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Globalized Anti-Science Movement€ Threatens Pandemic Response & Public Health
Globalized Anti-Science Movement€ Threatens Pandemic Response & Public Health
The Biden administration has vowed to increase the rate of vaccinations as COVID-19 continues to spread uncontrollably across the entire U.S., with 90,000 people predicted to die in the next four weeks. President Biden announced plans to acquire another 2 ...[Read more]
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‘We Have Got to Act Now’: As GOP Introduces Weak Relief Bill, Sanders Says Dems Already Have Enough Votes to Pass Stronger Package
‘We Have Got to Act Now’: As GOP Introduces Weak Relief Bill, Sanders Says Dems Already Have Enough Votes to Pass Stronger Package
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Sunday told ABC host Martha Raddatz that there is a sufficient amount of support within the Democratic Party to pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package and warned that failing to immediately di ...[Read more]
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Covid linked to risk of mental illness and brain disorder, study suggests
Covid linked to risk of mental illness and brain disorder, study suggests
One in eight people who have had Covid-19 are diagnosed with their first psychiatric or neurological illness within six months of testing positive for the virus, a new analysis suggests, adding heft to an emerging body of evidence that stresses the toll o ...[Read more]
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History suggests we may forget the pandemic sooner than we think | Jonathan Freedland
History suggests we may forget the pandemic sooner than we think | Jonathan Freedland
Even the ‘Spanish’ flu quickly faded from collective memory. We must ensure the same doesn’t happen with Covid, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland ...[Read more]
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Where Have All the Vaccines Gone? CDC Says Only Half of Shots Feds Sent to States Were Used
Where Have All the Vaccines Gone? CDC Says Only Half of Shots Feds Sent to States Were Used
January has become the deadliest month of the pandemic in the United States, with at least 80,000 deaths from COVID-19 so far, and public health experts worry new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus could make things worse. President Joe Biden ha ...[Read more]
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US coronavirus death toll passes 400,000 amid grim forecast over winter
US coronavirus death toll passes 400,000 amid grim forecast over winter
More than 400,000 Americans have now been killed by the coronavirus, a horrific marker of the misery the virus has spread across the country, as the rate of deaths from Covid-19 increases. The Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center reported ...[Read more]
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World Is on ‘Brink of a Catastrophic Moral Failure,’ WHO Chief Denounces Vaccine-Hoarding by Rich Nations
World Is on ‘Brink of a Catastrophic Moral Failure,’ WHO Chief Denounces Vaccine-Hoarding by Rich Nations
"I need to be blunt: the world is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure—and the price of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the world's poorest countries." That ominous warning comes from the head of the World Health Organiz ...[Read more]
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Arrest warrant issued for ex-Florida data analyst Rebekah Jones
Arrest warrant issued for ex-Florida data analyst Rebekah Jones
Jones once managed Florida’s COVID-19 dashboard. Then she was fired in May from her position as the geographic information system manager for the Florida Department of Health’s Division of Disease Control and Health Protection. She has since become an ...[Read more]
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Lord Sumption tells stage 4 cancer patient her life is ‘less valuable’
Lord Sumption tells stage 4 cancer patient her life is ‘less valuable’
The former supreme court justice Jonathan Sumption has been criticised for telling a woman with stage 4 cancer that her life was “less valuable” during a televised discussion of the costs of coronavirus lockdowns. Appearing on the BBC One show The Bi ...[Read more]
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Israel Is Refusing to Give Palestinians COVID Vaccines
Israel Is Refusing to Give Palestinians COVID Vaccines
Israel has been praised for launching an aggressive coronavirus vaccination drive. There’s just one problem: they’re excluding Palestinians in occupied territories. ...[Read more]
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Billionaires add $1tn to net worth during pandemic as their workers struggle
Billionaires add $1tn to net worth during pandemic as their workers struggle
Billionaires in the US have increased their net worth by more than $1tn during the coronavirus pandemic, while many of their US workers have struggled with coronavirus risks in workplaces, for little to no extra pay to work in hazardous conditions, and mi ...[Read more]
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