Tag: Covid
‘For shame’: Pfizer to charge $1,390 for lifesaving Covid drug that...
"Pfizer treats Paxlovid like a Prada handbag; a luxury for the few rather than a treatment for the many," said one consumer advocate.
Hypocrisy abounds as PPP loans to 1% forgiven, while Biden seeks...
Word has leaked out that the Biden administration is about to enter negotiations with Big Pharma, for the express intent of shifting the cost of COVID vaccines and lifesaving antiviral medications, to the patient.
Medicare for All could have prevented more than 338,000 US Covid...
"Healthcare reform is long overdue in the U.S.," said the lead author of a new study. "Americans are needlessly losing lives and money."
Two years in, we need to learn the lessons of this...
It’s time we flex the power that comes with being essential and fight for a new economy that favors people, not just corporations.
Number of Covid boosters given in US exceeds single shots in...
“Our leaders’ failure to help bring the vaccines to everyone, everywhere will keep us on a cruel and never-ending cycle of illness, death, and economic suffering.”
For some Indigenous, COVID presents possibility of cultural extinction, says Myrna...
For Indigenous peoples, actions must be collective, not only individual.
‘It’s almost like grooming’: how anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, and the far-right...
They appear to have found fertile ground particularly among men who feel alienated, fearful about their employment and who spend a lot of time at home scrolling social media and encrypted messaging apps.
Corporate media politicize WHO investigation on COVID origins to vilify China
The lab leak hypothesis is, in fact, a literal conspiracy theory that is gaining traction due to constant media innuendo.
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Seven dead in ICE custody in Trump’s first 100 days as detainee population swells
At least seven migrants have died in ICE custody since January, as the Trump administration expands detention and dismantles oversight across a system plagued by abuse, neglect, and inhumane conditions.
Trump DOJ sues states to shield fossil fuel companies from climate lawsuits in unprecedented...
In a sweeping defense of oil and gas corporations, the Trump administration has filed federal lawsuits against four states to block efforts aimed at holding fossil fuel companies accountable for climate change damages—an aggressive action legal experts warn undermines state authority and sets a dangerous precedent.
How decision-making is affected by social conformity
Despite the rise of social media and digital influence, studies suggest that our tendency to conform socially remains unchanged—though brain imaging reveals surprising links between conformity, decision-making, and the orbitofrontal cortex.
Florida to become second state to ban fluoride in public water systems
With a vote of 88-27, Florida lawmakers passed a bill that would ultimately ban fluoride in drinking water. SB 700, also known...
Friends, patriots, countrymen, where are your ears?
See no evil, hear no evil, admit no evil—the close-minded cult of suckered MAGA monkeys.