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On April 15th, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced the renewal of the Public Health Emergency (PHE).
The COVID-19 PHE will be renewed for another 90 days, beginning on April 21 (the date the PHE was previously scheduled to expire) and extending through July 21, 2021.
This update enumerates the key regulatory flexibilities and funding sources that are linked to the PHE, as well as key emergency measures with independent timelines that are not directly affected by the PHE renewal.
On April 15th the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the second round of the COVID-19 Telehealth funding will open April 29th.
Migration
Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis and the Post-Pandemic Future This report analyzes the labor migration trends in Asia and puts them in the context of economic and policy developments and the changes wrought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. It examines the policy settings in the major origin and destination countries of labor migrants and the medium- and long-term factors that will shape the future of labor migration in Asia. It further provides important recommendations for building back better in a post-pandemic world. This analysis draws partly on discussions that took place at the “10th ADBI-OECD-ILO Roundtable on Labor Migration: Future of Labor Migration in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
In context: If you had told me even just a few years back that Arm would be creating designs that could compete in high performance computing (HPC) and other super demanding applications, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. After all, Arm is primarily known for the power efficiency of its designs hence it’s enormous success in smartphones and other battery-powered devices.
Sure, the performance in Arm-based smartphone chips, such as Apple’s A series for iPhones, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon line for Android devices, and others have been improving dramatically over the past few years, but there’s a big gap between smartphones and HPC.
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UNESCO cautions ocean risks losing its ability to absorb carbon
In absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2), the oceans play a crucial role in regulating the climate, a role yet to be fully understood. However, the oceans’ ability to contribute to climate regulation may decline and even be reversed in the future. The oceans that are now the blue lungs of our planet, could end up contributing to global warming.
It presents a synthesis of the state of knowledge about the oceans’ role in the carbon cycle and points to the way ahead. Its objective is to provide decision-makers with the knowledge needed to develop climate change mitigation and adaptation policies for the coming decade.
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