“We are particularly troubled that Mr. Kushner’s work may even involve ‘directing FEMA and HHS officials to prioritize specific requests from people who are able to get Kushner on the phone.’” White House Senior Advisor ...
Google’s move is merely the latest in a long line linking big tech companies ever more closely with the government and the security state. (By: Alan MacLeod, Mintpress News) In the fight against COVID–19 (coronavirus), ...
In the early weeks when the virus emerged in Wuhan, the Chinese government neither suppressed evidence nor did their warning systems fail. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Dr. Tedros ...
An alarming 75 percent of new or emerging diseases start in animals. As the number of COVID-19 cases in the United States grow and the government scrambles to address the virus’s spread, it’s important to ...
Violent attacks against Asians in the United States has spiked as a consequence of the stigma driven by the Trump administration. On March 25, the foreign ministers of the G7 states failed to release a ...
The U.S, Italy, and Indonesia have the highest mortality rates from COVID-19, according to Hong Kong-based venture capital firm Deep Knowledge Venture. Hong Kong-based venture capital firm Deep Knowledge Venture (DKV) released the latest ...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Saudi Arabia has engaged in a number of questionable practices that have Yemenis fearing the Kingdom may be intentionally trying to spread the virus. (By: Ahmed Abdulkareem, Mintpress News) The ...
“There is a massive shortage of respirators and ventilators, which are the only systems keeping patients with severe cases of COVID-19 alive.” Healthcare professionals are on the front lines of the fight against Coronavirus and ...
In an exclusive for MintPress, constitutional attorney John Whitehead warns that the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to bring the American Police State out into the open on a scale we’ve not seen before. (By: John Whitehead, ...
“For the wealthiest hospital corporation in the United States to show such disregard for the health and safety of its caregivers, is disgraceful and unconscionable.” (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) Nurses at 15 hospitals across ...
“I think they are surveilling not only those they know are dissidents, but those they fear may deviate from the Saudi leadership. They are particularly worried about what Saudi nationals will do when they are ...
The Food & Drug Administration has authorized the use of two drugs championed by President Donald Trump as a means to fight coronavirus. Emergency Authorization Given On Sunday night the FDA issued an emergency authorization ...
“We need your leadership in supporting science-based recommendations on social distancing that can slow the virus.” (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) A council representing more than 800,000 doctors across the U.S. signed a letter Friday ...
Scientists and pharmaceutical companies are racing to produce the most effective medicines and vaccines to fight the pandemic. As the New Coronavirus (COVID-9) continues to infect and kill more people worldwide, scientists and pharmaceutical companies ...
“There’s no doubt that the prospect of an enormous public backlash is what made the difference.” (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) Government watchdog Public Citizen celebrated Wednesday afternoon as pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences backed off ...
“It is the weapons companies, private prisons, and asset management firms like BlackRock that stand to gain a profit from war and migration.” With little government support and corporate accountability, humanitarian aid workers are scrambling ...
The conditions of this virus have communities rehashing togetherness, and relearning what remains when our money-based lifestyles slow down. In the midst of an international viral outbreak that has people worldwide physically distancing out of ...
“A consequence of the failure of the austerity politics is that ideas that had been unthinkable just a few months ago—such as nationalization of hospitals and provision of substantial income support to unemployed workers—is on ...
As the COVID-19 epidemic closes public schools, standards, testing, and charters grow increasingly irrelevant. “The COVID-19 crisis reveals the true intentions of people,” Kathleen Oropeza told me during a phone call. Oropeza is a public ...
On March 16, 2020, the chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva wrote a blog post on the Fund’s website; it represents the kind of generosity necessary in the midst of a global pandemic. “The ...
Workers at the New York fulfillment center denounced the company for reopening the facility just one day after the positive case was reported. (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) Two days after 1,500 Amazon workers around ...
The coronavirus is being used to expand mass surveillance. Across the world, governments are turning to extreme measures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from closing borders to putting entire countries on ...
“There were people whose lives were in danger, and we acted. Period.” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) After two Italian volunteers used a 3-D printer to manufacture a desperately needed ventilator component for those stricken ...
Former Vice President Joe Biden swept Super Tuesday III and in doing so has likely ended the Democratic presidential primary. Biden won Florida, Illinois and Arizona on Tuesday and has become the undisputed front runner ...
“The healthcare industry will fight any threat to its profits with force and gobs of cash, even in the midst of a global pandemic. They cannot be bargained with. And they must be defeated.” (By: ...
