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COVID-19 exposes US systemic devaluation of elderly and dementia patients
May 22, 2020 14:37According to official reports, a staggering one-third of coronavirus deaths across the United States are linked to nursing homes. The US state of New Jersey reports that nearly 40% of coronavirus-related deaths are linked to nursing facilities. The latest CDC guidance states that, given their congregate nature and the resident population served — older adults often with underlying chronic medical conditions — nursing home populations are at the very highest risk of being affected by COVID-19.
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Hunger pandemic in the US
May 22, 2020 13:56Food banks in the US are completely slammed right now because state support isn’t accessible to all households affected by the economic downturn — and doesn’t provide enough money even for those who can use it — food banks are now trying to fill in a much bigger gap than they usually have to deal with.
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Cornered by the coronavirus, Trump returns to a familiar strategy: Attack Obama
May 21, 2020 14:48With the death count from the coronavirus rising and its economic fallout deepening, President Donald Trump is trying to fire up his base and divert the national conversation by promoting a baseless conspiracy that casts his predecessor, Barack Obama, as the architect of a plot to subvert his presidency.
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China, West Asia, North Africa stick together, strengthen friendship amid pandemic
May 21, 2020 03:09Under the principle of building a community of shared future for mankind, the Chinese government, enterprises and organizations have assisted West Asian and North African countries through donations of medical supplies, while experts in China have either been fighting the virus on the frontline or sharing anti-pandemic formulas via video conference, helping locals treat diseases as well as giving people a boost of confidence.
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US deportations are exporting COVID-19 to Latin America and the Caribbean
May 21, 2020 03:03“United States has been flying migrants on hundreds of deportation flights to at least 11 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean since the pandemic began in the United States. There have been over 100 cases of migrants deported from the United States testing positive for COVID-19 upon being returned to Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico and Colombia”.
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US university leading COVID response leaves black workers behind
May 20, 2020 15:22The coronavirus’s health impact is amplified by a century of discriminatory housing policies in the United States of America like segregation and red-lining, which denied wealth building opportunities to Black families and contributed to the nation’s racial wealth gap.
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Leader on Coronavirus: Iranians record another historic Jihad 2
May 20, 2020 09:18Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on May 10 in his speech through videoconference with the participation of President Hassan Rouhani, members of the National Anti-Coronavirus Headquarters and senior military commanders, said that while the US and Europe have failed to contain the Coronavirus pandemic, the Iranian nation has recorded another historic jihad.
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New study shows coronavirus has been a massive boon for America’s billionaires
May 20, 2020 06:26America’s billionaires have seen their wealth increase by 12.5 percent during the COVID-19 lockdown period. The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, released a study on Thursday showing that, in the eight weeks between March 18 and May 14, the country’s super wealthy have added a further $368.8 billion to their already enormous fortunes.
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Brazilian indigenous peoples confront double threat of COVID-19 and Bolsonaro’s policies
May 19, 2020 04:08After six days of fighting for his life in an intensive care unit in a Amazonas state hospital, a 15-year-old Yanomami teenage boy died in April 9 from complications caused by the novel coronavirus. The boy’s death sounded the alarm for Brazil’s Indigenous peoples who now face the fear of the virus alongside the stress of increasing criminal activities by land grabbers, illegal loggers, gold diggers, poachers, drug traffickers, hitmen and questionable “guests” like tourists in their lands.
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US blocks UN global ceasefire resolution, objecting to indirect reference to World Health Organization
May 18, 2020 10:47International diplomats were stunned and frustrated after the U.S. again blocked a United Nations resolution to call for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. objected to any mention of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the resolution.