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As COVID-19 fears mount, US face mask shortage imperils research
Mar 18, 2020 15:13"As coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, US research laboratories have found their supplies of personal protective equipment rapidly dwindling", says Katherine J.W, journalist, in a news report titled: As COVID-19 Fears Mount, US Face Mask Shortage Imperils Research.
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How Cuba is leading the world in the fight against coronavirus
Mar 18, 2020 11:56While the United States government is complicating efforts to treat coronavirus across the world and is using the pandemic to increase pressure on countries already struggling under U.S. sanctions, including Iran, Syria, and Venezuela, the small island of Cuba, itself a target of Washington’s cruel sanctions, is leading the fight against the spread of COVID-19.
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As coronavirus grips the US, Americans get a taste of life under sanctions
Mar 18, 2020 11:48Across fifty states, Americans are collectively bracing for the incoming COVID-19 pandemic to hit. In the face of the virus, people are resorting to panic buying, stocking up on vital foods and goods, leading to pressing shortages of key products like hand sanitizers, face masks, gloves and paper napkins.
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US intel. agencies played unsettling role in classified and “9/11-like” coronavirus response plan
Mar 17, 2020 06:13The decision to classify US government coronavirus preparations in mid-January, followed by the decision to coordinate the domestic response with the military and with intelligence deserves considerable scrutiny, particularly given that at least one federal agency, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), will be given broad, sweeping powers and will work closely with unspecified intelligence “partners” as part of its response to a pandemics like COVID-19.
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Behavioral scientists form new front in battle against coronavirus
Mar 17, 2020 06:06The body of a research about the behavioral effects of coronavirus pandemic included a rapid review published in the Lancet paper recently on the psychological impact of quarantine, which found that self-isolation can lead to post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression and public anger.
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US higher education is woefully unprepared to help poor students amid coronavirus
Mar 16, 2020 13:04Liz Willen, a longtime education reporter & journalist says "I think the coronavirus is the external shock to the US higher-ed system that will shine the light on inequality that has previously been ignored."
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Racist attacks and border militarization intensify in US, Europe as coronavirus spreads
Mar 16, 2020 12:58The Western regimes, including the US and some European states as usual have tried to attack refugees as the coronavirus spreads all around the world. In the U.S., the media has reported extensively on anti-Asian responses, especially on social media, to the outbreak. Physical assaults have been reported against Asian American riders on the New York City subways and elsewhere.
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Government spends equivalent of entire US student debt to rally stock market for 15 minutes
Mar 16, 2020 12:53With financial markets in a state of near panic over an incoming COVID-19 pandemic, the US Federal Reserve Bank of New York took the extraordinary step of injecting over $1.5 trillion into the stock market recently in a bid to calm investors’ fears about a collapse.
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Trump is treating coronavirus like a PR problem, not a health crisis
Mar 15, 2020 07:31"It appears that the monster Trump fears isn’t the disease itself but bad numbers: rising numbers of known cases, falling stock prices, plummeting popularity in an election year. He is not fighting the novel coronavirus so much as the public’s perception of it", says Alexandra Erin, author and commentator who writes political commentary and news analysis.
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'Nightmare waiting to happen': Advocates warn US prison conditions risks intense coronavirus outbreak
Mar 13, 2020 05:31Prisoners' rights advocates are warning that the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. may soon have dire implications for the 2.2 million people living in the American penal system, as prison officials across the country shared little about their plans to keep inmates safe and many of the precautions Americans are being advised to take are unavailable in detention facilities.