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Federal Judge orders end to Trump anf COVID-era asylum restrictions at border

Wed, 2022-11-16 18:34 — mike kraft

Judge orders end to Trump-era asylum restrictions at border SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Biden administration to lift Trump-era asylum restrictions that have been a cornerstone of border enforcement since the beginning of COVID-19. AP NEWS

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U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled in Washington that enforcement must end immediately for families and single adults, calling the ban “arbitrary and capricious.” The administration has not applied it to children traveling alone.

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Haiti cholera outbreak worsens, COVID-19 cases rise in Americas - PAHO

Wed, 2022-11-16 12:14 — mike kraft

Haiti cholera outbreak worsens, COVID-19 cases rise in Americas - PAHO The cholera situation in Haiti continues to worsen while COVID-19 cases rose over the past week, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. Steven Grattan Reuters

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Sumary of divergent COVID rules among nations attending the G20 summit

Mon, 2022-11-14 13:15 — mike kraft

Explainer: To mask or not to mask? G20 gathers nations with divergent COVID rules Nearly three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders of G20 countries are gathering on the Indonesian resort island of Bali with strict testing and masking requirements, even though such measures have been largely dropped in some member countries. Reuters Reuters

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Immigrants had little effet on COVID-19 Infection Rates In The United States --report

Wed, 2022-11-09 19:44 — mike kraft

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01955

Little To No Correlation Found Between Immigrant Entry And COVID-19 Infection Rates In The United States

...Our findings support existing evidence that the short-term impacts of immigrant flow on local COVID-19 rates were minimal.

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Residents of Panamanian Community Forced To Move As Caribbean Island Sinks

Mon, 2022-11-07 10:07 — mike kraft

100-Year-Old Community Forced To Move As Caribbean Island Sinks

Residents of Gardi Sugdub are the first to be moved by the government to the Panama mainland as the sea rises, but several other communities will soon be impacted.

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Cholera Outbreaks Surge Worldwide as Vaccine Supply Drains

Mon, 2022-10-31 09:33 — mike kraft

A record number of cholera outbreaks around the globe, driven by droughts, floods and armed conflicts, has sickened hundreds of thousands of people and so severely strained the supply of cholera vaccines that global health agencies are rationing doses.

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