-Editorial COVID-19 will not be the world’s last health emergency and there is an urgent need for sustainable health emergency preparedness to deal with the next one. This was the strong sentiment shared by participants of the United Nations General Assembly side-event on sustainable preparedness for health security and resilience: …
October, 2020
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3 October
Google announces improved Google Maps Live View with AR directions
By: Gabriel Barajas, Staff Writer In recent days, Google announced a few updates to Live View, the augmented reality walking directions in its Google Maps app that launched last year. The live view utilizes your phone’s GPS and camera to tell you exactly where to go. For now, the only …
September, 2020
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29 September
The New Normal?
By: Melissa Dorame, Reporter The so-called ‘new normal’ is a term or a media expression that we constantly read or hear due to the current pandemic, however, it is not the first time that it has been used to explain “reality” in a certain way. Moreover, it seems important to …
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14 September
Travel Industry Inspires Americans to Plan a Future Trip
WASHINGTON, D.C.- As states and cities move to reopen, the American travel industry has launched a major campaign with a clear message for Americans: It’s OK to start planning your next trip—whenever it may be. The “Let’s Go There” campaign, which will extend into 2021, is the result of an …
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3 September
World Mental Health Day: An opportunity to kick-start a massive scale-up investment in mental health
-Editorial Mental health is one of the most neglected areas of public health. Close to 1 billion people are living with a mental disorder, 3 million people die every year from the harmful use of alcohol and one person dies every 40 seconds by suicide. And now, billions of people …
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2 September
The U.S. Will Not Participate in A Global Vaccine Effort Led by WHO
-Editorial The United States will not participate in a global vaccination effort for COVID-19 since it has the involvement of the World Health Organization. While many countries will join the global efforts to create a vaccine, the U.S. will not participate since they oppose WHO’s response to the pandemic and …
August, 2020
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27 August
The 2020 Olympic Games (that did not happen)
By: Mario Beltrán Mainero Consul for Community and Political Affairs at the Consulate of Mexico in Calexico In the book “21 Lessons for the 21st Century,” Yuval Noah Harari, today’s most famous historian-philosopher, highlights the monumental civilizational achievement that is the Olympic Games. He is right on point. Although the …
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23 August
Mexican Magazine Fined by Federal Government for Critical of Them
-Editorial There is concern among members of the media in Mexico that the federal government is starting to censor the press that is critical of them. The Nexos magazine says the government has taken a unilateral decision to impose the sanction despite the fact that the 2018 contract was signed …
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21 August
CACHANILLAS CHAMPIONS AT THE MINECRAFT EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
-Editorial A group of 4 young Cachanillas makes up the “Garage Builders” team which represented Mexico in the “Minecraft Masters Global Competition” organized by the North American School Electronic Sports Federation (NASEF) and were crowned champions, defeating teams from countries such as the United States, Egypt, Israel, and England in …
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20 August
Countries must expand services to cope with mental health effects of COVID-19 pandemic
-Editorial Countries in the Americas should expand and invest in mental health services to cope with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne said today. “The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a mental health crisis in our region at a scale we’ve never seen …
