Coronavirus
Even while canceling mass gatherings, the U.K. is still aiming for...
By Katherine Dunn and Jeremy Kahn
March 14, 2020
The U.K. will cancel mass gatherings beginning next weekend, The Guardian newspaper reported Friday night, after a...
Plagued by Trumpism
by Joseph Stiglitz
12th March 2020
As an educator, I’m always looking for ‘teachable moments’—current events that illustrate and reinforce the principles on which I’ve been...
Big Banks Call for Wall Street Deregulation to “Fight Coronavirus”
As Naomi Klein laid out in her bestseller “Shock Doctrine,” the wealthy elite use the confusion caused by economic and other disasters to quickly...
Governments Fall Back on Wartime Tactics for Coronavirus
Officials appeal for support in the face of a pandemic
Posted on March 13, 2020
A global pandemic of the coronavirus is hitting nations the...
‘Nationalize factories & industries!’ De Blasio kicks panic up to 11,...
14 Mar, 2020
New York City mayor and failed presidential candidate Bill de Blasio jumped on MSNBC to compare the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic to...
Coronavirus: What are the British up to?
By Sean Whelan
14 Mar 2020
They say timing is the essence of comedy. It may also be the key to understanding why different countries are...
A biotech firm made a smallpox-like virus on purpose. Nobody seems...
By Gregory D. Koblentz
February 21, 2020
In 2017, the virologist David Evans made headlines when he used synthetic biology to recreate the extinct horsepox virus,...
Coronovirus : l’appel au calme du Professeur Gilbert Deray – C...
12/03/2020
Le danger du coronavirus n'est pas celui que vous croyez - BLOG
Je n’ai jamais vécu un tel degré d’inquiétude pour une maladie infectieuse...
‘Where was your patient zero?’ Chinese official speculates AMERICANS may have...
13 Mar, 2020
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lijian Zhao has demanded US authorities reveal what they’re hiding about the origins of Covid-19, going as far...
Five years ago, the debate on bat viruses
Engineered bat virus stirs debate over risky research
Lab-made coronavirus related to SARS can infect human cells.
By Declan Butler
12 November 2015
An experiment that created a...