
The whitewashing of Arab Americans impacted by Covid-19 is a catastrophic public health issue, experts say
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Arab Americans are forced to tick "White" or "other" on the Census and medical paperwork, which means that public health data collected on the community is largely anecdotal.
"The hospital was packed and the ICU was at full capacity," the ICU pulmonologist told CNN. "And I saw a disproportionate number of Arab Americans in the ICU." This realization, and a lack of public health data on the Arab American community, motivated Al-Naser to conduct his own research based on the patients he was seeing at Grossmont Hospital and his own private practice.
Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











