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Experts: COVID-19 showed U.S. unprepared for biological threats

Experts: COVID-19 showed U.S. unprepared for biological threats

by Jorja Siemons | Feb 17, 2022 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated the government’s failure to adequately prepare for biological threats, experts told senators Thursday at a hearing on improving U.S. biosecurity preparedness. “Biodefense is too fragmented and...
Senate subcommittee finds human trafficking failures in migrant children resettlements

Senate subcommittee finds human trafficking failures in migrant children resettlements

by Alex Lederman | Jan 28, 2016 | Immigration

WASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services suffers from serious systemic failures in protecting “unaccompanied alien children” from human trafficking, a Senate investigation says. “It’s intolerable that human trafficking, really modern day slavery,...

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