Thursday, July 23, 2026

‘We’ve let the worst happen’: Reflecting on 400,000 dead

Eight months later, with 300,000 additional American lives lost and the chaotic distribution of the vaccine underway, Caroline Chen, health care reporter, shares her thoughts on where we are and what happens next.

Reports of racial disparities in COVID vaccines distort science

Out of context numbers and percentages only create public misunderstanding of the scientific results.

Corporate media’s leaked Chinese documents confirm China didn’t hide Covid-19

It is important for American journalists to combat these misperceptions, so that the U.S. can learn from China’s response on how to better deal with the current crisis.

Warning world is on ‘brink of a catastrophic moral failure,’ WHO chief denounces vaccine-hoarding...

“The price of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the world's poorest countries.”

How workers and management at one company teamed up to fight the pandemic

PCI and Local 286 recognized early on the importance of protecting workers from the virus and preparing for a possible role in distributing vaccines.
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People’s vaccine: Calls grow for equal access to coronavirus vaccine as rich countries hoard...

A growing movement is calling for the development of a people’s vaccine and the suspension of intellectual property rights to expand access.
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Dr. Paul Farmer: Centuries of inequality in the US laid groundwork for pandemic devastation

“All the social pathologies of our nation come to the fore during epidemics.”

Trump administration rejects scientists’ advice on nutrition, maintaining guidelines for sugar and alcohol

This "will impact eating habits, school lunch menus, and food stamp policies," and will lead to "poor health" for Americans.

Calling Covid-19 crisis a ‘wake-up call,’ WHO experts warn next pandemic could be even...

“This pandemic has been very severe... it has affected every corner of this planet. But this is not necessarily the big one.”

UK regulators give okay to use psychedelic drug to treat depression in first clinical...

"We think this could be a treatment for a number of depressive disorders besides major depression, including PTSD, treatment-resistant depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and possibly some types of substance abuse."