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Newsletter #159 Friday, November 08, 2024: (full newsletter)

Boletín #159 viernes, 08 de noviembre de 2024 (haga clic aquí para ver el boletín completo)

 

CDC: New COVID and Pneumonia Vaccine Advice

Looking for an On-Island Vaccination Source?

Bad Weather Driving: Prepare. Protect. Prevent.

 

CDC: Consejos sobre las Nuevas Vacunas de COVID y Pulmonía

¿Buscando donde se pueden Vacunar en la Isla?

Manejando en Mal Clima: Prepárese, Protejase, Prevenga

 

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Natural Disasters Displace 42 Million in 2010

By John Cornelison on 6/7/2011 6:36 AM


About 42 million people were forced to flee their homes because of natural disasters around the world in 2010, more than double the number during the previous year, experts said Monday.

One reason for the increase in the figure could be climate change, and the international community should be doing more to contain it, the experts said.

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre said the increase from 17 million displaced people in 2009 was mainly due to the impact of "mega-disasters" such as the massive floods in China and Pakistan and the earthquakes in Chile and Haiti.

- Read full story: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/06/501364/main20069401.shtml

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