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The disease detectives suiting up for the World Cup

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By Rachel Bluth Verified, Sophie Gardner Verified, Arek Sarkissian Verified, Maya Kaufman Verified
| POLITICO Verified
Erin McGuire, medical director of the Special Pathogens Unit, said the approach is rooted in routines developed long before the World Cup was imminent. “It’s important for us to always do these drills, regardless of what’s going on with the rest of the world,” McGuire said.
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The disease detectives suiting up for the World Cup

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By Rachel Bluth Verified, Sophie Gardner Verified, Arek Sarkissian Verified, Maya Kaufman Verified
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LOS ANGELES — When the United States, Canada and Mexico formally submitted their co-hosting bid to soccer governing body FIFA in 2018, they touted the safety of the region, noting "no major endemic infectious diseases across any of our Host Countries." Now, as the three countries prepare to welcome one of the largest international gatherings around the globe since the Covid-19 pandemic, infectious diseases are front of mind.
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Florida emergency chief hopes FEMA funding delays in past heading into hurricane season Original

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By Arek Sarkissian Verified
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“Nobody in the emergency management arena, Republican or Democrat, ever expected DHS to enact some of the policy regulations that were enacted,” Guthrie said. “That did slow the process down.” But Guthrie said he believes changes recently enacted by newly appointed DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin will relieve the disaster recovery funding bottleneck. Many of those changes had been recommended to DHS by Guthrie and other members of the federal FEMA Review Council.
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