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FL Counties Impose Mask Mandates Despite Threat From DeSantis to Invalidate Them
More than 350 Floridians have died because of coronavirus in the past seven days.
As Delta Variant Spreads, the “Honor System” for Masking Hasn’t Worked
The CDC has issued new guidelines suggesting that people resume wearing masks indoors as COVID cases rise worldwide.
Chomsky: We Need Genuine International Cooperation to Tackle the Climate Crisis
We need global action to tame the climate crisis or else we will face apocalyptic consequences, says Noam Chomsky.
Biden Faces Growing Pressure to Force Big Pharma to Share Vaccine Recipes
The U.S. government owns the patent for critical spike-protein technology utilized in the development of COVID vaccines.
CDC to Recommend Masks Again, Even for the Vaccinated, in US Hot Spot Areas
The recommendations are set to come about as the number of “breakthrough cases” for vaccinated Americans is on the rise.
COVID’s Taken 3 Million Lives as Rich Nations Blocked Vaccine Patent Waiver
It has become abundantly clear that current vaccine production levels are not sufficient to meet global needs.
Record-Breaking Heat Waves Have Arrived Decades Earlier Than Predicted
The U.S.’s massive economic and racial inequality means heat waves disproportionately impact low-income people of color.
Florida Accounts for 1 in 5 New COVID Cases as DeSantis Sells Anti-Fauci Shirts
Florida physicians have attributed the state's COVID surge to the governor's rush to end public health restrictions.
Sweltering From Heat Waves, Baltimore Needs Climate-Focused Infrastructure
Baltimore's low-income residents are disproportionately impacted by the worsening heat waves.
Lawmakers Call on Congress to Fund Global Distribution of Vaccines
Dozens of members of Congress called for additional funding for vaccine distribution in the reconciliation package.