Health
Top world scientists: Stop Donald Trump!
On November 3, Vote to End Attacks on Science
Choosing Donald Trump for president is choosing fiction over fact—a fatal mistake
October 9, 2020
Instead of thinking...
The Great Barrington Declaration: Capitalism’s global policy of herd immunity
Note: We reproduce the following article, first published in wsws.org because of the very important pieces of information included. But we do not adopt...
From Scientist-Politicians to an Anti-Science Demagogue: America’s Tragic Descent Into Madness
By Wayne Madsen
October 12, 2020
Several of the founders of the United States were gifted scientists and scholars of the Age of Enlightenment. Benjamin Franklin...
Canada’s forgotten universal basic income experiment
By David Cox
25th June 2020
Amid wide unemployment during Covid-19, basic income schemes have gained fresh relevance. A successful Canadian scheme that's over four decades...
“A mask isn’t enough”: Students march for sufficient measures in schools
September 24, 2020
Wearing masks and holding banners reading “a mask is not enough” thousands of school students marched in downtown Athens on Thursday demanding...
Cuban Health Care: The Ongoing Revolution
by Don Fitz
Quiet as it’s kept inside the United States, the Cuban revolution has achieved some phenomenal goals, reclaiming Cuba’s agriculture, advancing its literacy...
Rising COVID-19 death toll underscores decades-long crisis in Australian aged care
By Clare Bruderlin
26 August 2020
The catastrophic spread of COVID-19 throughout more than 130 aged care facilities in the Australian state of Victoria has...
A pandemic of bad science
By Walter Scheirer
Jul 20, 2020
ABSTRACT
What can epidemiological models tell us about our potential exposure to COVID-19? What progress is being made with regard to...
Facebook shuts down Gaza health ministry page
By Ali Abunimah
26 August 2020
After The Electronic Intifada reported on the removal of the Gaza health ministry’s page, Facebook restored it.
Iain Levine, the company’s...
India and Brazil Are Now the Global Worst Coronavirus Nations
By Eric Zuesse
Aug. 1, 2020
India and Brazil have now overtaken the United States as the world’s worst performers at controlling the cononavirus-19 plague.
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