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April 10, 20258 min readU.S. Bird Flu Response Suffers as Farm Workers Fear DeportationAs the bird flu outbreak continues, public health outreach to farm workers is meeting fear and resistance amid Trump’s attacks on immigrantsBy Amy Maxmen & KFF Health News U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk down a street during a multi-agency targeted enforcement operation. Fear of immigration raids has terrorized many dairy and poultry workers, complicating public health efforts to protect them from the bird flu and detect cases. Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public health workers say.Dairy and poultry workers have accounted for most cases of the bird flu in the U.S. — and preventing and detecting cases among them is key to averting a pandemic. But public health specialists say they’re struggling to reach farmworkers because many are terrified to talk with strangers or to leave home.“People are very scared to go out, even to get groceries,” said Rosa Yanez, an outreach worker at Strangers No Longer, a Detroit-based Catholic organization that supports immigrants and refugees in Michigan with legal and health problems, including the bird flu. “People are worried about losing their kids, or about their kids losing their parents.”On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today.“I used to tell people about the bird flu, and workers were happy to have that information,” Yanez said. “But now people just want to know their rights.”Outreach workers who teach farmworkers about the bird flu, provide protective gear, and connect them with tests say they noticed a dramatic shift — first in California, the state hit hardest by the bird flu — after immigration raids beginning on Jan. 7, the day after Congress certified President Donald Trump’s election victory. That’s when Border Patrol agents indiscriminately stopped about 200 Latino farmworkers and day laborers in California’s Central Valley, according to local reports cited in a lawsuit subsequently filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the United Farm Workers union and several people who were stopped and detained.“Border Patrol agents went on a fishing expedition” in a three-day raid called “Operation Return to Sender” that “tore families apart and terrorized the community,” the lawsuit alleges.Among those stopped was Yolanda Aguilera Martinez, a farmworker and grandmother who lives legally in the U.S. and has no criminal record. She was driving at the speed limit on her way to a doctor’s appointment when plainclothes agents in unmarked vehicles pulled her over, ordered her out of the car, pushed her to the ground, and handcuffed her, the lawsuit says. Agents eventually released Aguilera Martinez, but the lawsuit says others who faced deportation were detained for days in “cold, windowless cells” before they were transported to Mexico and abandoned.They weren’t told why they had been arrested, given an opportunity to defend themselves, or allowed to call a lawyer or their families, the lawsuit alleges. It says that the four children of one deported father, who had no criminal record, “have become quiet and scared” and that his epileptic son’s “seizures have worsened.”News of the raid spread quickly in California, where an estimated 880,000 mainly Latino farmworkers live. Dairies that employ immigrant labor produce nearly 80% of the U.S. milk supply, according to a 2014 survey.“After Operation Return to Sender, dairy workers became even less willing to speak about the lack of protection on dairy farms and the lack of sick pay when they’re infected — even anonymously,” said Antonio De Loera-Brust, a spokesperson for the United Farm Workers.Outreach workers in other states report a similar chilling effect from raids and immigration policies passed after Trump took office. He repeatedly degraded immigrants and pledged mass deportations on the campaign trail. “They’re not humans, they’re animals,” he said of immigrants illegally in the U.S. last April.Trump’s first legislative action was to sign the Laken Riley Act into law, mandating federal detention for immigrants accused of any crime, regardless of whether they’re convicted. On Jan. 20, the Department of Homeland Security rescinded the “protected areas” policy, allowing agents to arrest people who don’t have legal status while they’re in schools, churches, or hospitals. Last month, the Trump administration deported more than 100 Venezuelans and others without a hearing, ignoring a court order to turn around planes flying the men to El Salvador.The public health ramifications of farmworkers shrinking from view are potentially massive: Infectious disease scientists say that preventing people from getting bird flu and detecting cases are critical to warding off a bird flu pandemic. That’s why the government has funded efforts to protect farmworkers and monitor them for signs of bird flu, like red eyes or flu-like symptoms.“Every time a worker gets sick, you’re rolling the die, so it’s in everyone’s interest to protect them,” De Loera-Brust said. “The virus doesn’t care what your immigration papers say.”Pandemic PotentialAbout 65 dairy and poultry workers have tested positive for the bird flu since March 2024, but the true number of infections is higher. A KFF Health News investigation found that patchy surveillance resulted in cases going undetected on farms last year, and studies have revealed signs of prior infections in farmworkers who hadn’t been tested.State and local health departments were beginning to overcome last year’s barriers to bird flu testing, said Salvador Sandoval, a doctor who retired recently from the Merced County health department in California. Now, he said, “people see a mobile testing unit and think it’s Border Patrol.”Last year, outreach organizations connected with farmworkers at places where they gathered, like at food distribution events, but those are no longer well attended, Sandoval and others said.“Regardless of immigration status, people who look like immigrants are feeling a lot of fear right now,” said Hunter Knapp, the development director at Project Protect Food Systems Workers, a farmworker advocacy organization in Colorado that does bird flu outreach. He said some Latino community health workers have scaled back their outreach efforts because they worry about being harassed by the authorities or members of the public.A Latina outreach worker in Michigan, speaking on the condition of anonymity because she’s worried about retaliation against her family, said, “Many people don’t go to the doctor right now, because of the immigration situation.”