November 20, 2020
(The Guardian) – Doctors euthanising a patient with severe dementia may slip a sedative into their food or drink if there are concerns they will become “disturbed, agitated or aggressive”, under a change to the codes of practice in the … Read More
November 20, 2020
(ABC News) – Pfizer and partner BioNTech announced they will submit a request on Friday to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The submission, which is based on a vaccine efficacy … Read More
November 19, 2020
(Newsweek) – Europe recorded over three times as many COVID-19 deaths on Thursday than the U.S., as coronavirus cases continued to surge globally. Last week, Europe recorded over 29,000 new deaths, said Hans Henri P. Kluge, the World Health Organization’s … Read More
November 19, 2020
(Associated Press) – Ethiopia could hardly bear another emergency, even before a deadly conflict exploded in its northern Tigray region this month. Now, tens of thousands of refugees are fleeing into Sudan, and food and fuel are running desperately low … Read More
November 18, 2020
(The Atlantic) – Denmark is not on its surface particularly hostile to disability. People with Down syndrome are entitled to health care, education, even money for the special shoes that fit their wider, more flexible feet. If you ask Danes … Read More
November 18, 2020
(Nature) – In September 2019, four researchers wrote to the publisher Wiley to “respectfully ask” that it immediately retract a scientific paper. The study, published in 2018, had trained algorithms to distinguish faces of Uyghur people, a predominantly Muslim minority … Read More
November 17, 2020
(STAT News) – With a mask mandate in place since spring, free drive-through testing, hospitals well-stocked with PPE, and a small army of public health officers fully supported by their chief, the Cherokee Nation has been able to curtail its … Read More
November 17, 2020
(BBC) – Vulnerable women are being preyed on in Nairobi to feed a thriving black market for babies. Over the course of a year-long investigation, Africa Eye has found evidence of children being snatched from homeless mothers and sold for … Read More
November 16, 2020
(Vox) – The epic global effort to develop a Covid-19 vaccine has been unmatched in its scale, speed, and scientific advances. And recent announcements about the high efficacy of two leading vaccine candidates — one from Moderna and one developed … Read More
November 13, 2020
(Wired) – That’s an ember of hope, but it’s sitting under a bucket of cold water, ready to pour. The Pfizer vaccine is finicky—hard to make, transport, and deliver. Because of desperate need, it’s in short supply even before it … Read More
