WHO official said.

Currently, the Canadian government advises Canadians to avoid all travel to Ituri and North Kivu provinces, citing safety and security concerns.

Health officials have cited the FIFA World Cup as justification, but some infectious disease experts are siding with the WHO in saying travel restrictions will have little effect.

Dr. Joss Reimer said the testing was done proactively after an individual returned from Ethiopia and reported symptoms 'consistent with a range of illnesses.'

Ebola is highly contagious and can be contracted via bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen. The disease it causes is rare, but severe and often fatal.

Four Canadians are isolating across the country after exposure on the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship. The outbreak has left three dead and 11 other identified cases.

The latest hantavirus outbreak raises the question of how does hantavirus compare with other viruses that have posed major public health challenges.

The overall risk in Canada to the general population from the Andes hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship remains low, Health Canada says.

Dr. Bonnie Henry said that at no point during the arrival or transfer did any of the four Canadians come in contact with the public.

Another six are isolating in Alberta and British Columbia, and remain asymptomatic for hantavirus, according to provincial health officials.

U.S. consumer prices climbed sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran pushed energy prices higher.

Southeast Public Health is warning people in the Kingston area of an uptick in cases of gastrointestinal illness and reminding of how to prevent its spread.

The World Health Organization said detailed investigations aboard the MV Hondius ship are ongoing, including further laboratory testing.

Four Canadian passengers who were onboard MV Hondius during a hantavrius will fly to an airport near Quebec City where they'll switch planes to return to British Columbia.

The World Health Organization has identified the Andes strain of hantavirus, which can be transmitted from person to person, in passengers who were on the cruise ship.

A World Health Organization official said that the cruise stopped at several islands off the coast of Africa, some of which 'have a lot of rodents.'