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Neoliberal Austerity and Private Health Care Has Worsened US Pandemic
Gasping for air, gasping for care. What does global health justice look like?
Limiting US COVID-19 Deaths to 100,000 Is Trump’s Idea of Doing a “Good Job”
Trump repeatedly downplayed the threat of a pandemic over the last month.
Insurance Companies Could Hike Premiums by 40 Percent Amid Pandemic
The U.S. health care system is ill-equipped to provide necessary care for all.
Why COVID-19 Could Trigger a Surprise Billing Crisis
Third-party companies that bill for out-of-network care stand to profit from the pandemic, at the expense of the ill.
Governments Say “Stay at Home,” But Thousands Don’t Have a Home
Homelessness was at crisis levels in the U.S. COVID-19 has put this already vulnerable population even more at risk.
Pregnant? Here’s What to Expect While Giving Birth Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The experience you expected is likely to be very different from the one you'll actually get.
If We Run Out of Masks, We’re Going to Run Out of Nurses, Says Emergency Doctor
Doctors are facing a desperate lack of supplies, and tests continue to lag.
Florida Receives Emergency Medical Supplies Even as Other States Struggle
A chaotic distribution plan is buckling under a big problem: Nobody has enough.
As Coronavirus Cases Spike Worldwide, We Need Global Cooperation to Halt Spread
The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has topped 10,000, with over 250,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Senators Cash In on COVID-19 as a Plundered Nation Reels
The pursuit of profit and growth is the ethos of the virus that has attacked us.