Coronavirus

Europe’s economy to outpace US in upending of past roles

Jul 31, 2020 03:23

In the race to recover, Europe extends its lead over the US and the UK. According to JPMorgan Chase & Co., Europe will do better because it has “broken the chain” that links mobility and the coronavirus.
'This is not frugal. This is stupid': EU's $2.1 trillion coronavirus deal falls short on demand for just, green recovery

Jul 29, 2020 09:15

European governments said they would deliver a green recovery plan from the Covid-19 pandemic, but they have cut funding for health, research, and climate, and failed to guarantee that public money won't go to polluting industries.
Anger over Zionist regime decision to demolish Palestinian COVID-19 hospital ahead of deadly second wave

Jul 28, 2020 12:28

The Zionist regime’s decision to bulldoze a newly built COVID-19 field hospital and testing center in Al- Khalil in the West Bank has been roundly condemned by activists, rights groups and organizers.
The world needs a ‘people’s vaccine’ for coronavirus, not a big-pharma monopoly

Jul 27, 2020 11:58

Once a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine is discovered, the only barrier to providing sufficient doses should be the world’s manufacturing capacity. But other artificial barriers stand in the way. The intellectual property laws that grant pharmaceutical companies the exclusive rights to produce a particular medicine for a certain number of years are intended to reward investment and innovation into new medicines.
As poor and working class in US face financial cliff, Bezos grew record-setting $13 billion richer on a single day

Jul 26, 2020 11:54

While the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has led to a historic increase in unemployment and a new reliance on food banks and SNAP benefits for millions of Americans, Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder is among the elite set of American billionaires who have seen their net worth skyrocket since the pandemic began.
Trump and DeVos’s plan to reopen schools hides a sinister agenda

Jul 26, 2020 11:50

As Trump and DeVos demand that all schools open in the fall, despite the obvious health hazards to tens of millions of people, we can recognize their cynical plan as part of a long-term strategy by conservatives to eliminate democracy’s most important foundation — an informed populace based on quality education for all.
EU leaders in bitter clash over Covid-19 recovery package

Jul 26, 2020 11:49

Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, accused his Dutch counterpart of using the same methods as his country’s former communist leaders on Sunday, as EU leaders publicly clashed during tense and acrimonious negotiations over the terms of a proposed €1.8tn budget and recovery package for the bloc.
American teachers sue Florida governor for order to reopen schools in defiance of 'basic human needs for health and safety'

Jul 24, 2020 03:47

American teachers in Florida—where coronavirus cases continue to surge— have recently filed a lawsuit to block a state-ordered physical reopening of schools in August, saying, "There is no rational basis for ignoring science and evidence-based data."
‘Compelling’ evidence air pollution worsens coronavirus – study

Jul 23, 2020 14:19

There is “compelling” evidence that air pollution significantly increases coronavirus infections, hospital admissions and deaths, according to the most detailed and comprehensive analysis to date.
Therapists, teachers warn of looming mental health crisis in UK

Jul 22, 2020 06:26

Ross O’Brien, the Digital Innovation Director at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, one of the country’s biggest mental health trusts, said: “There is the real risk that the mental health impact of COVID-19 will be more than the physical effects of the virus. This, coupled with the expected huge increase in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) referrals, means we are seeing a very worrying trend.