This final rule restores the historical understanding of a “public charge” that had been in place for decades before the previous administration began to consider supplemental public health benefits such as Medicaid and nutritional assistance as part of the public charge inadmissibility determination.
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The Fentanyl and Meth Double Menace the impact of powerful synthetic drugs on the economy, the rise in homelessness, and youth fatalities
The massive availability and use of powerful synthetic drugs like fentanyl, the most powerful drug known to man, and new more potent versions of meth, like P2P, are causing a growing problem in the United States.
Both drugs are now available “coast to coast” like never before. Overdose deaths rose during the Covid-19 pandemic, and in 2021, more than 100,000 people died in the U.S. of drug overdoses, about 71,000 of those deaths were related to synthetic opioids, according to the CDC.
Beating The COVID Surge This Winter With Expanded COVID Treatments
The winter holidays are expected to bring with them a surge in symptomatic COVID cases. But treatment is available to mitigate the impact of the illness and prevent its severity, can lead people to test negative sooner, and early evidence suggests that COVID treatment may lower the risk of long COVID.
World Cup 2022, From Street Sport to No. 1 Sport in the World -Soccer Equalizes the Playing Field
The Soccer World Cup is the largest and most popular sports event on the planet. It is estimated that half of the world population would have watched some of its games by the time it ends in mid-December. But why is soccer so popular? What makes it “the people’s sport”?
Protecting the Rights of Long-Term Care Residents
“Nursing homes must have a plan to support residents’ right to vote,” according to an October 5 memo from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Patients.
But advocates of older adults and people with disabilities are worried those rights are not always met, especially in the wake of the pandemic. And the right to vote is only one in a long list of long-term care residents’ rights, including the right to health care and the right to quality of life.
The State of U.S.-Africa Relations: The People’s Summit
The U.S. Africa Institute (USAI) is a 501(c)(3) international not-for-profit organization established to advance the strategic relations between the United States of America and Africa through education and exchange programs. USAI helps foster greater understanding and build capacity and professional excellence in teaching, research, and cross-cultural collaboration utilizing in-person and virtual modalities between institutions in the U.S. and in Africa.
Simon Family Estate Wines And The Transformative Power Of Immigrant Roots
An Iraqi Catholic and an Israeli Jew walk into a bar, maybe even a bar in the American viticultural capital, Napa — you see where this is going — but still, how in the world do they walk out with some of Napa’s most exciting Cabernet Sauvignon? The answer has something to do with the entrepreneurial spirit of two immigrants whose paths crossed by accident — or was it fate?
Pediatric RSV, What All Parents Should Know and How To Keep Your Young Children Safe
RSV stands for, respiratory syncytial virus, it is a very common winter virus that we do see spike a little bit later in the season but it’s been around for many many decades and we do have a predictable seasonality to it. But we’re seeing now that the spike in cases has kind of surpassed many other types of respiratory viruses so we are seeing a little bit of everything.
USCIS Extends and Expands Fee Exemptions and Expedited Processing for Afghan Nationals
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced it is extending and expanding previously announced filing fee exemptions and expedited application processing for certain Afghan nationals. These actions will help Afghan nationals resettle, and in many cases reunite with family, in the United States by enabling USCIS to process their requests for work authorization, long-term status, status for immediate relatives, and associated services more quickly.
DHS Continues Temporary Protected Status and Related Documentation for Certain Beneficiaries of TPS
TPS beneficiaries under the designations for El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal, as well as the 2011 Haiti designation and the 2013 Sudan designation will retain their TPS while the preliminary injunction in Ramos and the stay of proceedings order in Bhattarai remain in effect, provided they continue to meet all the individual requirements for TPS eligibility.