APO Group – Africa Newsroom / Press release | Poverty, conflict and displacement leave children at risk from renewed Bubonic plague outbreaks in Ituri region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

UNICEF is increasingly concerned about the impact on children of a resurgence of Bubonic plague in the eastern province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

New research, supported by UNICEF, in three health zones of Ituri shows that children are especially at risk of contracting plague, which in recent months has been making a comeback for the first time in more than a decade.

Figures released for the three health zones of Biringi, Rethy, and Aru – where UNICEF focused its research – show that there were 490 plague cases between 2020 and 2021, with 20 fatalities. The figures show that over the same period there were 578 cases and 44 plague-related deaths throughout the entire Ituri province.

Ituri is one of only a handful of places in the world – including Madagascar and Peru – where plague cases continue to be reported. The latest outbreak differs from previous ones because both bubonic and the highly infectious pneumonic form of plague – transmitted from person to person through the air – have been reported in areas previously free of the disease near the border with South Sudan and Uganda to the east of the province. Frequent population displacement and insecurity in the region creates a considerable risk of cross-border transmission.

Source: APO Group – Africa Newsroom / Press release | Poverty, conflict and displacement leave children at risk from renewed Bubonic plague outbreaks in Ituri region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Australia’s air quality culture criticised as experts point to ventilation as key in COVID-19 fight – ABC News (Me: Indoor air worldwide needs to be redone to stop Covid and make work and living safe)

An expert in air quality is warning Australia’s reticence to improve ventilation and acknowledge airborne spread of COVID-19 is leading to lockdowns that could have been avoided.

Source: Australia’s air quality culture criticised as experts point to ventilation as key in COVID-19 fight – ABC News

Hawaii governor begs tourists to stay away as Covid surges: ‘Not a good time’ | Hawaii | The Guardian

Hawaii’s governor has pleaded with tourists not to travel to the islands as the state struggles to control Covid-19 amid the growing spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.

It’s “a risky time to be traveling right now,” David Ige warned on Monday, asking visitors and residents to reduce travel to essential business. “I encourage everyone to restrict and curtail travel to Hawaii. It’s not a good time to travel to the islands,” he said.

Covid-19 cases in Hawaii have risen 36% in the last two weeks while hospitalizations are up 78%, according to New York Times data.

In addition to urging tourists to stay away, the governor said restaurant capacity had been restricted and there was limited access to rental cars. But Ige stopped short of banning non-residents from the islands, arguing the situation was different now than last year, when strict travel rules that required quarantining essentially shut down Hawaii’s tourism industry.

“Last year in March, when I first asked for visitors to postpone travel to the islands, we saw a 60% reduction in the traffic to Hawaii,” Ige said. “And then, certainly, ordering the mandatory quarantine of all incoming visitors reduced travel to the islands by 99.5%, essentially 100% of travelers.”

Tourists have returned to the islands as vaccines are widely available and with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) saying fully vaccinated people can travel domestically.

The governor also urged people to get vaccinated. In Hawaii, 62% of residents are fully vaccinated, according to state data.

Source: Hawaii governor begs tourists to stay away as Covid surges: ‘Not a good time’ | Hawaii | The Guardian

T-Mobile’s hack keeps getting worse | Light Reading

T-Mobile on Friday released more details about a hack into its systems, noting that more customers were affected than it previously disclosed. Further, the company said hackers obtained some customers’ IMEI and IMSI phone data alongside other personal information, potentially paving the way for deeper security breaches. The Wall Street Journal reported that the FBI is aware of the situation and that the FCC has opened an investigation into the matter. News of the hack broke early this week, and T-Mobile has been issuing updates of its investigation into the issue since then. The company’s latest update indicates hackers obtained more data on its customers than T-Mobile initially disclosed. “We have now also determined that phone numbers, as well as IMEI and IMSI information, the typical identifier numbers associated with a mobile phone, were also compromised. Additionally, we have since identified another 5.3 million current postpaid customer accounts that had one or more associated customer names, addresses, date of births, phone numbers, IMEIs and IMSIs illegally accessed,” the company said in a statement.

