W.H.O., now Trump’s scapegoat, warned about coronavirus early and often (NYT)
The World Health Organization, always cautious, acted more forcefully and faster than many national governments. But President Trump has decided to...
Scientists tracked COVID-19 mutation and the results are terrifying (Daily Beast)
Researchers discovered three distinct strains of SARS-CoV-2 to analyze, each with its own unique behaviors. That was before countless mutations as...
In Vietnam, there have been fewer than 300 COVID-19 cases and no deaths. Here’s...
Vietnam shares a border with China, yet it has reported no deaths from COVID-19 and just 268 confirmed cases, when other Southeast...
How Bush and Obama ceded the World Health Organization to China, increasing risk of...
The first time a China-backed candidate was named Director General of the World Health Organization, the president of the United States had...
Around the world in 6 quarantine pantries (Atlas Obscura)
How chefs in Bolivia, Malaysia, Italy, Rwanda, Canada, and Thailand are preparing for lockdown.
With many cafes,...
‘As dangerous as it sounds’: Reactions to U.S. plan to defund WHO during a...
President Trump's plan to put a hold on U.S. funding for the World Health Organization during a global pandemic "is as dangerous...
Criticized for pandemic response, Trump tries shifting blame to the W.H.O. (NYT)
The president said he would halt funding for the organization because it caused “so much death” in the way it “pushed...
The U.S. is ‘not a global power’ thanks to Trump’s disastrous coronavirus response as...
The U.S. traditionally sets a model for other countries during global crises and uses its resources to assist them, but that has...
COVID-19 should be a wake-up call for feminists (Jacobin)
The suffering of women during the coronavirus pandemic illuminates where feminists need to push harder. Medicare for All, free higher education...
Now joining the fight against coronavirus: The world’s armed rebels, drug cartels and gangs...
Newly freed Taliban detainees are processed out of Bagram prison, north of Kabul.
In Afghanistan, the Taliban...