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USDA and meatpacking industry collaborated to undermine COVID-19 response, documents show
Sep 18, 2020 16:44The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the meatpacking industry worked together to downplay and disregard risks to worker health during the COVID-19 pandemic, as shown in documents published Monday by Public Citizen and American Oversight.
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'Downright criminal': Leaked emails reveal effort by Trump aides to censor and alter CDC COVID reports behind closed doors
Sep 18, 2020 16:38Politico's new reporting represents just the latest evidence of the Trump administration's ongoing interference in the activities of public health agencies, an effort lawmakers and experts have denounced as a deliberate campaign to undermine trust in COVID-19 data and advance the president's political agenda.
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Coronavirus updates in Iran: More than 355,000 people recovered so far
Sep 18, 2020 11:28Iranian Health Ministry spokeswoman, Sima Sadat Lari, said on Friday that the total number of coronavirus cases in the country has reached 416,198 and the death toll is above 23,900.
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Immune system’s response to COVID-19 may be altered by obesity
Sep 18, 2020 09:34The severity of COVID-19 is generally mediated by the human body’s immune response. Everyone’s immunity is different — which is why reactions to the virus are so varied — and there are various genetic, environmental and chronic disease factors that can influence this response. According to health24.com, one such factor is obesity. Those who have a body mass index (BMI) of more than 40 are 2.6 times more likely to die from a coronavirus infection.
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WHO: Over 170 countries have joined COVAX vaccine facility
Sep 17, 2020 10:51More than 170 countries have joined the World Health Organisation's COVAX global vaccine plan to help buy and distribute immunization shots for COVID-19 fairly around the world, the body's director general said.
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Global coronavirus cases to soon surpass 30 million
Sep 17, 2020 06:25Global coronavirus cases are expected to pass 30 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic showing no signs of slowing.
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Biden, Trump trade barbs over vaccine as US pres. contradicts top experts
Sep 17, 2020 02:50US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden have clashed over a potential coronavirus vaccine, with Biden saying trump cannot be trusted as the president is pressuring scientists to approve a rushed vaccine ahead of the November election.
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US records highest daily coronavirus death toll in weeks
Sep 16, 2020 13:30A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 935,000 people worldwide.
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US rural and native communities are hard hit by COVID-era food insecurity
Sep 16, 2020 12:26According to Feeding America, 2.3 million rural Americans currently lack adequate nutrition or are food-insecure. Indeed, the number of people who are hurting, not just on the Native communities and rural areas’ reservation but throughout the U.S., is staggering. With millions unemployed, coupled with the largest spike in food prices since February 1974, food banks throughout the country are scrambling to meet the needs of the hungry.
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India coronavirus cases cross 5 million in ‘worse-than-sci-fi’ pandemic
Sep 16, 2020 10:26Coronavirus infections in India soared past five million on Wednesday, as a WHO envoy warned the pandemic was ‘still at the beginning.’