Lauren Weber and Laura Ungar and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press and Hannah Recht and Anna Maria Barry-Jester The US public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources to confront the worst health crisis in a century. Marshaled against a virus that has sickened at least 2.6 million in the… Continue reading Hollowed-Out US Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus
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COVID brings Unprecedented Global Education Emergency
Almost 10 Million Children May Never Return to School Following COVID-19 Lockdown Deep budget cuts to education and rising poverty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could force at least 9.7 million children out of school forever by the end of this year, with millions more falling behind in learning, Save the Children warns in a… Continue reading COVID brings Unprecedented Global Education Emergency