New regulations in China are delaying its shipments of medical supplies around the world. And some American officials worry accepting donated gear helps China’s propaganda efforts.
Tag: Medicine and Health
Millions of Children Are at Risk for Measles as Coronavirus Fears Halt Vaccines
U.N. and global health experts warned that poor countries around the world were having to stop mass immunization programs to reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19.
Putin’s Long War Against American Science
A decade of health disinformation promoted by President Vladimir Putin of Russia has sown wide confusion, hurt major institutions and encouraged the spread of deadly illnesses.
Israel’s Not-So-Secret Weapon in Coronavirus Fight: The Spies of Mossad
The Israeli intelligence agency has played an outsize role in acquiring the medical gear, and knowledge, needed in the pandemic.
Childbirth in Venezuela, Where Women’s Deaths Are a State Secret
We spent weeks following women inside the country’s health care system, which has been crippled by a broken economy overseen by an increasingly authoritarian government.
In Scramble for Coronavirus Supplies, Rich Countries Push Poor Aside
Developing nations in Latin America and Africa cannot find enough materials and equipment to test for coronavirus, partly because the United States and Europe are outspending them.
How Doctors Are Treating Covid-19 Patients
We want to hear from the doctors, nurses and health care workers risking their lives to save us from the coronavirus pandemic. What makes you do what you do?
Finland and Coronavirus: ‘Prepper Nation of the Nordics’ Isn’t Worried About Masks
Unlike their neighbors, the Finns never stopped stockpiling after the Cold War. Now Finland sits on an enviable supply of medical and survival gear in the Covid-19 era.
Finland, ‘Prepper Nation of the Nordics,’ Isn’t Worried About Masks
Unlike their neighbors, the Finns never stopped stockpiling after the Cold War. Now Finland sits on an enviable supply of medical and survival gear in the Covid-19 era.
Coronavirus Models Offer the Big Picture, Not the Details of What May Come
Ontario and British Columbia have both released their projections about what the pandemic will bring. But, like a weather forecast, they are ever-shifting predictions.