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Why Prisoners Are More Likely to Die of COVID-19

Compared with the general population, inmates experience an almost sixfold greater risk of contracting COVID-19 as well as a threefold higher risk of dying of the severe respiratory condition, suggest new findings published in the journal JAMA by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For the recent study, scientists counted the number… Read More »

Britain records 17 more coronavirus deaths in preliminary toll

Department of Health WITHDRAWS official UK Coronavirus daily death toll of 114 after it emerges nobody in England is ever counted as cured Department of Health figures show 82 Britons are now succumbing to the life-threatening infection each day The seven-day average was 74 last Friday. More than 1,000 people died each day during the peak… Read More »

Pfizer, Novartis and more halt July ads on Facebook to protest hate and racism

Pharma companies including Pfizer, Novartis and AbbVie have paused advertising on Facebook for July. Their brands join others in the Stop Hate for Profit campaign, meant to pressure Facebook into taking action against hate and disinformation spread on its platform. Pfizer is the largest of the pharma companies participating and one of three overall top 25… Read More »

More flout NT virus rules, hundreds fined

Seven more people have been hit with fines after breaching COVID-19 quarantine rules in the Northern Territory in actions police say are “utterly unacceptable”. Those hit with $ 1106 fines include a 47-year-old man who arrived from Victoria on Monday and dined out the following day, in breach of restrictions placed on his movements. Details… Read More »