We need much larger scale lockdowns in India. Things are getting worse everyday. What are we waiting for? It is a national medical emergency. At this point lives are so much more important than livelihoods. Provide assistance to the poor, but please lockdown and vaccinate. — Bhramar Mukherjee (@BhramarBioStat) April […]
Year: 2021
That was all a set-up, however, for the president’s pitch for more – more spending and more action from Congress. He proposed a trillion-dollar package of universal pre-kindergarten, two years of free college education, family leave and childcare funding. He called for legislation on gun control, immigration, criminal justice reform […]
Turkey was seen as a success story early in the pandemic but now has the highest infection rate in Europe. Source link
Many Afghan refugees who spent years stranded in Indonesia awaiting resettlement have lost hope. Source link
The Awa, who have been called “the most threatened tribe on earth”, face fresh challenges in Brazil. Source link
India’s deadly Covid-19 second wave has devastated big cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow and Pune. Hospitals and crematoriums have run out of space, and funerals are taking place in car parks. But the pandemic has now firmly gripped many smaller cities, towns and villages where the devastation is largely under-reported. […]
A Sikh temple, or Gurdwara, is providing drive-through oxygen supplies to Covid patients in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. More than 1,000 people have used the service so far, as the country’s hospitals become increasingly overwhelmed with the number of rising cases. Families say they bring their loved ones […]
For years Zac suffered from a debilitating condition caused by playing the sport he loved Warning: This article includes references to upsetting themes, including suicide. Zac Easter was always the toughest tackler for his team, just like his NFL heroes. He was the linebacker who used his head as a […]
Mr LaPierre meanwhile has been repeatedly criticised for his response to US mass shootings. After the 2018 shooting at Florida’s Stoneman Douglas High School he gave a speech blaming families, mental health systems, the FBI, the mainstream media and European socialists for the attack. Source link
Sixteen people have been wounded and police have arrested a male suspect, state media report. Source link