“They prefer to stay at home and let the pain or redness in the eye or whatever it is go away,” she said. “Things have really intensified this year, and people are very, very scared.”The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported far fewer human cases since Trump took office. During the three months before Jan. 20, the agency confirmed two dozen cases. Since then, it’s detected only three, including two people with cases severe enough to be hospitalized.The CDC has said it continues to track the bird flu, but Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University, said the slowdown in cases might be due to a lack of testing. “I am concerned that we are seeing a contraction in surveillance and not necessarily a contraction in the spread of the virus.”Undetected infections pose a threat to farmworkers and to the public at large. Because viruses evolve by mutating within bodies, each infection is like a pull of a slot machine lever. A person who died of the bird flu in Louisiana in December illustrates that point: Scientific evidence suggests that bird flu viruses evolved inside the patient, gaining mutations that may make the viruses more capable of spreading between humans. However, because the patient was isolated in a hospital, the more dangerous viruses didn’t transmit to others.That might not happen if sick farmworkers don’t receive treatment and live in crowded households or windowless detention centers where they might infect others, said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Although the bird flu doesn’t yet have the ability to spread easily between people through the air, like the seasonal flu, it might occasionally spread when people are in close quarters — and evolve to do so more efficiently.“I worry that we might not figure out that this is happening until some people get severely sick,” Rasmussen said. “At that point, the numbers would be so large it could go off the rails.”The virus might never evolve to spread easily, but it could. Rasmussen said that outcome would be “catastrophic.” Based on what’s known about human infections, she and her colleagues predict in a new report that an H5N1 bird flu pandemic “would overwhelm healthcare systems” and “cause millions more deaths” than the covid-19 pandemic.Vaccinations Drop OffLate last year, the CDC rolled out a seasonal flu vaccine campaign targeted at more than 200,000 livestock workers. The hope was that flu vaccinations would lessen the chance of a farmworker being infected by seasonal flu and bird flu viruses simultaneously. Co-infection gives the two flu viruses a chance to swap genes, potentially creating a bird flu virus that spreads as easily as the seasonal variety.Yet Sandoval said flu vaccine uptake dropped immediately after the January operation in California.U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said in a statement that they arrested 78 immigrants “unlawfully present in the U.S.” during the three-day operation. They included a convicted sex offender and others with criminal histories including vandalism and petty theft, the statement said. The agency did not name allegations against each person and did not say whether all had been charged.Former officials with the Biden administration, which was in its waning days as the arrests occurred, distanced itself from the operation in interviews with the Los Angeles Times.Mayra Joachin, an attorney at the ACLU of Southern California, said the operation was unlike others under the Biden administration in that these were indiscriminate arrests by Border Patrol in the interior of the country. “It fits with the Trump administration’s broader campaign of instilling fear in immigrant communities,” she said, “as seen in the election campaign and in subsequent actions attacking anyone perceived to be a noncitizen in the country.”In March, an assistant chief in the Border Patrol unit that conducted the operation, David Kim, called the operation a “proof of concept.”“We know we can push beyond that limit now as far as distance goes,” he told the Southern California news outlet Inewsource.The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to requests for comment. In an email, White House spokesperson Kush Desai wrote, “Despite what the ‘experts’ believe, combatting the Avian flu epidemic and enforcing our immigration laws are not mutually exclusive.”Anna Hill Galendez, a managing attorney at the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, which is involved in bird flu outreach, said unusually aggressive tactics by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deterred sick dairy workers in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula from leaving their homes for care in late January. They contacted the center for help.“They wanted medical care. They wanted flu vaccines. They wanted [personal protective equipment]. They wanted to get tested,” Hill Galendez said. “But they were afraid to go anywhere because of immigration enforcement.”Lynn Sutfin, a public information officer at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, responded to queries about the situation in the peninsula in an email to KFF Health News, saying, “The farmworkers did not take the local health department and MDHHS up on the testing offer.”The CDC declined to comment on the impact of immigration actions on farmworker outreach.To adapt to the new reality, Yanez now draws attention to her advice on the bird flu in Michigan by pairing it with information on immigrant rights. Knapp, in Colorado, said his organization is shifting its approach away from bird flu outreach at events where farmworkers congregate, because that could be perceived as a setup — and could inadvertently become one if ICE agents targeted such an event.Outreach workers who live among farmworkers are withdrawing a little, too. “Being Latinos, we are always identified,” said the outreach worker who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “I have a visa that protects me, but things are changing very quickly under the Trump administration, and the truth is, nothing is certain.”KFF Health News, formerly known as Kaiser Health News (KHN), is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF — the independent source for health policy research, polling, and journalism.

