UA exercise mimics pandemic emergency

A bird flu pandemic hit the University of Arizona Oct. 31. But it wasn’t real. Here’s the scenario: Increases in human-to-human transmission of the flu in Thailand led the World Health Organization to raise the pandemic alert to its highest level. Countries scrambled to stockpile the limited flu medication Tamiflu. People at the UA had…

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Downtown Revitalization

Over the past four years, the Downtown Tucson Partnership along with the City of Tucson have worked to add student housing, new restaurants and bars, and most recently the Sunlink Streetcar to Downtown Tucson. The expansion of downtown has, however, created difficulties for city officials. “I don’t support the street closures,” Ward 6 Councilman, Steve…

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