US has three months to rebuild medical supplies stockpile, Obama administration scientists warn
Nine top scientists who advised Barack Obama in the White House are warning that the US has just three months to rebuild its national stockpile of emergency medical supplies or risk further drastic shortages of testing kits and protective gear should coronavirus strike again in the fall. The dramati…
Our environment has always affected our mortality, should we add climate change to death certificates?
As temperatures rise we predict increasing morbidity and mortality, particularly in the climate-vulnerable parts of northern Australia. Last summer was bad for our health. We breathed hazardous air, watched our rivers dry up, lived in towns without water, suffered through scorching heat with record-…
As U.S.-China rhetoric grows harsher, new risks emerge with Taiwan drawn into the mix
Rising tensions between the United States and China brought fresh mudslinging Wednesday as a sharp dispute over responsibility for the coronavirus pandemic spills into new forums such as Taiwan. In the span of several hours, the feud swung from Taipei to Beijing to the Internet, where an animated “c…