Coronavirus

BMA to issue damning critique of government over COVID crisis

Sep 15, 2021 15:13

Chronic neglect of the NHS, poor pandemic preparedness and flawed government policies have contributed to the appalling impact of the Covid-19 crisis in the UK, according to a damning assessment from the British Medical Association.
Pfizer accused of holding Brazil ‘to ransom’ over vaccine contract demands

Sep 13, 2021 10:48

Pfizer has been accused of holding Brazil “to ransom” over demands to shield itself from possible vaccine side-effect lawsuits in its contract to supply the country with 100 million COVID jabs.
US for-profit health system is worsening a nursing shortage amid delta’s surge

Sep 10, 2021 15:19

As the Delta variant continues to rage in the United States, maxing out many of the nation’s intensive care units, Americans face a severe deficit in direct care nurses and caregivers in their hospitals.
Native American tribes enforce mask mandates regardless of state bans

Sep 03, 2021 04:33

As sovereign nations, Indigenous groups and Native American tribes are using their authority to make their own rules to protect students and teachers as COVID-19 cases surge.
US COVID hospitalization rate tops 100,000, highest since winter’s peak

Sep 02, 2021 13:01

US Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have topped a two-week average of 100,000, according to the New York Times. This is the highest rate of hospitalizations due to COVID recorded in the U.S. since last winter, when rates reached record highs.
The U.S. Education Department is investigating five states over their mask mandate bans

Sep 02, 2021 10:48

The U.S. Education Department has initiated investigations into five states whose prohibitions on universal mask mandates in schools may run afoul of civil rights laws protecting students with disabilities, federal officials announced on Monday (Aug. 30, 2021).
For most of the world, the pandemic is not over

Aug 31, 2021 03:47

The Delta variant of Sars-CoV-2 is causing major problems across the world. Estimated to be at least twice as transmissible as the original virus, it is challenging the measures that governments took in 2020.
CDC director lashes out at schools not following safety guidelines for reopening

Aug 30, 2021 10:50

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unloaded on school districts flouting their long-standing safety recommendations for returning students to school and allowing schools to remain open.
107k new US COVID deaths predicted by December, health model says

Aug 29, 2021 04:58

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in Seattle predicts that, between now and December 1, the U.S. will see over 107,000 additional deaths from COVID-19.
G20 must prioritize global COVID action at October meeting

Aug 25, 2021 09:31

It is ridiculous for the US to chase after its own vaccine skeptics without at the same time doing more to bring the benefits of this scientific achievement to the rest of the world.