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At the Center for Mental Health Care in Mexico City, animals are playing a role in providing mental health therapy to patients.

Nine-year-old Alessia Ramos gently pets a hamster at a Mexican hospital where animals ranging from Australian parakeets to a Siberian Husky are being used to provide mental health therapy.The facility is the only public hospital in Mexico using animals to treat mental illnesses, though such therapy is also practiced in other countries.

The facility is the only public hospital in Mexico using animals to treat mental illnesses. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The union’s proposal marks an unprecedented ask as the state faces an estimated $32 billion budget shortfall.

Overhauling the state’s outdated payroll systems, however, are still a work in progress.

The Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce said the pandemic negatively affected Lansing more than any other central city in Michigan.

More than 1,000 state government employees joined a union rally at the state Capitol, urging state officials to pay better wages.

Despite the scale of spending, the budget received support from a majority of Republicans. More than a dozen GOP ideas were incorporated into the plan.

Outdoor activities. the state workers, we are telling them depending on the air quality in the region, it varies quite a bit. we are saying, watch the numbers and as we have heard, 50 is normal. we have parts of the state right now where the worst places on the planet yesterday. it is heading over to western new york. i spoke to the counsel general from canada and offered our assistance to send out firefighters to help get this under control. >> how bad will it get for her buffalo, new york? >> ...

District suffer from asthma, which dr. siva patel says makes them pulneble. >> this particulate matter and wildfires in particular go really low and deep into the lungs, causing that inflammation, irritation, and airway reactivity that results in an asthma exacerbation. >> reporter: tonight, more than 400 wildfires are burning in canada, polluting the skies over much of the east coast. philadelphia is experiencing its worst air quality in 24 years, and state workers in new jersey were told to co...