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UN warns COVID-19 fears leading to “alarming” decline in immunizations and hospital visits
Jul 22, 2020 06:17The WHO and UNICEF have expressed concern over what they describe as an “alarming decline” of children’s immunization programs, hospital visits for serious issues, including heart attacks and even a reversal in the fight against AIDS.
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Majority of Americans oppose Trump’s threats to defund schools that don’t reopen
Jul 22, 2020 06:15As a number of schools across the United States question whether to reopen their doors at what appears to be the height of the coronavirus pandemic in the country so far, a recent poll finds that most Americans don’t want to send children back into classrooms this fall.
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US teachers’ union president denounces Trump plan to reopen schools
Jul 21, 2020 03:45Randi Weingarten, the President of the American Federation of Teachers, said she watched Betsy DeVos, the US Education Secretary, with disbelief that turned to anger when she appeared on TV recently to call on schools to be “fully operational” this fall.
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World population in 2100 could be two billion below UN projections
Jul 20, 2020 13:54According to a major study published recently that foresees new global power alignments shaped by declining fertility rates and greying populations, the Earth will be home to 8.8 billion souls in 2100, two billion fewer than current UN projections.
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Deregulated under Trump, nursing homes are becoming COVID morgues
Jul 19, 2020 16:57A recent US Government Accountability Office report found that about 4 in 10 nursing homes surveyed had deficiencies in infection prevention and control. Also, an independent analysis by The Wall Street Journal estimated that by mid-June, the actual death toll for nursing-home staff and residents was about 50,000, or roughly 4 in 10 COVID-19 deaths in the U.S.
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Texas and Arizona request refrigerated trucks as morgues run out of space
Jul 19, 2020 05:59Officials in Texas and Arizona have requested refrigerated trucks to hold the dead as hospitals and morgues become overwhelmed by victims of the raging COVID-19 pandemic.
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Study shows 5.4 million Americans have lost insurance amid pandemic
Jul 18, 2020 03:50According to a report released recently by Families USA, massive job losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic sparked a sharp rise in un-insurance as millions of people were unable to move to alternative sources of coverage such as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces, Medicaid, or a spouse’s employer-provided insurance.
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Trump accused of burying CDC warning on risk posed by full school reopenings
Jul 18, 2020 03:46US president, Donald Trump has been accused of "trying to bury" expert guidelines that said fully reopening schools and universities posed the highest risk of spreading coronavirus compared to partial or virtual openings.
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Trump shares tweet calling CDC, doctors liars after surpassing his 20,000th lie
Jul 17, 2020 14:52US president Donald Trump on Monday July 13th shared a tweet from game show host Chuck Woolery, who claimed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other sources of information are lying about the coronavirus pandemic to hurt the president in November's election.
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Extremely Regrettable: Okinawa governor rips US for letting Covid-19 Infections surge on American military base
Jul 17, 2020 14:49Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki has slammed the U.S. military for not taking sufficient action to prevent the spread of Covid-19 after dozens of Marines stationed on the Japanese island tested positive, threatening to spark a large outbreak in a community where the virus has otherwise been well-contained.