Google’s description of its Coronavirus efforts falls short of the president’s claims. Verily, a Google sister company under the Alphabet Inc. umbrella, is trying to assist Americans who might be infected with the Covid-19 coronavirus. ...
For many thousands of students across New York City and the United States, school is the only place they receive regular meals, shelter, medical care, and other vital services. (By: Alan Macleod, Mintpress News) As ...
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has quarantined himself due to fears that he could have contracted coronavirus from an individual at a conference he attended. Ted Cruz Quarantined The senator issued a statement on Sunday ...
As Naomi Klein laid out in her bestseller “Shock Doctrine,” the wealthy elite use the confusion caused by economic and other disasters to quickly force through pro-free-market legislation. (By: Alan Macleod, Mintpress News) As coronavirus ...
“We the People have driven coronavirus research and development—not pharma corporations.” (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) More than 70 organizations on Thursday demanded that the Trump administration forbid monopolies or price-gouging on all vaccines and ...
Warning from frontline health providers comes as Trump accuses those criticizing his handling of the crisis as perpetrating a “new hoax” against him. (By: John Queally, Common Dreams) While stipulating that a University of California ...
“Doubters may claim that our nation can’t afford Medicare for All, but it’s increasingly likely that we are about to discover just how costly our current system really is.” (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) The ...
From climate change to healthcare to agricultural science, Trump and his allies have made it clear that they are more than willing to ignore scientific evidence and advice in order to justify cutting funding for ...
If approved, the proposal would require the tech giant to make more detailed disclosures and human rights commitments. Proposed resolution set forth by Sum of Us Two major Apple shareholder groups support a measure requiring ...
As is the case with most natural disasters, the Coronavirus has triggered price gouging on basic items like hand sanitizer and face masks. (By: Alan Macleod, Mintpress News) The coronavirus has hit Italy. As of ...
“From the opioid crisis to psilocybin’s potential w/ PTSD, it’s well past time we take drug use out of criminal consideration + into medical consideration.” The United States Food and Drug Administration approved further research ...
NASA has added three new technologies to its Technology Transfer Program to enable businesses to capitalize on the agency’s research. When people think of NASA, they commonly conjure up images of the space shuttle, the ...
The World Health Organization called on the global community to rely on “science and facts, not stigma and discrimination” in the face of the disease outbreak. World health officials warned Monday that the coronavirus that ...
“One has to wonder how long China would have kept up their false narratives if not for whistle-blowing medical professionals and personal accounts of citizens on the ground in Wuhan.” Americans are often quick to ...
New York City taxpayers are on the hook for a multi-million dollar cyber center in the heart of Manhattan with deep ties to Israel’s high-tech intelligence apparatus. (By: Whitney Webb, Mintpress News) Early last week, ...
“I don’t want to think about it.” A Kansas resident is facing 25 years in prison for growing a single marijuana plant. Larry Burgess, a cancer survivor, turned to marijuana when prescription drugs failed to ...
There have been some interesting and unexpected developments in how the U.S. is planning to make 5G wireless technology a reality this week. U.S. AG Advocates for Government Buying Tech Companies Last Friday, U.S. Attorney ...
“Ginger tea, yoga, etc are symptomatic treatment methods – they’re good in helping boost your immunity. But it’s not a proper cure. A proven cure for Coronavirus has not been found yet.” The New Coronavirus ...
SARS, Ebola, Avian Influenza, Dengue Fever, and Rabies are some of the world’s most deadly viruses. The New Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was allegedly first identified in a seafood market that also sells other animals such as ...
“While it may seem like a minor issue of Trump simply insisting he is right and bending public agencies to his will to affirm it, critics argue that inaccurate NWS and NOAA information can endanger ...
“I think in general, we do know that poor mental health is strongly correlated with poverty.” Increasing the minimum wage can lead to a reduction in the suicide rate, according to a new study by ...
In the past decade, new technologies have transformed the way that people learn. The world of education changed in the past decade. New technologies transformed the way that people learn, standards for what is taught ...
Patients often tell us that they consume cannabis as alternative and natural methods to pharmaceuticals – specifically pertaining to sleep assistance, pain relief and anxiety control. Currently, the medical use of cannabis is legalized in ...
A sweeping new study of proposed single-payer healthcare plans over the last 30 years suggested a high probability of both short and long-term cost savings. A new study published January 15 by the journal PLOS ...
Within hours of a video file being sent by WhatsApp to Bezos “a massive and unauthorized exfiltration of data from Bezos’s phone began, continuing and escalating for months.” Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) ...
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