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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – A 60-year-old hiker was transported with minor injuries after slipping near Nojoqui Falls Park Wednesday.

According to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, crews were sent to the area for a reported hiker in need of medical aid around 1:30 p.m. off of Alisal Road near the trailhead for Nojoqui Falls.

Arriving first responders located the 60-year-old hiker with minor injuries after a fall and she was transported using a backboard and then a ground ambulance detailed the local fire agency.

The ambulance took the injured hiker to Santa Ynez Cottage Hospital for further medical evaluation and the area was cleared for visitors shared the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – A woman was transported to Cottage Hospital for a medical evaluation after colliding with a parked car on Mission Street and flipping her vehicle Wednesday.

On June 3, around 1:20 p.m., first responders were dispatched to a traffic collision in the 700 block of Mission Street stated a press release from the Santa Barbara Police Department.

First responders found a woman alone in the upside-down vehicle and she was transported to Cottage Hospital for medical evaluation due to the nature of the collision after she was helped out of the vehicle shared the Santa Barbara Police Department.

An initial investigation showed that the woman was driving eastbound on Mission Street when she hit a parked, unoccupied vehicle which caused her to lose control and her vehicle to flip onto its roof in the middle of the street detailed the local police agency.

The official cause of the collision remains under investigation noted the Santa Barbara Police Department.

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Por Harmeet Kaur, CNN

Cuando el Gobierno de Trump registró los dominios Aliens.gov y Alien.gov en marzo, los teóricos de la conspiración sobre ovnis se preguntaron si por fin obtendrían respuestas que llevaban mucho tiempo esperando.

Pero, tras la anticlimática publicación por parte del Pentágono de archivos relacionados con ovnis y vida extraterrestre, el debut de Aliens.gov la semana pasada resultó aún más decepcionante: el sitio web no fue ningún “día de revelación”, sino una parodia, que no parece tener otro propósito que el de denigrar a los inmigrantes indocumentados.

“CAMINAN ENTRE NOSOTROS”, declara el sitio en un texto grande, verde neón. Luego, un texto en desplazamiento empieza a llenar la pantalla: “Durante 60 años, el Gobierno de Estados Unidos ha mantenido un secreto celosamente guardado. Los aliens han estado caminando entre nosotros, viviendo en nuestros vecindarios e interactuando con nosotros en nuestra vida diaria”.

Junto con falsas etiquetas de “desclasificado” y una torpe referencia a “The X-Files”, el sitio web también presenta un mapa interactivo que rastrea “encuentros aliens”, o supuestos arrestos de inmigrantes, y pide a los usuarios que denuncien “aliens sospechosos”.

Al anunciar el nuevo sitio en X, la Casa Blanca también publicó una animación generada por IA que muestra un ovni abduciendo a un inmigrante indocumentado sobre el muro fronterizo con México. No es la primera vez que Trump y su Gobierno recurren a juegos de palabras con “aliens”: el presidente compartió recientemente una imagen generada por IA en la que aparece caminando junto a un alienígena fornido, encadenado.

Mucho antes de que “alien” evocara imágenes de seres de otro mundo, la palabra se usaba para denotar algo extraño o ajeno a la propia esfera. “Alien” pasó al inglés desde el latín y el francés alrededor del siglo XIV y, con los años, adquirió un significado jurídico específico. El Black’s Law Dictionary define a un alien como “una persona que reside dentro de las fronteras de un país, pero no es ciudadano ni súbdito de ese país”.

Otras formas de “alien” transmiten dimensiones clave de la experiencia humana: sentirse “alienated” (alienado o enajenado, en español) es experimentar una sensación de soledad y de no pertenencia; un cónyuge que afirma que un tercero ha dañado su matrimonio puede demandarlo por “alienation of affections” (alienación de afecto o enajenación de afectos). Pero en el nuevo sitio web del Gobierno de Trump, “alien” se usa para significar inhumano: “Han comprado en las mismas tiendas, asistido a las mismas clases que nuestros hijos y vivido existencias humanas aparentemente normales. Con una excepción: no pertenecen aquí”.

