On Sunday, Anthony FauciAnthony FauciSunday shows preview: Washington prepares for an inauguration and impeachment; coronavirus surges across the US Overnight Health Care: Biden unveils COVID-19 relief plan | Post-holiday surge hits new deadly records | Senate report faults 'broken' system for insulin price hikes Should there be a 'Secretary of Thought'? MORE, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will be interviewed on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” and Rochelle WalenskyRochelle WalenskyOvernight Health Care: Trump admin makes changes to speed vaccinations | CDC to order negative tests for international travelers | More lawmakers test positive after Capitol siege Incoming CDC director vows to tell the truth, restore trust WHO lists Pfizer vaccine as the first for emergency use MORE, Biden's pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is set to appear on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” … [Read more...] about Sunday shows preview: Washington prepares for an inauguration and impeachment; coronavirus surges across the US
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Deceptions in the time of the ‘alternative facts’ president
Intelligence analysts who saw Russian meddling that Trump didn't want to see, disinterested public servants who witnessed and accurately described the pressure campaign on Ukraine that got Trump impeached the first time — these and more were subject to hair-trigger accusations of disloyalty, with consequences. … [Read more...] about Deceptions in the time of the ‘alternative facts’ president
Sunday shows – Capital locked down ahead of Biden’s inauguration
Biden spokesperson: Inauguration at Capitol will demonstrate 'resilience of American democracy' By JOSEPH CHOI President-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenMissouri woman seen with Pelosi sign charged in connection with Capitol riots Facebook temporarily bans ads for weapons accessories following Capitol riots Sasse, in fiery op-ed, says QAnon is destroying GOP MORE's spokesperson said on Sunday that he still plans to hold his inauguration at the U.S. Capitol, saying it will speak to the “resilience of American democracy” just weeks after the unprecedented violence at the complex.“I think that will send an incredibly important visual image to the world about the resilience of American democracy. And so our plan and our expectation is that President-elect Biden will put his hand on the Bible with his family outside on the west side of the Capitol on the 20th,” Kate BedingfieldKate BedingfieldSunday shows preview: Washington prepares for an inauguration and impeachment; … [Read more...] about Sunday shows – Capital locked down ahead of Biden’s inauguration
COVID-19 is a precursor for infectious disease outbreaks on a warming planet
The risk for zoonotic diseases to pass from animals to humans is now higher than ever. Human activity has altered the way in which we interact with nature in multiple ways, much to the detriment of our own wellbeing. Global warming has led to a dangerous loss in biodiversity, resulting in increased transmission and incidence of disease. Animals are changing their habitats as their food and water supplies are threatened by altered climate patterns and processes like urbanization and deforestation, the latter of which have left only 15 percent of the world’s forests intact. With this decrease in habitat, bats and rodents such as rats, which are responsible for 60 percent of the diseases that are transmissible to humans, have flourished over declining large mammal populations. … [Read more...] about COVID-19 is a precursor for infectious disease outbreaks on a warming planet