Source: T-Mobile’s hack keeps getting worse | Light Reading

Fannie Mae Opens the Door for Renters to Become Homeowners – theMReport.com

Beginning September 18, 2021, Fannie Mae’s Desktop Underwriter (DU) will enable single-family lenders–with permission from mortgage applicants–to automatically identify recurring rent payments in the applicant’s bank statement data to deliver a more inclusive credit assessment. For qualified renters who may have limited credit history, but a strong rent payment history, Fannie Mae’s DU enhancement creates new opportunities for homeownership, while promoting safe and sound lending.

“For many households, rent is the single largest monthly expense. There is absolutely no reason timely payment of monthly housing expenses shouldn’t be included in underwriting calculations,” said Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Sandra L. Thompson. “With this update, Fannie Mae is taking another step toward understanding how rental payments can more broadly be included in a credit assessment, providing an additional opportunity for renters to achieve the dream of sustainable homeownership.”

Source: Fannie Mae Opens the Door for Renters to Become Homeowners – theMReport.com

NYC’s School Vaccine Mandate Brings Relief For Parents And Legal Threats – Gothamist

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday that all education department employees — including teachers, administrators, cafeteria workers and custodians — must show proof that they have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccines by September 27th, two weeks after classes resume. The mandate will apply to 148,000 education department workers. The announcement coincided with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granting full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The new mandate goes further than the policy the mayor announced earlier this summer for all city workers, including teachers, that requires vaccination or weekly testing. It applies to the city’s traditional public schools and includes any charter schools that are co-located with them. The mandate does not apply to pre-k teachers at community-based organizations outside the city’s school buildings, bus drivers or private schools. The latter can set their own rules and are governed by the state.

Source: NYC’s School Vaccine Mandate Brings Relief For Parents And Legal Threats – Gothamist

Um apelo à natureza e dos povos indígenas! Não ao Projeto de Lei #490! … e uma mensagem de um xamã Yanomami … – atualizado

Barbara Crane Navarro

Mãe Yanomami e filho com pintura facial Achiote, Amazonas, Venezuela– photo: Barbara Crane Navarro

«Achei que se os brancos pudessem me ouvir, eles convenceriam o governo a não deixar a floresta ser destruída … Agora, os garimpeiros infestam a floresta com a fumaça de seus motores e a fumaça do ouro e do mercúrio que queimam juntos.

A partir de agora, tememos a malária de menores, que também é muito forte … O fôlego de vida dos moradores da floresta é frágil diante desses fumos epidêmicos de xawara. Se todos nós morrermos, ninguém será capaz de compensar o valor de nossa morte. O dinheiro dos brancos e bens não os trarão de volta para nós! E a floresta devastada nunca poderá ser restaurada, estará perdida para sempre.»

– porta-voz e xamã Yanomami Davi Kopenawa

Uma floresta em território indígena destruída porgarimpeiros

30% do que agora é reconhecido…

View original post 536 more words

ONG Kapé Kapé denuncia la esclavización de indígenas sanemá en Amazonas por parte de garimpeiros — Crónica Uno

Barbara Crane Navarro

Más de 400 garimpeiros mantienen sometidos a indígenas sanemá en Amazonas, según reportes hechos desde hace tres años. Sumado a esto la etnia afronta enfermedades por malaria, desnutrición, tuberculosis y contaminación con mercurio dada la minería ilegal en la zona. ONG Kapé Kapé denuncia la esclavización de indígenas sanemá en Amazonas por parte degarimpeiros

ONG Kapé Kapé denuncia la esclavización de indígenas sanemá en Amazonas por parte de garimpeiros — Crónica Uno

View original post

‘Projeto de mineração de Bolsonaro vai virar uma confusão’, diz memória-viva do garimpo no Brasil — Ecoamazônia

Barbara Crane Navarro

O minerador José Altino Machado, que está há 54 dos seus 79 anos na atividade da mineração, conta com exclusividade sobre as invasões à Terra Indígena Yanomami, em Roraima. 44 morewords

‘Projeto de mineração de Bolsonaro vai virar uma confusão’, diz memória-viva do garimpo no Brasil — Ecoamazônia

View original post

Second Look Behind the Headlines – News you can use…

Baldacchino di Perla

"Luce di parole, ombra di sogni."

