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on July 10, 2016 in World News

22 Percent of Resettled Refugees in Minnesota Test Positive for Tuberculosis

by Michael Patrick Leahy One of every five refugees resettled in Minnesota by the federal government tested positive for latent tuberculosis in 2014, according to the state’s Department of Health. Only 4 percent of the general population in the United States tested positive for latent tuberculosis in the most recent report provided by the Centers for Disease Control. The April 2016 edition of the Refugee Health Quarterly, published by the Minnesota Department of Health reports that: Minnesota had 150 cases of TB in 2015, compared to 147 cases in 2014 (a 2 percent increase). The most common risk factor for TB cases in… View Article

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on July 9, 2016 in World News

In defense of self-defense

Most of the mass killings by gun in the United States in recent years – Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Newtown, Charleston, San Bernardino and now Orlando – took place in venues where local or state law prohibited carrying guns, even by those lawfully licensed to do so. The government cheerfully calls these venues “gun-free zones.” They…

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on July 9, 2016 in World News

Breakdown Of US Citizens Killed By Cops In 2016

by Tyler Durden In the U.S. a total of 509 citizens have been killed this year alone by police. The body count for the previous year stands at a grand total of 990 people shot dead, according to the Washington Post. As the below infographic from Statista shows, most of those killed by police are male and white. 123 of those shot were Black Americans. This is a relatively high share, keeping in mind that close to 13 percent of Americans belong to that ethnic group. You will find more statistics at Statista What’s also disturbing is that according to… View Article

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