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Even as Cases Rise, Europe Is Learning to Live With the Coronavirus

Wed, 2020-09-16 09:56 — mike kraft

PARIS — In the early days of the pandemic, President Emmanuel Macron exhorted the French to wage “war” against the coronavirus. Today, his message is to “learn how to live with the virus.”

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Nigerian health workers strike over coronavirus allowance

Wed, 2020-09-16 09:39 — mike kraft

Nigerian health workers strike over coronavirus allowance Nigerian health workers demanding the payment of a hazard allowance for treating coronavirus patients have gone on strike only a week after doctors in Africa's most populous country staged a walk out. Reuters Staff U.S.

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian health workers demanding the payment of a hazard allowance for treating coronavirus patients have gone on strike only a week after doctors in Africa’s most populous country staged a walk out.

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Pandemic makes tackling global woes more critical than ever: Bill Gates

Tue, 2020-09-15 09:57 — mike kraft

Pandemic makes tackling global woes more critical than ever: Bill Gates The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out progress on lofty goals such as ending world poverty and hunger in the next decade, but the economic damage of COVID-19 shows how badly such global development is needed, philanthropist Bill Gates said. Ellen Wulfhorst U.S.

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CDC: Under attack by Trump official for "sedition" and background on its early response problems.

Mon, 2020-09-14 18:48 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — The top communications official at the powerful cabinet department in charge of combating the coronavirus made outlandish and false claims on Sunday that career government scientists were engaging in “sedition” in their handling of the pandemic and that left-wing hit squads were preparing for armed insurrection after the election.

Michael Caputo, 58, the assistant secretary of public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services, said without evidence that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was harboring a “resistance unit” determined to undermine President Trump.

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ANALYSIS: As Trump played down virus, health experts’ alarm grew -AP

Sun, 2020-09-13 12:15 — mike kraft

As Trump played down virus, health experts' alarm grew WASHINGTON (AP) — Public health officials were already warning Americans about the need to prepare for the coronavirus threat in early February when President Donald Trump called it “deadly stuff”... AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Public health officials were already warning Americans about the need to prepare for the coronavirus threat in early February when President Donald Trump called it “deadly stuff” in a private conversation that has only now has come to light.

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Trump officials interfered with CDC reports on Covid-19-Politico

Sat, 2020-09-12 12:02 — mike kraft

Trump officials interfered with CDC reports on Covid-19 The politically appointed HHS spokesperson and his team demanded and received the right to review CDC’s scientific reports to health professionals. Dan Diamond POLITICO

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UN assembly approves pandemic resolution; US, Israel object

Sat, 2020-09-12 11:37 — mike kraft

UN assembly approves pandemic resolution; US, Israel object UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a wide-ranging resolution on tackling the coronavirus pandemic Friday over objections from the United States and Israel,... AP NEWS

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a wide-ranging resolution on tackling the coronavirus pandemic Friday over objections from the United States and Israel, which protested a successful last-minute Cuban amendment that strongly urged countries to oppose any unilateral economic, financial or trade sanctions.

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New Federal Report Warns of Financial Havoc From Climate Change

Fri, 2020-09-11 11:41 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — A report commissioned by federal regulators overseeing the nation’s commodities markets has concluded that climate change threatens U.S. financial markets, as the costs of wildfires, storms, droughts and floods spread through insurance and mortgage markets, pension funds and other financial institutions.

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