En la jurisprudencia estadounidense, “alien” aparece en la primera ley de inmigración del país, la Ley de Naturalización de 1790, que estipulaba que “cualquier alien que sea una persona blanca libre” de buen carácter y que haya vivido en Estados Unidos durante al menos dos años podía convertirse en ciudadano. La palabra también figuró de manera destacada en las Leyes de Extranjería y Sedición, un conjunto de cuatro leyes del siglo XVIII que restringieron la ciudadanía, ampliaron la autoridad del presidente para detener y deportar a extranjeros y criminalizaron el discurso disidente. (Trump sigue invocando la Ley de Enemigos Extranjeros de 1798 contra hombres venezolanos).

En la historia temprana de Estados Unidos, “alien” funcionaba en gran medida como un término burocrático. Alrededor de la década de 1940, la palabra comenzó a pasar al uso general en referencia a trabajadores mexicanos con visas temporales estadounidenses, dice Michael Lechuga, profesor de la Universidad de Nuevo México y autor de “Visions of Invasion: Alien Affects, Cinema, and Citizenship in Settler Colonies”. Dice que algunos trabajadores descubrieron al llegar que las granjas o empresas donde habían sido contratados para trabajar ya ha

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN

(CNN) — Foodborne illnesses aren’t just a nuisance after a questionable meal; they are a significant cause of death and severe disease.

An estimated 1.5 million deaths were caused by foodborne illnesses worldwide in 2021, according to a study published Wednesday in the Lancet.

“It is imperative that countries implement strategies to improve food safety to reduce this substantial burden of disease arising from contaminated food,” the study said.

While the number is distressing, it isn’t surprising to experts, said Dr. Harris Wang, chair and professor of the department of systems biology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He was not involved in the study.

Much of the world may be surprised by the deadliness and the burden –– meaning the deaths as well as total incidence and disability-adjusted life years, said Dr. Julie Jean, professor in the department of food sciences at Université Laval in Québec, Canada. Jean, who was not involved in the study, said the impact mirrors other major infectious diseases like HIV or malaria.

The impact is often underestimated because so many cases are mild or unreported, but the data highlights that foodborne illnesses are both a major health problem and a shared, systemic problem, Jean added.

However, there are things that can be done in your home to prevent these kinds of illnesses.

Sources of foodborne sickness

People develop foodborne illnesses when their food is contaminated with a wide range of hazards, including parasites, chemicals and microorganisms, Jean said. Common examples are salmonella, E. coli, norovirus and listeria.

These pathogens can cause problems such as gastroenteritis and diarrhea but can also progress to more serious complications including sepsis and bacteremia, a condition in which bacteria enter the bloodstream, Wang said.

For some foodborne illnesses, the problem comes from temperature regulation issues –– food is either undercooked or left at temperatures that are too warm, which encourages bacteria to grow, Wang said. Other times, the issue comes from improper hygiene in food handling, which allows viruses to spread, Jean added.

Foodborne sickness prevention and treatment is uneven globally, and low- and middle-income countries are especially at risk for deaths and severe infections, Jean said. Variations in food safety systems and regulations, as well as access to health care influence how prevalent these illnesses are in different countries, she said.

Who is at risk of these illnesses

Risk can also vary from person to person. “Young children with less developed immune systems, the elderly with decreased immunity, or immune-compromised individuals tend to be particularly susceptible to food borne illnesses,” Wang said. Pregnancy, which can impact a body’s immune system, puts people at an increased vulnerability to severe foodborne illness, Jean added.

Disturbances in the gut microbiome, which can result from the use of certain medications or antibiotics, make someone more susceptible to that pathogens from food that can cause disease, Wang said.

Signs of foodborne illness may include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps and fever, according to Tufts University School of Medicine. Typically, symptoms resolve within two to seven days, but people with severe symptoms, including diarrhea that lasts more than three days, high fever and blood in stool should seek medical attention.

For people who do develop foodborne illness, hydration is key, Wang said.

“Dehydration will result in progressively worse symptoms and resu