health – Page 39 – People's World

Peru’s corporate-controlled health system crumbling under stress of COVID-19

July 31, 2020 By Yanis Iqbal

The health sector in today’s Peru is teetering on the edge of an abyss.

GOP sneaks $8 billion for military weapons into coronavirus relief bill

July 31, 2020 By Andrew Taylor

Apache helicopters and fighter bombers, in the minds of Republicans, are the way to fight the coronavirus.

30 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act—moving beyond accommodation

July 30, 2020 By Jill Richardson

We need a system where people with disabilities are universally included by design—not “accommodation.”

COVID-19’s other victims: Virus-linked hunger killing 10,000 children a month

July 28, 2020 By Lori Hinnant And Sam Mednick

All around the world, the coronavirus and its restrictions are pushing already hungry communities over the edge, cutting off meager farms from markets, and isolating villages from food and medical aid.

150,000 dead of coronavirus in U.S.: What monument will they have?

July 28, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon

We have a collective grief to deal with in our land, yet from our highest tribunes all we hear is, “This will be over sooner than you know it, get back to work."