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Date Time G20 works on financing preparedness and response to future health challenges In January 2021, the G20 established a High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) as a means to identify solutions to financing the global commons for pandemic preparedness and response. Without an appropriate funding system, the world may be unable to manage future health threats. The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis, with human, economic and social costs unprecedented in recent history. The crisis highlighted the need for a broad-based global effort to improve prevention, surveillance, preparedness an...

On Friday, COVID-19 Health Equity Chair, Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith convened the second COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force to discuss the Biden-Harris

Reply Medford has begun repairs on its six fire stations and is examining long-term solutions for the fire department's facilities. (Shutterstock) MEDFORD, MA — The city has begun repairing its six fire stations based on recommendations from the mayor's Task Force on Fire Department Facilities. The Task Force, convened in October 2020, assessed the fire department's current needs and proposed long-term strategies such as a feasibility study for the renovation or relocation of the department headquarters. The mayor's administration hired a consultant to internally begin the procurement pro...

To this observer of the hours-long Feb. 16 Auburn City Council meeting, one Councilperson’s multi-part amendment (which was adopted) to the “Short-term Rental/Homestay Ordinance” looks like an eleventh-hour strategy to undermine the years of work done by the Planning Commission and the Task Force assigned to produce an Ordinance on STRs/Homestays acceptable to the Council and to Auburn’s citizens (512 of whom signed a petition or contacted the Council to support the Ordinance as approved by the Planning Commission, as opposed to 20 who expressed opposition).  This ongoi...

DeSoto House Fire Under Investigation, 2 Children Dead Share via: Task Force Investigating early Morning DeSoto Fire According to the DeSoto Fire Department, dispatch received a call around 4:33 am this morning of a reported structure fire in the 100 Block of Wildwood Court. Firs responders were on the scene within five minutes, and found the house completely engulfed in flames. Fire Chief Jerry Duffield says, “residents that had escaped from the home notified DeSoto firefighters there were two children inside the home on the second floor. DeSoto fire went into rescue mode and within sixt...