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As COVID-positive US politicians enjoy healthcare, they 'would deny others’
Oct 07, 2020 16:44Under the for-profit US healthcare system in which insurance companies decide whether a patient's treatments and hospital stays are medically necessary and should be covered or if the person should have to pay out of pocket, the vast majority of Americans are in no position to simply decide to go to the hospital—or often, even to a doctor's office—as a precautionary measure.
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Up to 400,000 Americans could die from coronavirus unless urgent measures taken, Fauci says
Oct 07, 2020 12:41The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases says between 300,000 and 400,000 Americans could die from covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, if action isn’t taken in the fall and winter.
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Rising COVID-19 numbers show UK has a serious problem: Health minister
Oct 07, 2020 08:42Britain’s rising numbers of COVID-19 infections and an increase in people being hospitalised with the disease demonstrate that there is a serious problem, UK's Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Wednesday.
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As McConnell dismisses new COVID relief bill as 'political stunt,' survey shows 60% of US families struggling to get by
Oct 07, 2020 06:41Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicated once again that he has no intention of providing badly-needed aid to struggling families across the U.S. even as new research found that nearly two-thirds of households with children are having trouble making ends meet.
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Under pressure, Amazon reveals over 20,000 employees likely contracted COVID
Oct 07, 2020 06:37Amazon employees have condemned the company for keeping them in the dark about co-worker infections and their lack of response to the pandemic, which included crowding hundreds of people into recreation rooms, thereby exposing them to increased risk.
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Rich countries are total vaccine hogs; COVID-19 must change that
Oct 07, 2020 06:18Multiple COVID-19 vaccines are working their way through trials, but we haven’t yet figured out what to do when they get here. Distribution faces technical challenges — shortages of glass vials and syringes are already being reported — but there are also ethical supply quandaries. How do we decide who gets a shot first?
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Biden: There shouldn't be second debate if Trump still has coronavirus
Oct 07, 2020 05:51Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has said next week’s scheduled debate with Republican President Donald Trump should not be held if Trump is still infected with the coronavirus.
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Nearly 395,000 patients recover from coronavirus infection in Iran
Oct 07, 2020 03:40The number of people tested positive for the COVID-19 infection in Iran during only 24 hours has surpassed 4,100, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said.
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Latest COVID antibodies study shows herd immunity strategy is “highly unethical”
Oct 06, 2020 18:33Less than one in ten Americans have coronavirus antibodies, according to the largest study yet of its sort which confirmed that the United States is nowhere close to “herd immunity” despite a strategy pushed by President Donald Trump’s newest medical adviser.
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Twitter deletes Trump's 'harmful' tweet
Oct 06, 2020 14:22US President Donald Trump has published more "misleading" information about the COVID-19 disease, prompting Twitter to remove the tweet.