covid-19

Fighting for a Just COVID-19 Response

Fighting for a Just COVID-19 Response

By Derrick Z. Jackson As much as hurricanes Katrina and Maria upended African American and Latinx families, the landfall of the coronavirus brings a gale of another order. This Category 5 of infectious disease packs the power to level communities already battered from environmental, economic, and health injustice. If response and relief efforts fail to […]

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    Coronavirus Response Proves the World Can Act on Climate Change

    Coronavirus Response Proves the World Can Act on Climate Change

    By Eric Galbraith and Ross Otto In the past few weeks, governments around the world have enacted dramatic measures to mitigate the threat of COVID-19. It’s too soon to know whether these measures will prove too little to limit mass mortality, or so extreme that they set off economic catastrophe. But what is absolutely clear […]

    Beat the COVID-19 Blues With These Wildlife and Nature Livecams

    Beat the COVID-19 Blues With These Wildlife and Nature Livecams

    By John R. Platt With the coronavirus continuing to spread and self-isolation becoming the norm, it feels more important than ever to embrace the power and beauty of nature. Sure, we can’t travel as much these days, but the modern world can still bring the natural world to us. We’ve picked some great webcams around […]

    Greta Thunberg Calls for Digital Strikes Amid Coronavirus Fears

    Greta Thunberg Calls for Digital Strikes Amid Coronavirus Fears

    Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday said that campaigners must avoid mass rallies amid the escalation of coronavirus cases around the world. Instead, “digital strikes” would be the way forward during the crisis, she said on Twitter. “We young people are the least affected by this virus but it’s essential that we act in […]

    As CDC Says ‘Do Not Go to Work,’ Trump Says Thousands With Coronavirus Could Go to Work and Get Better

    As CDC Says ‘Do Not Go to Work,’ Trump Says Thousands With Coronavirus Could Go to Work and Get Better

    By Jake Johnson Running roughshod over the advice of trained medical professionals and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, President Donald Trump Wednesday night suggested to millions of Fox News viewers that people infected with coronavirus could still go to work and recover, comments that were immediately condemned as irresponsible and dangerous. “A lot […]

    Why Hand-Washing Really Is as Important as Doctors Say

    Why Hand-Washing Really Is as Important as Doctors Say

    By Michelle Sconce Massaquoi As the threat from the coronavirus grows, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health officials are stressing the importance of hand-washing. Prevention becomes essential to stopping the spread of the virus because there is no vaccine to prevent it and no anti-virals to treat it. How can […]

    As Coronavirus Infections Rise, CDC Is Criticized

    As Coronavirus Infections Rise, CDC Is Criticized

    The World Health Organization has now declared that the fatality rate of the COVID-19 coronavirus is higher than the flu. After several missteps and the deaths of nine Americans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now saying that it will lift restrictions on testing and will fast-track people who fear they may […]