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Los Angeles County COVID surge raises prospect of return to indoor masking order

Dec
02
L.A. County COVID surge raises prospect of return to indoor masking order New hospitalizations have tripled in the last month. A new mask order is possible in the coming weeks if hospitalization metrics worsen. Los Angeles Times
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Judge approves DOJ intervention in efforts to improve Jackson Mississippi's struggling water system.

Dec
01
Judge OKs federal intervention in struggling water system The U.S. Justice Department has won a federal judge's approval to carry out a rare intervention to improve the precarious water system in Mississippi’s capital city, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday, months after the system's partial failure. The department filed the proposal for intervention on Tuesday and U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate approved it later that day in Mississippi.
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U.S. to test sewage in more cities for indications of polio infections

Dec
01
US officials say 2 more places will test sewage for polio NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia and Oakland County, Michigan, are joining the small list of U.S. localities that are looking for signs of polio infections in sewage, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. AP NEWS

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CDC officials say they have been talking with other communities about also starting polio wastewater testing. They are focused on cities and counties with low polio vaccination coverage and those in which travelers had visited the New York communities where polio was found.

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China eases some virus controls in effort to head off more protests

Dec
01
China eases virus controls amid effort to head off protests BEIJING (AP) — More Chinese cities eased anti-virus restrictions and police patrolled their streets Thursday as the government tried to defuse public anger over some of the world’s most stringent COVID measures and head off more protests . AP NEWS

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China: Two cities ease COVID curbs after protests spread

Nov
30
Two Chinese cities ease COVID curbs after protests spread The giant Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Chongqing announced an easing of COVID curbs on Wednesday, a day after demonstrators in southern Guangzhou clashed with police amid a string of protests against the world's toughest coronavirus restrictions. Brenda Goh,Martin Quin Pollard Reuters

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With no exit strategy from ‘zero Covid’ policy, China could face tsunami in cases, experts fear

Nov
30
With no exit strategy from 'zero Covid' policy, China could face tsunami in cases, experts fear As the world watches the rare spectacle of protesters challenging China’s authoritarian leadership over its increasingly perplexing zero Covid policy, people who study the disease see threats ahead for China — and beyond. Helen Branswell STAT

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Climate migration is about to explode. Cities will bear the brunt.

Nov
30
Climate migration is about to explode. Cities will bear the brunt. With planning, some mayors see an opportunity to flip a crisis into an opportunity. Dave Levitan Grid News
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China: Vaccinespushed for older people, analysis of China's policy problems

Nov
29
China targets older people in Covid-19 vaccination drive Plan to accelerate vaccine rates among people over 80 comes as police crack down on protests against country’s zero-Covid policy the Guardian
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China eases some COVID rules after wide protests of lockdowns

Nov
28
China eases COVID rules after wide protests of lockdowns BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe “zero COVID” strategy Monday after protesters demanded President Xi Jinping resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades. AP NEWS

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A Chinese landscape architect advocates "sponge cities" to help counter climate change and flooding.

Nov
23
As climate warms, a China planner advocates "sponge cities" BEIJING (AP) — To cushion the impact of extreme weather due to climate change, a Chinese landscape architect has been making the case for China and other countries to create so-called “sponge cities.” AP NEWS
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