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WHO chief blasts 'grotesque' vaccine inequality as rich nations block speedy end of global pandemic
Apr 02, 2021 09:35As rich nations and pharmaceutical companies face sustained calls to share COVID-19 vaccine knowledge, the head of the World Health Organization has recently decried the "grotesque" global inequality of vaccine distribution.
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CDC director warns of 'impending doom' as COVID cases rise across US
Apr 01, 2021 09:41The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky, warned of "impending doom" because of steady rise in U.S. Covid-19 cases.
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10 biggest pandemic profiteers
Mar 31, 2021 11:36A year ago, the Institute for Policy Studies published "Billionaire Bonanza 2020: Wealth Windfalls, Tumbling Taxes and Pandemic Profiteers," and began tracking billionaire wealth gains as unemployment surged.
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Uncertainty over AstraZeneca as Europe protests grow
Mar 26, 2021 12:12Amid fears of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, European countries have imposed new lockdown measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus as case numbers soar across the continent despite governments' vaccination efforts.
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Animal testing is useless for determining COVID vaccine effectiveness in humans
Mar 24, 2021 09:22Most findings in animals, including nonhuman primates (NHPs), do not predict human results — and, thus, far from being helpful, they are actually misleading.
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Medicare for all would have prevented hundreds of thousands of COVID deaths in US: New report
Mar 24, 2021 09:16The COVID-19 pandemic showed just how greedy private insurers are, as they were reporting record profits because they were paying out far less in claims due to millions of Americans delaying care.
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EU export ban would delay UK Covid vaccine drive by two months
Mar 23, 2021 09:37Britain’s Covid vaccine programme faces a two-month delay in the event of an EU export ban, derailing the government’s plans to reopen the economy this summer, an analysis for the Guardian has revealed.
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US 'life and death' crisis as utilities cut power to over 765,000 across 10 states during pandemic
Mar 22, 2021 05:37The COVID-19 pandemic and Texas energy crisis have both highlighted a crucial fact: Losing power can be lethal. This makes energy access a critical human right. Yet families continue to lose power not only because of extreme weather and other climate-fueled disasters, but also because of utility greed and government failures to regulate. When Americans cannot pay their essential utility bills, they risk being disconnected from life-sustaining services.
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Multitude of coronavirus variants found in US — but threat is unclear
Mar 21, 2021 11:53Ramped-up sequencing efforts are helping to identify mutations that might boost transmission or help a virus evade immune responses.
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What pandemic has taught us about education technology
Mar 21, 2021 11:46Innovative solutions to lack of access to technology and the Internet were required to make online learning work.