Coronavirus
The Debate on Vaccines
How has a Covid vaccine been developed so quickly?
Analysis: Funding and high public interest contributed to slashing of research and approval time
By Nicola Davis...
Slavoj Zizek: We should look to how Cuba coped with the...
By Slavoj Zizek
Oct. 23, 2020
It’s time to be brave enough to acknowledge that we are in a hopeless situation, and Covid has changed the...
Canada Approves Vaccine Made by Pfizer and BioNTech
Dec. 9, 2020
Canada has approved the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech, the country’s drug regulator said on Wednesday, opening the possibility that...
‘Catastrophic’: Balkan healthcare overwhelmed by virus surge
Nov. 29, 2020
Not enough beds and not enough doctors: a skyrocketing coronavirus caseload is pushing hospitals in the Balkans to the cusp of collapse,...
Trump incites fascist violence in Georgia
By Patrick Martin
7 December 2020
In his first rally speech since his defeat in the November 2020 presidential election, outgoing President Donald Trump called for...
PFAS Chemical Associated With Severe Covid-19
A Danish study found that people with elevated levels of a compound called PFBA were more than twice as likely to have a severe...
Pakistan: Covid patients die due to oxygen shortage in Peshawar
Dec. 7, 2020
Six coronavirus patients have died in a hospital in Pakistan after oxygen supplies ran too low.
Patients' relatives have described how they...
‘2021 going to be catastrophic,’ UN warned it faces worst crises...
5 Dec, 2020
The head of the World Food Programme has made a dire forecast about the months to come, slating “catastrophic” humanitarian crises for...
Covid 19 annonce-t-il la fin du capitalisme ?
Par Danielle RIVA
26 octobre 2020
« Cet arrêt brutal et assumé de la production provoque de tels changements – d’autant plus qu’il durera longtemps – économiques,...
Successful Not-for-Profit Oxford COVID Vaccine Threatens Big Pharma Profit Logic
“The Oxford vaccine is… striking, since the point was to pay researchers, but not to rely on patent monopolies to generate large profits.” –...