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Tens of thousands of Brazilians march to demand Bolsonaro’s impeachment
May 31, 2021 11:14Tens of thousands of protesters poured on Saturday (May 29, 2021) onto the streets of Brazil’s largest cities to demand the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro over his catastrophic response to a coronavirus pandemic that has claimed nearly half a million Brazilian lives.
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The nations most likely to see next big COVID spikes
May 27, 2021 07:33Globally, there’s been an encouraging downturn in new coronavirus cases in May 2021, but cases are still at a very high level overall, with worldwide statistics masking huge differences across countries and areas.
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‘It’s a minefield’: COVID vaccine safety poses unique communication challenge
May 27, 2021 06:12Poll on vaccine hesitancy demonstrates the extraordinary predicament researchers face in transmitting risk information during a pandemic.
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Up to 8,700 patients died after catching COVID in English hospitals
May 26, 2021 14:22The COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK campaign, many of whose members lost a loved one to nosocomial COVID, said the coronavirus disease spread in hospitals because they were poorly prepared for the pandemic. It urged ministers to act before a third wave, driven by the highly transmissible India variant that is taking hold across Britain, causes fresh havoc.
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What scientists know about new, fast-spreading coronavirus variants
May 26, 2021 14:19Key questions remain about how quickly B.1.617 variants can spread, their potential to evade immunity and how they might affect the course of the pandemic.
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Gaza expecting surge in COVID cases due to crowding while sheltering from Israeli regime's bombs
May 26, 2021 14:02As healthcare workers in Gaza cope with the aftermath of the Israeli regime Forces’ 11-day bombardment campaign, health officials have recently expressed fear that the effects of thousands of Palestinians crowding into shelters for safety from the airstrikes was becoming apparent as coronavirus cases appeared to surge in the besieged territory.
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Black workers in US cannot afford another lost decade
May 25, 2021 16:42Black American workers have been hit hardest by the pandemic. They are more likely to lose income because of COVID related layoffs and shutdowns, and by last August — five months into the pandemic — Black unemployment was nearly double that of white unemployment.
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COVID has led to record levels of antidepressant use – but withdrawal can be difficult
May 25, 2021 03:58Antidepressants do work for most people and they remain important treatments for depression and anxiety, alongside behavioural and psychological interventions. Nonetheless, anyone thinking of starting an antidepressant should do so in the knowledge that they can sometimes be difficult to stop, and that slow, hyperbolic tapering may be required to minimize any withdrawal symptoms.
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Why COVID is surging in world’s most vaccinated nation?
May 22, 2021 10:52As the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen in some parts of the world, the risk increases of more dangerous mutations that are vaccine-resistant or too contagious to control with current vaccines.
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China seizes vaccine diplomacy lead over US
May 21, 2021 11:13China contends that it is selflessly coming to the aid of the pandemic-stricken developing world by exporting nearly as much Covid-19 vaccine as it uses domestically.