Clone survival game The Alters lands summer release date Self sufficient. Image credit: 11 bit News by Victoria Kennedy News Reporter Published on April 10, 2025 The Alters - the upcoming survival game from the This War of Mine team 11 bit Studios - has landed itself a release date. Described as an "emotional" sci-fi game featuring plenty of cloning action, The Alters plops players into the shoes of simple worker Jan Dolski. However, while on a space mission, things don't exactly go to plan for Jan (poet and didn't know it), and soon this once simple man discovers his very survival depends on clones of himself. These versions of Jan are identical in form and they share some memories, however this clone crew possess different skills and emotions to others. This includes, 11 bit Studios says, emotional baggage. As to when you can get your hands on The Alters' very personal journey of survival, well that will be 13th June across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. It will also be available on Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass. Xbox currently has more first-party games coming to PlayStation 5 this year than Sony.Watch on YouTube Along with this release date news, The Alters team has also shared a new release date trailer, which gives us a look at the game's "unique" biomes and deadly anomalies. "Levitating rocks and eerie distortions of reality catch your attention immediately, while other singularities remain invisible to the naked eye and require special tools to uncover. In every case, without a careful approach, you risk instant death, radiation-induced injuries, or even the disintegration of time and space itself," reads the blurb, adding the "heightened radioactivity" at nighttime "can eat right through your suit", which doesn't sound pleasant. "These dangers add yet another layer to the survival experience, turning every expedition into a high-stakes puzzle," the developer states. You can check out The Alters' release date trailer below. The Alters - Release Date Trailer. Watch on YouTube Our Bertie has already had some time with The Alters. "It's a glimpse of a game that intrigues me but also leaves me slightly confused," he wrote in Eurogamer's The Alters preview from 2023. "This War of Mine had a much clearer idea - living as a civilian through war - whereas The Alters seems more speculative and fragmented. Is it a mining game? Is it a survival game? Is it a game about clones? I think it's trying to be all three, but I'm not yet convinced it's managed. But like I say, I've only seen a glimpse, and if it turns out to be anything like This War of Mine, I'll be happy."

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Try them out today.Nintendo has wrapped up this week by adding three more Sega Genesis / Mega Drive classics to the Switch Online Expansion Pack. These titles include the original Streets of Rage, Super Thunder Blade, and ESWAT: City Under Siege. You can check out the Switch Online trailer of these games above.This follows the addition of four SNES titles being added to the base tier not long ago. Of course, to access the latest Sega additions to this library, you'll need to have an active Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Digital payments platform Stripe invites customers to join its management team meetings on a bi-weekly basis so it can get “candid feedback,” according to co-founder Patrick Collison. In an April 8 post on X, the fintech giant’s CEO said the company has a customer join for the first 30 minutes of the meeting, which is attended by about 40 leaders “from across Stripe.” “Even though we already have a lot of customer feedback mechanisms, it somehow always spurs new thoughts and investigations,” he wrote. It’s an interesting strategy from Stripe, which was founded in 2010 and is considered to be the highest-valued private fintech in the world (its most recent valuation was $91.5 billion). Over the years, startups have complained anecdotally that Stripe is more focused on its larger customers than the smaller ones it set out to serve. But the company must be doing something right.  Stripe’s annual letter in February penned by Collison noted that payment volume in 2024 grew to $1.4 trillion, up 38% on the year before. Stripe also added in the letter that it is now used by half of the Fortune 100 companies, underscoring how it has catapulted from a startup working with other startups into a major enterprise player. In the post on X, Collison responded to the Cloudflare CTO’s question of when his company would get an invite with a, “Would love to have you guys…will reach out.”  To the point of smaller businesses feeling neglected, one investor wrote: “Hi Patrick – you know I admire @Stripe – but you should pay attention to the extent things have degraded for the indie community using Stripe. I messaged support a week ago – no reply, things are super complicated. There’s more stuff, but it’s a mess.” Many praised the move, with one user noting: “Love this. Keeps the culture focused on what matters and helps reconciles (sic) reality.” And, naturally, some Stripe customers used the X post to post their complaints (here and here).  However, one high-profile founder seemed to approve of Stripe’s approach: Elon Musk replied to the post with a simple, “Good idea.”

