Unvaccinated account for nearly all COVID-19 deaths in Alabama: health official | TheHill

An Alabama state health official on Friday revealed that nearly all of the COVID-19 deaths in the state were among people who were not vaccinated against the virus.

Source: Unvaccinated account for nearly all COVID-19 deaths in Alabama: health official | TheHill

The Latest: COVID-19 hospitalizations increase in Arizona – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Arizona on Saturday reported more than 2,000 additional COVID-19 cases for the fourth straight day as the number of virus-related hospitalizations continued to rise.

The U.S. state’s coronavirus dashboard reported 2,653 additional cases and 34 deaths, increasing the pandemic totals to 943,415 cases and 18,376 deaths.

There were 1,358 COVID-19 patients occupying inpatient beds as of Friday, up from 866 two weeks earlier on July 23, according to the dashboard.

Source: The Latest: COVID-19 hospitalizations increase in Arizona – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

From Mexico to Australia, Indigenous youth reimagine the internet for their languages · Global Voices

There are some 7,000 languages in the world, but only 10 dominate the internet. English leads, with 25.9 percent of online content, followed by Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Indonesian, French, Japanese, Russian, and German. Facing this reality, Indigenous youth from Mexico to Australia are carving out spaces for their languages on the web.

Forty percent of all languages are at “some level of endangerment,” according to UNESCO, and Indigenous languages are particularly at risk, as hegemonic languages permeate education, governments, and media worldwide.

On July 13, Indigenous language activists from Mexico and Australia shared strategies during an online talk co-organized by Global Voices and First Languages Australia, with the support of the Embassy of Australia in Mexico.

Source: From Mexico to Australia, Indigenous youth reimagine the internet for their languages · Global Voices