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Wildfire safety grants available from state foundation FAIRFIELD — Applications are being accepted for California Fire Foundation grants to “raise awareness about wildfire safety and bring resources to underserved communities in high fire-threat areas in 2021.” The $1.4 million in Wildfire Safety and Preparedness Program grants are made available in partnership with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. The deadline to submit an application is June 18. Go to www.cafirefoundation.org/programs/firep...

04/22/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/22/2021 20:32 CABEI opens office in Republic of China (Taiwan) Tegucigalpa, April 22, 2021.- Consolidating its role as the bridge of opportunities between the region and the world the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) announced the opening of its Representative Office in the Republic of China (Taiwan) in June of this year. The agreement was signed by CABEI Executive President, Dr. Dante Mossi; the Governor of the Repu...

A grey-headed flying fox. © Mike Lehmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Australian scientists have identified a new strain of the deadly Hendra virus that was the cause of a previously unexplained horse death in September 2015. The newly recognised variant, identified by the Australian veterinarian-led research project, ‘Horses as Sentinels’, had not been detected previously by routine biosecurity testing in horses. The new strain shares ~99% sequence identity with the 2015 horse cas...

Joann The Board of Central District Health met Friday morning for an update on the spread of COVID-19, the strain found in the United Kingdom and vaccine distribution, among other items. Infection rates have come down from early December’s case load, but District Communicable Disease Program Specialist Kimberly Link notes an upward trend, with an alarming rate of infection in Valley County. In the four counties Link warns an increased spread might tax an already-strained number of available...