Coronavirus

Advocates blast Biden for embracing Trump's 'racist' policy as court upholds Title 42 expulsions

Oct 06, 2021 14:52

Migrant rights advocates have recently accused President Joe Biden of embracing his predecessor's racist policies and endangering families following a court ruling that will allow the administration to continue expelling asylum-seekers under the pretext of protecting public health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘A perfect storm’: Supply chain crisis could blow world economy off course

Oct 03, 2021 06:47

From Liverpool to Los Angles, shortages of energy, labour and transport are threatening recovery from COVID 19.
UN experts denounce 'truly shocking' magnitude of inequality revealed by pandemic

Oct 03, 2021 06:12

United Nations human rights officials recently decried the "truly shocking" levels of inequality that have been exposed and exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic—from the unequal availability of vaccines to increases in food and housing insecurity across the globe.
COVID: 37% of people have symptoms six months after infection

Oct 01, 2021 16:45

Anxiety or depression was the most common of nine core long COVID symptoms reported among 270,000 people recovering from coronavirus in the US.
Barbados PM slams rich nations for failing on climate, COVID and inequality

Sep 27, 2021 13:05

Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley delivered a scathing indictment of the rich and powerful during her address at the 76th session of the U.N. General Assembly on Friday, September 24th, condemning the leaders of wealthy countries for refusing to take basic steps to end the coronavirus pandemic, tackle the climate emergency, and usher in a more just society.
Terrorism or pandemic, Arba’een is unstoppable

Sep 27, 2021 12:44

Heartfelt condolences to you all on a very poignant anniversary. Today in Iran is the 20th of Safar or Arba’een, the anniversary of the traditional 40th day of the Immortal Martyr of Karbala, Imam Husain (PBUH), when our grief becomes fresh for the world’s most heartrending tragedy.
100 million doses of COVID vaccines hoarded by rich nations are set to expire

Sep 23, 2021 15:52

A new analysis projecting that 100 million COVID-19 vaccines stockpiled by rich nations and set to expire by the end of the year could be left to waste is prompting an outcry from social justice campaigners who warn of a potential “atrocity” as poor nations are refused access to doses.
US COVID-19 death toll surpasses that of 1918 pandemic

Sep 23, 2021 15:52

The US has passed 675,000 deaths, the estimated toll from the 1918 pandemic, which for a century had been the worst pandemic to hit the country.
COVID hospitalizations hit crisis levels in southern ICUs

Sep 16, 2021 15:53

Hospitals in the southern United States are running dangerously low on space in intensive care units, as the Delta variant has led to spikes in coronavirus cases not seen since last year’s deadly winter wave. One in four hospitals now reports more than 95 percent of ICU beds occupied — up from one in five last month. Experts say it can become difficult to maintain standards of care for the sickest patients in hospitals where all or nearly all ICU beds are occupied.
800,000 New Yorkers just lost federal unemployment benefits

Sep 15, 2021 15:26

From the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, New York City has been pummeled economically unlike any other large American city, as a sustained recovery has failed to take root and hundreds of thousands of workers have yet to find full-time jobs.