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As coronavirus pandemic soars in US and Brazil, Red Cross federation chief slams Trump and Bolsonaro for anti-science responses
Jul 08, 2020 05:42The head of the Red Cross federation on Wednesday July 1st expressed grave concern about the continuing spread of the coronavirus in the Americas and criticized Brazil and U.S. government leaders for their disastrous science-rejecting responses to the pandemic thus far. The two countries have the highest number of Covid-19 related deaths; the U.S. has had over 128,000 such deaths and Brazil over 60,000.
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Study says DNA linked to COVID-19 was inherited from Neanderthals
Jul 08, 2020 05:33According to a new study a stretch of DNA linked to COVID-19 was passed down from Neanderthals 60,000 years ago. Scientists don’t yet know why this particular segment increases the risk of severe illness from the coronavirus. But the new findings, which were posted online and have not yet been published in a scientific journal, show how some clues to modern health stem from ancient history.
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Enemies after internal discord in Iran, president warns
Jul 08, 2020 04:44President Hassan Rouhani warned that the main objective pursued by the enemies, above all by the US and Israel, is to create rift and division between the Iranian people and establishment.
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Trump says he disagrees with Fauci on COVID-19 in US
Jul 08, 2020 04:15US President Donald Trump says he disagrees with his top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci on his assessment of the dire situation the United States faces.
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US formally starts withdrawal from WHO
Jul 08, 2020 04:07US President Donald Trump on Tuesday formally started the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization, making good on threats to deprive the UN body of its top funding source over its response to the coronavirus.
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Blood on his hands: The nursing home Covid-19 crisis is Donald Trump’s fault
Jul 07, 2020 16:55The US president is desperate to deflect from the truth: Over 54,000 nursing home residents and workers are dead. Those deaths were preventable. Their deaths are his fault. Trump’s failure to contain the nursing home crisis is a product of his values. He values nursing home corporations, which don’t want to get sued
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Spokesman raises possibility of restrictions in Tehran amid pandemic
Jul 07, 2020 07:45The spokesperson for the Iranian administration said new decisions might be made to tighten restrictions in Tehran as the novel coronavirus is taking more lives.
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Latest on pandemic: More than 11.63mn infected, over 538K dead
Jul 07, 2020 06:40The number of coronavirus cases around the world has now surged past the 11.63 million mark, and more than 538,000 people have died of the infection, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
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New study suggests thousands of US deaths are missing from coronavirus toll
Jul 07, 2020 06:05A new study published recently suggests that tens of thousands of deaths in the United States have not been included in national COVID-19 death tolls despite the fact that many of those fatalities are likely attributable to the disease. Research from Yale conducted in April found that as many as 9,000 deaths from March 8 to April 11 were likely caused by the COVID-19 but not included in official death tolls.
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Wide shift in opinion on police, race rare in US polling
Jul 07, 2020 05:59More Americans than in 2015 say police in most communities are more likely to use deadly force against a black person than a white person, 61 percent today compared with 49 percent in 2015. Only about a third of Americans say the race of a person does not make a difference in the use of deadly force, compared with roughly half in 2015.