Mes: agosto 2019

NEW YORK — Officials say traces of Legionnaires’ disease have been found in a New York City police precinct where an officer was hospitalized with symptoms of the disease.    The health department says they were informed that preliminary results of some tests conducted by an independent contractor at the precinct in Harlem showed traces of the bacteria.    The New York Times reports health officials began investigating the water at the precinct Friday night after they were notified that an officer had been diagnosed with the disease. The officer is recovering at a hospital outside of the city. The hot water supply at the precinct has been temporarily shut down. One police officer told CBS New York that he and his colleagues are on edge, wondering how long the bacteria has possibly been in their workplace. Legionnaires’ disease is a form of pneumonia that’s spread by inhaling mist from water tanks, cooling towers, hot tubs and whirlpool spas contaminated with the Legionella bacteria. It can be especially dangerous for the elderly and those with underlying health conditions. It’s not spread by person-to-person contact. Police said the precinct’s cooling tower is new and 거제출장샵 has not yet been turned on, CBS New York reports. Last week, the Southern Nevada Health District announced it is investigating two cases of Legionnaires’ in guests who stayed separately at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino...

(CBS News) UNITED NATIONS – With “acrimonious fault lines” between members blocking action by the United Nations Security Council on Syria’s escalating civil war, as a senior European diplomat put it to CBS News, the General Assembly came together Tuesday – for the second time – to shine a light on the issue and try to present a more unified front. More in After the Arab Spring Diplomats accused both President Bashar Assad’s government and the opposition of violating human rights. They pointed to the recent report that more than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August alone. They called on nations to meet the appeals for humanitarian aid. In the end, however, and with great frustration, they threw up their hands. There is, after all, not much that the General Assembly can do. Syria opposition calls for “Marshall Plan” post-Assad100K fled Syria war in August aloneSyria: No talks with rebels until they’re crushed The U.N.’s hopes for diplomacy now rest with seasoned Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi, the global body’s new envoy to Syria, who has taken over Kofi Annan’s role as negotiator-in-chief after the former U.N. secretary-general quit the position having accomplished little. “The destruction is reaching catastrophic proportions,” Brahimi told the General Assembly’s 193 member nations. “The support of the international community is indispensable and very urgent.” Brahimi’s pleas came two days after he told the BBC...