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Brazil’s COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 250,000
Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll has passed a quarter of a million — the second-highest toll in the world after the United States, and about 10% of all coronavirus deaths worldwide. Brazil has vaccinated just 3.6% of its population after a disastrou ...[Read more]
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U.S. COVID Death Toll Hits 500,000 as Rich Nations Hoard Vaccines, Leaving Poorer Nations Without Any
The United States has passed 500,000 COVID-19 deaths, by far the highest toll in the world. The morbid milestone comes as new COVID-19 cases continue to fall across the country amid an accelerating vaccine rollout, but the head of the World Health Organiz ...[Read more]
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COVID: UK variant spreading rapidly in Germany | DW | 17.02.2021
The proportion of cases resulting from the coronavirus mutation first detected in the UK is doubling every week, officials say. ...[Read more]
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COVID Deaths in the US Lead to Biggest Drop in Life Expectancy Since WWII
The decline is more pronounced in Black and Latinx communities, which have been hit harder by the pandemic. ...[Read more]
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New Lancet Report: 40 Percent of US COVID Deaths Could Have Been Avoided
The scathing new report is an indictment of both Trump and a health care system that values profit over human life. ...[Read more]
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Report reveals how Trump’s team conspired to protect his interests as COVID-19 ransacked the US
Former President Donald Trump's administration is under fire for hindering the government's pandemic response and rolling back Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) coronavirus mitigation guidelines in an effort to protect his interests. Accor ...[Read more]
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Cuba’s COVID-19 Vaccines Serve the People, Not Profits
Cuba’s socialist approach to developing vaccines against COVID-19 differs strikingly from that of capitalist nations of the world. Cuba’s production of four vaccines is grounded in science and dedicated to saving the lives of all Cubans, and to intern ...[Read more]
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Up to 100 UK children a week hospitalised with rare post-Covid disease
Exclusive: 75% of children worst affected by paediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome are BAMEUp to 100 children a week are being hospitalised with a rare disease that can emerge weeks after Covid-19, leaving them in intensive care, doctors have said ...[Read more]
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Even in Poorer Neighborhoods, the Wealthy Are Lining Up for Vaccines
As soon as this city began offering Covid vaccines to residents 65 and older, George Jones, whose nonprofit agency runs a medical clinic, noticed something striking. “Suddenly our clinic was full of white people,” said Mr. Jones, the head of Bread for ...[Read more]
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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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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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