With more than eight hours of bonus content as well, Disney seems to have come up with the perfect way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this Ridley Scott classic.

Table of Contents Table of Contents Why Shop Electronics at Sam’s Club? Top 6 Tech Deals to Swoop up for the Summer Tips for Maximizing Your Sam’s Club Membership Get it now before the sale is over Sam’s Club is helping you prepare for summer with a limited-time offer you do not want to miss. From February 1 through May 31, If you’re hunting for tech to upgrade both your gaming setup and smart home life, this is the time to pick up a new robot vacuum, smart floor washer, or new gaming chair or desk. Warehouse stores like Sam’s Club have become go-to destinations for quality electronics at member-only prices. In fact, our previous comparisons of other warehouse retailers has shown that Sam’s Club consistently delivers reliable value, solid warranties, and excellent brand variety. Why Shop Electronics at Sam’s Club? Sam's Club / Sam's Club Beyond the obvious cost savings, Sam’s Club brings some serious perks to the table for tech buyers. Members get access to exclusive prices, extended warranties on select devices, and premium electronics you won’t always find at big box stores. Whether you’re building a dream gaming station or cleaning up your connected home, Sam’s Club is a legit starting point. Explore more on how Sam’s Club compares to the competition in our previous breakdowns: Costco vs. Sam’s Club and Why Warehouse Electronics Win. Top 6 Tech Deals to Swoop up for the Summer Below are 6 deals we hand-picked for you. Sam’s Club has many more deals if you want to explore. — $249.99 $429.99 (Save $180) It’s a multitasking robot that can vacuum and mop. Yes, please. This Roomba model is compatible with smart home platforms like Alexa and Google Assistant so you can automate cleaning with a voice command or a tap on your phone. This is ideal for keeping your floors spotless so you can keep gaming and not have worry about cleaning up before your significant other gets home. — $79.98 $99.98 (Save $20) Budget-conscious but with lots of features and a member-favorite (4.3 out of 5 stars in reviews), the bObsweep Charlotte offers a straightforward cleaning solution. Its multi-surface capabilities mean it’s perfect for rooms with carpet, tile, and hardwood. And at a member-only price, it’s an easy win for smart home starters. — $199.98 $279.98 (Save $80) Tineco’s cordless floor washer provides you with portability and power. It uses smart sensors to detect dirt levels and adjust suction and water flow accordingly. Great for gamers who snack hard and clean light (don’t be embarrassed), it’s a great addition that keeps things tidy without lifting a finger. — $143.98 $179.98 (Save $36) This chair balances sleek design with serious support. Memory foam cushions, adjustable height, and durable materials make it a great pick whether you’re grinding ranked matches or WFH’ing. Comfort is key and the Milano delivers. — $223.98 $279.98 (Save $56) For those who prefer a breathable feel, the Torretta SoftFabric edition offers comfy seating with a bit more style. If your partner complains about the appearance of your gaming chair, consider this one. It blends function and flair in all the right ways. — $223.98 $279.98 (Save $56) Your command center deserves a solid foundation. The Arena desk offers tons of space for multi-monitor setups, console docks, or streaming gear. With cable management features and a durable surface, it’s made to handle whatever you throw at it…controllers included. Tips for Maximizing Your Sam’s Club Membership Once you lock in that $25 membership, take advantage of the full range of perks: Free shipping on most online orders Extended warranties on select electronics Early shopping hours and fuel savings Access to member-only pricing on high-end tech Get it now before the sale is over From voice-activated robot vacuums to marathon-ready gaming chairs, Sam’s Club has something for every kind of tech lover this summer. Add the limited-time membership deal into the equation, and you’ve got yourself a no-brainer. Join now to enjoy these summer tech savings — because your setup deserves the upgrade, and your wallet deserves the win.

The cult NBC series set in the world of New York theater receives a full-fledged stage adaptation, directed by Susan Stroman and with a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.

