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The article reports on the large-scale tree planting initiative started by the Texas Trees Foundation and the Federal Trust for Public Land, in partnership with the U.S. Nature Conservancy, in Dallas, Texas in 2016. Topics discussed include the goal of the community-focused initiative is to reduce the heat and respiratory issues face by the region, the association between the increase in heat and the built environment, and the increase in asthma cases.

The article provides information on increased HIV diagnoses in northeast Massachusetts and risk of opioid epidemic. Topics discussed include continuity of Massachusetts healthcare providers and managing disease transmission of infectious disease; views of Alfred DeMaria, epidemiologist at the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health on the same; and homeless community.