Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/08/31/pandemic-profit-driven-healthcare-system-blamed-historic-decline-us-life-expectancy On average, Americans are expected to live nearly three fewer years than they were in 2019. JULIA CONLEY August 31, 2022 In what experts said is an indictment of the U.S. healthcare system and persistent economic and racial … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): We’ve been told by health experts that we should expect another surge of COVID cases this fall and winter. But will our government be ready to respond? Already, the Biden administration is running … Continued
From the Citizens Trade Campaign (http://www.citizenstrade.org): The Omicron variant is proving what public health experts have been warning since the start of the COVID pandemic: that no one is safe until everyone is safe. Americans and the world will remain … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/09/calling-covid-19-crisis-humanitys-own-making-coalition-says-healing-broken Published on Tuesday, March 09, 2021 by Common Dreams Unless preventative action is taken, there is “a high risk that we will make the same mistake again.” By Andrea Germanos, staff writer Baby borneo orangutan seen playing … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/30/brutal-pandemic-reality-check-top-cdc-official-gives-grim-assessment-coronavirus Published on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 by Common Dreams CDC principal deputy director Dr. Anne Schuchat said we’re “not even beginning to be over this.” By Andrea Germanos, staff writer Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/19/pandemic-accelerating-says-who-chief-warning-new-and-dangerous-phase-coronavirus Published on Friday, June 19, 2020 by Common Dreams “More than 150,000 new cases of Covid-19 were reported to WHO yesterday—the most in a single day so far.” By Andrea Germanos, staff writer World Health Organization (WHO) … Continued
Thanks to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting representative to the Council’s Board of Directors, Carter Nash, for sharing. Northside Friends Meeting is a Quaker Meeting located in the Uptown Neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and Illinois quarantine we have … Continued
From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org): The COVID-19 pandemic has already cost hundreds of thousands of lives and could push billions of people into hunger and poverty in the US and across the globe. Safe and effective treatments and vaccines offer a … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): It is urgent that Congress takes at least initial action NOW to protect people as the coronavirus pandemic takes hold. Speaker Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin are working on a bill. We don’t … Continued
From Family Values @Work (https://familyvaluesatwork.org/): Leadership in Congress has put together a robust package of supports to help the nation deal with the COVID-19 outbreak. We are proud that the issue of paid time to care – both paid sick … Continued