Northern Desert Photography

Living on the Edge of the Sagebrush Ocean

Susana Cabaço

Spiritual Insights & Personal Empowerment

Barbara Picci

Artist & Art Blogger

craft journey

Furnicraft, woodwork, and art

musings corner

reveries and rants

Japão para Românticos

Bem Vindos a este espaço onde compartilhamos um pouco da realidade do Japão à todos aqueles que desejam visitar ou morar no Japão. Aqui neste espaço, mostramos a realidade do Japão e dos imigrantes. O nosso compromisso é com a realidade. Fique por dentro do noticiário dos principais jornais japoneses, tutoriais de Faça você mesmo no Japão e acompanhe a Série Histórias de Imigrantes no Japão. Esperamos que goste de nossos conteúdos, deixe seu like, seu comentário, compartilhe e nos ajudar você e à outras pessoas. Grande abraço, gratidão e volte sempre!

Leben als Mensch

Willkommen auf Elke´s Glücks-Blog

Sharpshot Nature .Com

- Specializing in the great outdoors, capturing nature at its finest!

Diane Ravitch's blog

A site to discuss education and democracy

Expansão e Percepção

Seu Guia de Inspirações e Reflexões Diárias

noga noga.

my-health-and-beauty.com/

Uğurcan'ın Ütopyası

Benim Gezegenime Hoş geldiniz !!!

AKILS

Blog de viajes y lugares

Ed Mooney Photography

The official blog of Ed Mooney Photography. Dad of 3, Photographer, Blogger, Powerlifter. Exploring the historical sites of Ireland.

everything Explored on the earth

It has new aidias,news, about education , motivation, social, historical, culture, marketing creation new aidias education of language science culture and history

Born to die

L'unico modo sensato di vivere è senza regole

Early Morning Memories

by Anuran (A) & Sayoni (S)

My thoughts

Fun for the Brain

Neo Vision College

An exemplary learning community.

Anthony’s Crazy Love and Life Lessons in Empathy

Loves, lamentation, and life through prose, stories, passions, and essays.

Episodic Squalid Rants

public tantrums by a non-two-year-old

The Street Art Directory

Public, street and urban art worldwide

Artie & Stu

all the rules of free form

Everyone read that they fell in love first

<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2937106805202763" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

davidscottmoyer

Lapsed Painter, Occasional Photographer, Compulsive Writer

Health & Fitness

Health Blogs

Buildings Tell Tales

Exploring the hidden architectural heritage of Budapest

Divit kalem

Yaşamdan

Roy's Weblog

The third incarnation...

Thought Pukes

More than a thought less than a question

"بوصلة الحياة"

"بوصلة الحياة: مدونة متعددة المجالات، من السياسة إلى الرومانسية، ومن تطوير الذات إلى الأدب وأكثر!" بقلم مشاعر بنت عبدالرحمن

parallax

The view from here ... Or here!

ClearingSpace4Joy

Bringer and seeker of joy

Belladonna’s Flashlight

The One Where She Stumbled Through Her 40's and Faced Her Demons

~ Trivial Music Silliness ~

Baw wit da baw. Just sayin'.

mo mnsoor blog

Website storys

Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss

Welcome to the Anglo Swiss World

gnaddrig ad libitum

Querbeet und ohne Gewähr

Peace & Truth

KINDNESS IS FREE, sprinkle it all over the world, and 😁 smile

Ética de la vida diaria

Nuestra ética de todos los días...

Elizabeth Gauffreau

Fiction Writer in Poet's Clothing