Factory farms create the perfect conditions to spread viral infections like COVID-19
An alarming 75 percent of new or emerging diseases start in animals.
Millions of Americans face water shutoffs during pandemic
“It’s a package of related factors – institutional racism, environmental injustice, and poverty – which means communities most vulnerable to Covid-19 are the same communities most vulnerable to water shutoffs.”
Trump decides against reopening Affordable Care Act enrollment amid coronavirus pandemic
Progressive lawmakers criticize the Trump administration's decision calling it a deliberate blocking of vulnerable Americans, which with have "negative consequences."
‘Drop the Medicare eligibility age to 0 right now’: Study warns 35 million could...
"For all the abstracted talk over the last year about health insurance churn, we are likely about to see it on an unprecedented scale in terms of velocity and devastation."
Early data shows African Americans have contracted and died of coronavirus at an alarming...
“When COVID-19 passes and we see the losses … it will be deeply tied to the story of post-World War II policies that left communities marginalized.”
‘Our bodies are on the line’: NYC nurses demand protective gear as COVID-19 death...
Nurses in California, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada and Texas are protesting one of the nation’s largest hospital chains for a “lack of preparedness” amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Corporate media ignore international cooperation as shortcut to coronavirus vaccine
"Imagine how much faster the research would advance if these researchers were working in collaboration, sharing their results with each other..."
Health insurance companies could skyrocket premiums
The U.S. health care system is ill-equipped when it comes to a pandemic and citizens will be the ones to suffer.
Rightwing populism in a time of crisis
When the smoke clears, let’s hope the scales fall from the eyes of their supporters and the only recently growing phenomenon of rightwing, anti-science populism is consigned to the dustbin of history, where it belongs.
A simple, low-cost way to reduce spread of coronavirus
Research shows face masks are highly effective—but there aren't enough even for health care workers.