When will the double-i community step up? Five standout games revealed at today’s Triple-i Showcase More than 35 games in 45 minutes, and some of them were danged intriguing. Kevin Purdy – Apr 10, 2025 3:24 pm | 4 There are so many kinds of gamers inside all of us. What if we could bring them all together, in one room, to work through our backlog? Credit: 11bit Studios There are so many kinds of gamers inside all of us. What if we could bring them all together, in one room, to work through our backlog? Credit: 11bit Studios Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only   Learn more "No ads, no hosts, no sponsors, just games." The Triple-i Initiative's pitch for its now-annual showcase of games, crafted by studios working somewhere between "Solo dev or very small team" and "Investor-minded conglomerate with international offices," promises a lot of peeks at games without a lot of chatter, and once again it delivered. Last year's showcase debuted titles like Norland, Slay the Spire 2, and The Rogue Prince of Persia, along with updates from Darkest Dungeon 2, Palworld, and Vampire Survivors. This year featured looks at titles from the Deep Rock universe, the cloning-yourself-to-survive curiosity The Alters, an Endless Legend 2 that continues tweaking the 4X formula, and more. Below are five selected highlights for the Ars crowd, along with some notable other announcements. The full list is not yet up on the Triple-i site, but you can see what jumped out from the full showcase. Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core gameplay reveal. Ghost Ship Games and its publishing arm advanced two of its Deep Rock Galactic (DRG) spin-offs at the showcase, one of them with real gameplay. DRG: Rogue Core, the run-based, shoot-ier game set in the same dwarven universe as DRG, showed off a new trailer with actual play and announced a closed alpha test, accessible on the game's Steam page. DRG: Survivor, a fine entry into the burgeoning "Survivor-like" genre (it still needs a name), now has a 1.0 date set for September 17. The trailer shows off some of the new content updates, biomes, systems, and quirky little "overclocks" and artifacts that make the number of run variations nearly incalculable. Endless Legend 2 Endless Legend 2 early access announcement trailer. The sequel to the game that expertly incorporated randomness into a 4X strategy framework is getting a sequel, and it hits early access this summer. The game will add more factions as the summer approaches, and the sequel promises more disasters and strategy options to come. You can sign up for early access through Amplitude Studios' Insider Program. Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era trailer. It's been a minute since a turn-based game set in the Might & Magic world of Enroth came around—about 10 years, actually, not counting spiritual successors. Olden Era takes players to the continent of Jadame, never before explored in the game universe. Woodland spirits fight medieval armies, zombies spawn from the battlefield, demons get into the mix—there's a lot going on. You can sign up for a playtest at the game's Steam page, and its due out in early access in Q2 2025. The Alters (i.e. the “alternate version clone team survival strategy game”) The Alters release date trailer. You contain multitudes, so put those multitudes to work to survive this cryptic space exploration quest. I'm not just being a lazy writer when I say you have to watch the trailer to really get what The Alters is going for. You can see some of 11bit Studios' Frostpunk-style moments and decisions in this game, along with the brutal choices and psychological struggle of This War of Mine. And then some wholly new third-person exploration, rendered cinematics, and all of it wrapped into a plot that looks intriguingly hard to explain. The game is due out June 13, 2025. Neverway Neverway trailer. Stop me if you've heard this one before: a younger person, feeling deeply unfulfilled by their corporate job, moves to a farm to reboot their life. But instead of becoming the agricultural scion of Stardew Valley, Fiona in Neverway becomes "the immortal herald of a dead god." It's billed as "a nightmarish life sim RPG," the visuals look lovely and wild, and the developer, Coldblood Inc., includes the artist from Celeste and TowerFall and the musician Disasterpeace. There's no release date yet. A few other neat-looking games and updates Katana Zero is getting its long-awaited DLC, and it remains free. Void/Breaker (2025, playtest now) looks like a relentless FPS in which you shoot the heck out of robots Frostrail (2026) is an intriguing mix of fighting demons, crafting, staying alive in the frost, and keeping a train running, which you can do with up to three others in co-op. Rematch (June 19) is from the Sifu team, and it looks to take the same compelling human movement and apply it to a stylized soccer game. X4: Foundations is getting a diplomacy update in summer 2025. CloverPit (2025), touting itself as "the demonic lovechild of Balatro and Buckshot Roulette," does not appear to be kidding. There is a free demo to prove this. No, I'm Not a Human (fall 2025) makes you decide who is human, who is just a body-snatching pretender, and how you or your brain will survive. Kevin Purdy Senior Technology Reporter Kevin Purdy Senior Technology Reporter Kevin is a senior technology reporter at Ars Technica, covering open-source software, PC gaming, home automation, repairability, e-bikes, and tech history. He has previously worked at Lifehacker, Wirecutter, iFixit, and Carbon Switch. 4 Comments