Flu season already hitting hard across half of the US and children’s hospitals are still feeling the pressure from respiratory illnesses

About half of the US — 22 states, along with Washington, DC, New York City and Puerto Rico — is reporting high or very high respiratory illness activity, as flu season sweeps through the country weeks earlier than usual.
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North American cold-climate forests are already absorbing less carbon, study shows

Trees are one of humans’ biggest allies in the fight against climate change, soaking up around 30% of the carbon we pump into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuel.
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Canadian military can already house 12K Syrian refugees

The Canadian military is already prepared to house 12,000 Syrian refugees — nearly half of the 25,000 that the Liberal government has promised to bring to the country — by the end of the year, CTV News has learned.
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