The widespread interruption of routine immunization programs around the world during the coronavirus pandemic is putting 80 million children under 1 year old at risk of contracting deadly, vaccine-preventable diseases, according to a report Friday by the World Health Organization, UNICEF and Gavi, […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — When the dry season returns, the Amazon forest will burn again, as it does every year. But this time promises to be different. Last year’s international headlines caught Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, and his allies by surprise. We can expect their […]
Police and protesters clashed in Minneapolis on Tuesday evening following a demonstration at the intersection where George Floyd was killed in an altercation with several police officers the day before. Hundreds of protesters gathered in the city on Tuesday evening to demand justice after Floyd, […]
Before China can fully recover from the devastation of the coronavirus outbreak, it needs to find people like Huang Bing a job. Ms. Huang, who graduated last year from one of China’s most prestigious drama schools, got an offer in December for her first […]
At a glance, it may look like many Americans have long forgotten about the dangers of coronavirus. Crowds packed beaches in Florida, Maryland, Georgia, Virginia and Indiana over the weekend — many venturing out without masks and others failing to keep their distance even as […]
New York (CNN Business)For the ninth week in a row, millions of Americans filed for initial unemployment benefits. Even as the economy is beginning to reopen in parts of the country, layoffs and furloughs have taken hold of the US labor market. Another […]
Georgia authorities have arrested a third man in connection to the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the young black man who was shot dead in broad daylight while jogging in a white suburban neighborhood earlier this year. On Thursday afternoon, the Georgia Bureau of […]
Tedros Adhanom-Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, on Wednesday said that more cases had been reported to the agency in the last 24 hours than any time since the novel coronavirus outbreak began. “We still have a long way to go in this […]
As the lockdown restrictions begin to be eased across the UK, more workers are being asked to return to the workplace. The government has said that employees should only be asked to go back if they cannot do their job from home, so if […]
New York City has become one of the epicenters of the COVID-19, or novel coronavirus, pandemic in America. Due to mandatory stay-at-home restrictions, any business deemed “non-essential” has been closed down. Restaurants have been especially hit hard, with many struggling to stay afloat during the […]
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