MIAMI, United States (AFP) — US officials said that some 680 undocumented migrants were detained in raids Wednesday at food processing plants in the southeastern United States, part of President Donald Trump’s announced crackdown on illegal immigration. Most of those detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were Hispanic migrants, officials said. “Special agents executed administrative and criminal search warrants resulting in the detention of approximately 680 illegal aliens,” said Mike Hurst, US Attorney […]
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Many high-risk patients missed by diabetes screening
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — More than half of people at high risk for diabetes are missed under current US screening guidelines, including many African-Americans, Hispanics and those who are not overweight, researchers said Tuesday. The government guidelines — issued just last year — missed 55 percent of people with prediabetes or diabetes, said the study by Northwestern Medicine. The 2015 guidelines, which were authored by the United States Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF), recommend […]
