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One thing we can count on to keep ruining our summers

Vox Open Sourced

Canada faced a massive spate of wildfires in 2023 and in 2024 that similarly sent clouds of ash and dust across North America, reaching places like New York City. The burned area this year is a fraction of the size of the regions scorched in 2023, a record-breaking year for wildfires in Canada, but it’s still early in the fire season.

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Early detection of COVID-19 in the workplace

Workplace Insight

For example, in the UK alone, over one million people were estimated to have the virus in the week ending January 31, 2023, and, with the flu season still not over, the situation is far from as safe as we would like to believe. This is apparent by the continued high level of cases reported around the world.