Sunday, 24 November , 2024

Health

How the Pandemic Defeated America

A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees. by Ed Yong Sept. 2020 How did it come to this? A virus a thousand...

Safety fears over Covid in schools

16th December 2020 Safety fears over Covid in schools: Scottish teachers vote for industrial action as Labour London Councils call for early school closures Scottish teachers...

COVID-19 vaccine as a global public good and the potential of...

The Need for Recovering the Subjugated Knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine By LAU Kin Chi, SIT Tsui (Jade) From: Development (2020). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41301-020-00276-8 Abstract This short article will explore...

Trump administration threatened to oust the head of the FDA if...

By Jake Lahut and Andrew Dunn Dec. 11, 2020 The US Food and Drug Administration reportedly moved up the announcement of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine authorization after...

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.” –...

Russia: Vaccination not mandatory

Russian Sputnik V vaccine at least 95% effective say its creators, but vaccination won't be mandatory, and Putin hasn’t had it yet 24 Nov, 2020 The...

‘Average’ effectiveness & unexplained side effects: 7 QUESTIONS that AstraZeneca needs...

25 Nov, 2020 The drug manufacturer AstraZeneca said on Monday it would seek emergency authorization for its coronavirus vaccine with various regulators. However, it might...

‘Don’t waste’ COVID-19 lockdowns, WHO Europe warns, as region is pandemic...

By Alice Tidey 19/11/2020 European countries under lockdown should ensure "it's not wasted" by preparing their health care systems for when restrictions are lifted, the region's...

From Diego Maradona’s farewell to Fidel Castro (four years ago)

Not everyone can bury a dictatorship and challenge it in the face of the American Empire. Not everyone can eliminate illiteracy in one year....

Trump’s legacy, by the numbers

by Catherine Rampell November 25, 2020 As covid-19 hospitalizations hit another new high on Tuesday, President Trump called a news conference to boast about a different record: the stock market. The Dow...