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Push to bring coronavirus vaccines to the poor faces trouble

Thu, 2020-10-01 14:33 — mike kraft

Push to bring coronavirus vaccines to the poor faces trouble LONDON (AP) — An ambitious humanitarian project to deliver coronavirus vaccines to the world's poorest people is facing potential shortages of money, cargo planes, refrigeration and vaccines... AP NEWS

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Are people to be left to die?' Vaccine pleas fill UN summit

Thu, 2020-09-24 12:53 — mike kraft

'Are people to be left to die?' Vaccine pleas fill UN summit JOHANNESBURG (AP) — If the United Nations was created from the ashes of World War II, what will be born from the global crisis of COVID-19? Many world leaders at this week’s virtual U.N.... AP NEWS

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Pandemic makes tackling global woes more critical than ever: Bill Gates

Tue, 2020-09-15 09:57 — mike kraft

Pandemic makes tackling global woes more critical than ever: Bill Gates The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out progress on lofty goals such as ending world poverty and hunger in the next decade, but the economic damage of COVID-19 shows how badly such global development is needed, philanthropist Bill Gates said. Ellen Wulfhorst U.S.

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The Other Way Covid Will Kill: Hunger

Fri, 2020-09-11 09:04 — mike kraft

...As the global economy absorbs the most punishing reversal of fortunes since the Great Depression, hunger is on the rise. Those confronting potentially life-threatening levels of so-called food insecurity in the developing world are expected to nearly double this year to 265 million, according to the United Nations World Food Program.

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Study says poor diets are a national security threat

Sat, 2020-07-25 14:01 — mike kraft

Poor diets in the US are a national security threat Poor nutrition is the leading cause of US illnesses, creating a growing burden on the nation's economy, exacerbating health disparities and impacting national security, according to a white paper in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Gisela Crespo, CNN CNN

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One Million K-12 Students Are Homeless in America!

Mon, 2013-11-11 17:10 — debbiefook

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One Million K-12 Students Are Homeless

(Image: Student silhouette via Shutterstock)Homelessness is defined as not having a regular permanent residence. This doesn’t necessarily mean living in the streets or in their vehicles – though many do. A large portion of homeless split their times between hotels, homeless shelters or crowding in with friends and families. For many students, when they go to school each morning, they may have no idea where they will be sleeping that night.

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