Why the Buttigieg Campaign Tried to Have Me Arrested for Handing Out Information About Medicare for All
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-02-12
Trying to block information on a New Hampshire campus…
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Ceasar: Grief and challenge
Gail Skenandore and Tom H. Hastings | nationofchange.org | 2020-02-12
The intersection of guns, drugs, poverty, scant education, substandard health care, high unemployment, and corruption are literally producing conditions that invariably redound the hardest and worst on young people of color.
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World Health Organization warns of global risk from coronavirus outbreak
wsws.org | 2020-02-12
Concerns have been voiced that the epidemic could spread widely, as cases among people who have never had contact with infected patients from China have now been diagnosed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/12/viru…
Ten million workers in Britain toil in "low-quality" jobs
wsws.org | 2020-02-12
The Health Foundation report confirms what most workers have long suspected–poor conditions at work make you ill.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/12/jobs…
Vodafone joins Mobile World Congress exodus
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-12
Vodafone, the world's second largest mobile operator, said it was pulling out of Barcelona's Mobile World Congress because of the coronavirus outbreak, joining an exodus of major European players on Wednesday."Vodafone has been carefully monitoring the news on the coronavirus and has noted the recent warnings from the World Health Organization," the company said."After careful consideration, we have decided to withdraw from this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona."
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ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and Consumers Challenge Trump Administration Rule That Threatens Insurance Coverage for Abortion
commondreams.org | 2020-02-11
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Trump Told the Truth Where It Counted…for His Reelection
Walden Bello | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-11
Much of the liberal commentary on Donald Trump's State of the Union address a few days ago has focused on the outright lies he made, especially his saying that his administration was promoting the interest of people with pre-existing conditions from the medical insurance companies seeking to disqualify them. Yes, he lied, and he lied…
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The Trump Administration Wants Health Insurance Companies to Drop Abortion Coverage from Your Insurance Plan
Meagan Burrows | aclu.org | 2020-02-11
From denying | access to abortion | for unaccompanied immigrant minors, to gutting | the Title X | family planning program, to trying to roll | back the Affordable Care Act's requirement that employers and universities cover | contr…
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Trump budget cuts trillions from Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-11
WASHINGTON–Congressional Democrats, progressive groups, and defenders of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid all blasted President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. Two top government worker unions chimed, in, too, slamming Trump for proposing only a 1% raise for calendar 2021, far below inflation and below this year's 3.1%, …
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In New Hampshire and Beyond, Medicare for All Is Fueling Sanders's Rise
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-11
When Democratic Party voters cast their ballots in New Hampshire today, many of them will be doing so under the crushing weight of the current health care system. New Hampshire has been severely ravaged by the opiate crisis, and its Medicaid system has been under attack by the State House and Donald Trump. Residents know firsthand how cruel and inefficient the private, multi-payer system can be. | Sen. B…
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$683 million appeal to deliver reproductive health services, where they're most needed
news.un.org | 2020-02-11
With more than half of all maternal deaths occurring in countries affected by humanitarian crises and fragility, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is calling for greater international support to provide life-saving reproductive health and protection services in these locations.
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Evo Morales Travels to Cuba for Medical Treatment
teleSUR- age | telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-11
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived Monday in Havana, Cuba, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, as part of an unscheduled trip for health reasons. | RELATED: | Evo Morales Calls for National Reconciliation in Bolivia | The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla confirmed on his Twitter account the arrival of the former president to the Caribbean island, where he has traveled on other occasions to attend to his health issues with Cuban doctor…
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Meeting of top scientists underway to slow coronavirus spread
news.un.org | 2020-02-11
Deaths from the coronavirus epidemic have surpassed 1,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Tuesday, as hundreds of health experts began meeting at its headquarters in Geneva to help halt the spread of the disease, now officially known as COVID-19.
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Factbox: The Latest On The Coronavirus Spreading In China
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-11
Amid the constant battle against the new Coronavirus, the institutions involved, especially in Chinese territory, periodically approve new measures that consolidate the work of containing the disease throughout the country. | RELATED: | Xinjiang Discharges First Three Patients Cured Of Coronavirus | Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan has urged Hubei P…
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Cuban Ophtalmologists in Haiti Resume Operacion Milagro
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-11
Cuban doctors in Haiti resumed Operacion Milagros (Operation Miracle), one of the main cooperation projects between the two countries, which has already restored the vision to some 72,710 patients. | RELATED: | Haiti's Government Insists to Dialogue With the Opposition | Since 2006, the mission has assisted an average of 5,000 people annually, particularly those suffering from pterygium (a disease that damages the conjunctiva and cornea)
'Too perfect': Iowa Dem Party sign falls off podium as chair struggles to explain caucus flop, Twitter sees a metaphor
rt.com | 2020-02-11
An Iowa Democratic Party sign fell to the floor as the party chairman tried to account for a disastrous caucus plagued by tech failures and bad math, creating what many netizens dubbed a perfect allegory for the botched primary. | As state party chair Troy Price fielded questions on Monday about "rounding errors" found in Iowa's Democratic primary results
'Outrageous and Un-American,' Sanders Says of City in Kansas Jailing People for Unpaid Medical Debt
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-11
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate denounced the fact that people in the U.S. "are being thrown in jail for being unable to pay their medical bills." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Just as Trump Slashes Global Health Funds, Experts Warn Coronavirus Could Infect 60% of World Population
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-11
The coronavirus which originated late last year in Wuhan, China and has infected tens of thousands of people so far could eventually spread to 60% of the world population, a prominent health expert in Hong Kong warned Tuesday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Menace on the Menu in Post-EU Britain
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-11
Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written the report 'Bayer Crop Science rules Britain after Brexit
Coronavirus containment is the key, as infections tick up: Tedros
news.un.org | 2020-02-10
Governments should continue to treat containment of the coronavirus as a priority, the head of the UN health agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday.
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Hospitals in Yemen attacked, disrupting healthcare for thousands of vulnerable civilians
news.un.org | 2020-02-10
Attacks on health facilities in Yemen's Marib province, East of the capital Sana'a, have left some 15,000 people
Coronavirus: demand for face masks creates shortfall for those in real need
news.un.org | 2020-02-07
Unprecedented global demand for face masks and other protective equipment fuelled by the coronavirus epidemic, has created potentially dangerous shortages for those who need them most, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday.
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Laurie Garrett on How Trump Has Sabotaged America's Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-03
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, the United States has declared a public health emergency and is barring foreign nationals who have recently traveled to China from entering the country. So far, there are 11 confirmed cases of the virus in the U.S. The virus has claimed at least 361 lives in China. A 44-year-old man in the Philippines became the first casualty of the disease outside of China Saturday, and over the weekend the number of confirmed cases worldwide rose to at least 17,205 across more than two dozen countries, with most of those cases occurring in China. U.S. citizens who have visited H…
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