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... As many as 40 million Americans faced a looming eviction risk in August, according to a report authored by 10 national housing and eviction experts. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cited that estimate in early September when it ordered an unprecedented, nationwide eviction moratorium through the end of 2020.

That move — a moratorium from the country's top public health agency — spotlights a message experts have preached for years without prompting much policy action: Housing stability and health are intertwined.

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WHO announces Covid-19 rapid tests for low and middle income countries

Tue, 2020-09-29 13:18 — mike kraft

WHO announces Covid-19 rapid tests for low and middle income countries The World Health Organization has announced an agreement to make rapid Covid-19 tests available to lower and middle-income countries across the world. Amanda Watts, CNN CNN

(CNN)The World Health Organization has announced an agreement to make rapid Covid-19 tests available to lower and middle-income countries across the world.

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Michigan says racial disparities of virus have diminished in the state

Tue, 2020-09-29 09:55 — mike kraft

Michigan says racial disparities of virus have diminished LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan reported Monday that Black residents are no longer being disproportionately infected and killed by the coronavirus, after they accounted for a staggering 40% of... AP NEWS

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan reported Monday that Black residents are no longer being disproportionately infected and killed by the coronavirus, after they accounted for a staggering 40% of deaths through much of the pandemic.

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Trump Announces Plan to Ship 150 Million Rapid Coronavirus Tests Governors of both parties welcomed the plan, but some health experts noted limitations of the kits made by Abbott Laboratories.

Tue, 2020-09-29 09:19 — mike kraft

President Trump at the White House on Monday announced a plan to distribute 150 million rapid coronavirus tests purchased by the federal government to states, tribes and other jurisdictions in the coming months.

Experts praised the news as a welcome endorsement of the importance of rapid and widely available testing while the nation continues to struggle in its fight to rein in the coronavirus, which has so far killed more than 204,000 people in the United States.

But the test numbers cited by federal officials, experts said, are nowhere what is needed to contain the spread of the virus.

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