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High drug prices in US could result in premature deaths of more than 1.1 million seniors in next decade: Analysis
Nov 26, 2020 06:24More than 1.1 million Medicare patients in the US could die over the next decade because they cannot afford to pay for their prescription medications, according to a new study released recently by the West Health Policy Center, a nonprofit and nonpartisan policy research group.
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Loose cannon Pompeo’s war of words on Iran
Nov 26, 2020 06:10If words could kill, loose cannon Mike Pompeo’s remarks would be considered WMDs. The Big Lie about an Iranian threat has been around for decades. Ignored is that Washington’s only threats are invented, none real — what’s been geopolitically clear since WW II ended.
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Joe Biden to nominate Antony Blinken as US Secretary of State
Nov 25, 2020 17:55Joe Biden, will nominate the veteran diplomat Antony Blinken as his Secretary of State and Linda Thomas-Greenfield as ambassador to the UN.
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Monstrous behavior: Mnuchin slammed for Biden 'snub' that could sabotage US economic recovery
Nov 25, 2020 17:45On his way out the door, said one Nobel-winning economist, "Mnuchin is effectively trying to create a financial crisis.'
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Biden surrounding himself with a cadre of right-wing hawks
Nov 25, 2020 12:08Throughout his time as US senator and vice president, Joe Biden was notoriously pro-war. He’s expected to surround himself with a cadre of right-wing hawks. Former third-ranking US war department official, its highest-ever-ranking woman, co-founder of the neocon Center for a New American Security (CNAS), war OF terror backer Michelle Flournoy is expected to be named Biden/Harris regime war secretary.
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Ever-growing millions of Americans face eviction and hunger. Will Congress act?
Nov 25, 2020 12:05In the last weeks of 2020, absent quick congressional action and with the pandemic raging worse than ever, millions of Americans are staring into an economic abyss. Somewhere in the region of 12 million people — millions of them temporary workers who don’t qualify, in normal times, for unemployment; and millions more who are now considered to be long-term unemployed and who, again, in normal times would have maxed out their unemployment benefits — will lose their financial lifelines next month.
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We all have a part to play in the war against food waste
Nov 25, 2020 10:56On September 29, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UN Environment Programme observed the first-ever International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. They urged everyone to take action to reduce food loss and waste across the entire agricultural value chain.
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US rural hospitals are facing unprecedented challenges amid worsening pandemic
Nov 24, 2020 05:44Rural American health care systems entered the coronavirus pandemic in already precarious financial positions. Over the years, shifting demographics, declining revenue and increasing operating expenses have made it harder for rural hospitals to stay in business.
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America is letting the Coronavirus rage through prisons
Nov 24, 2020 05:41As Americans grapple with how to gather with loved ones this holiday season, the roughly two million people confined in the nation’s prisons and jails face an even grimmer challenge: how to stay alive inside a system being ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic.
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US worst fears have come true: With no sign of federal relief, nursing home industry study shows surge in COVID-19
Nov 20, 2020 16:29A new study shows that weekly COVID-19 cases in US nursing homes have reached record numbers this month (November) and traces the spike to community spread outside the facilities. According to Johns Hopkins University, weekly new cases of COVDI-19 rose 140% in the first week of November, with more than 572,000 Americans infected.