U.N. Security Council Defeats Russian Resolution On Women, Peace And Security November 2, 2020 News Summary AP: U.N. defeats Russia resolution promoting women at peace tables “The U.N. Security Council defeated a Russian resolution Friday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of a U.N. measure demanding equal participation for women in activities promoting global peace, with opponents objecting to its failure to adequately address human rights and…
Protests Over Abortion Law In Poland Continue November 2, 2020 News Summary Washington Post: Women’s rights groups, Polish nationalists face off as churches become flash points in protests over abortion law “Tens of thousands of demonstrators converged Friday on central Warsaw as a near-total ban on abortion triggered some of the largest street protests since the fall of communism, drawing ire from…
Letter To Editor Discusses Trump Administration’s Impact On Global Reproductive Health, Rights November 2, 2020 News Summary Washington Post: Letters to the Editor: Trump’s assault on reproductive rights has hurt millions around the world Brian Dixon, senior vice president for media and government relations at the Population Connection Action Fund “It’s disgraceful and embarrassing that President Trump signed the Geneva Consensus Declaration, aligning with some of the…
Editorials, Opinion Pieces Address Various Aspects Of COVID-19, Including Need To Control Current Pandemic, Plan For Future Pandemics; Impact On Right To Housing; Vaccine Hesitancy, Safety November 2, 2020 News Summary Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Opinion: Risks and reality around COVID-19 Dan Rutz, retired CDC health communication strategist (10/31). Bloomberg: The Coronavirus Pandemic Can Still Be Controlled Editorial Board (10/30). CNN: Why Trump doesn’t care about controlling Covid Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (11/2). The Conversation: COVID-19: A…
WHO Extends COVID-19 PHEIC Declaration, Expresses Concern Over Some Patients’ Long-Term Symptoms, Launches Investigation Into Virus’s Origin; Tedros Self-Quarantines After Exposure To Infected Person November 2, 2020 News Summary ABC News: WHO director goes into self-quarantine after contact with person exposed to COVID-19 “The director of the World Health Organization tweeted Sunday he will go into self-quarantine after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he is well and not showing…
News Outlets Discuss Efforts To Develop, Manufacture Vaccines, Therapeutics For Novel Coronavirus November 2, 2020 News Summary AFP/France 24: Israel begins coronavirus vaccine trials (11/1). Bloomberg: U.K. Accelerates Reviews of Pfizer and Astra-Oxford Vaccines (Ring, 10/30). Financial Times: U.K. plans to use AI to process adverse reactions to Covid vaccines (Gross, 11/1). The Guardian: ‘It’s possible’: the race to approve a Covid vaccine by Christmas (Boseley, 10/20).…
Trump Threatens To Fire Fauci After Election; Media Outlets Examine Administration’s Actions On Hospital Data, COVID-19 Testing, Sidelining Scientists, Hydroxychloroquine November 2, 2020 News Summary AP/Washington Post: Trump threatens to fire Fauci in rift with disease expert “President Donald Trump is suggesting that he will fire Dr. Anthony Fauci after Tuesday’s election, as his rift with the nation’s top infectious disease expert widens while the nation sees its most alarming outbreak of the coronavirus since…
U.S. Presidential Election Outcome To Impact America’s Role As Global Leader, Domestic Public Health, Science Policies, Media Outlets Say November 2, 2020 News Summary Bloomberg: The Future of U.S. Public Health Is on the Ballot “When Americans finish voting on Tuesday, they will have chosen between two radically different options for public health. The rights and responsibilities of states and the federal government have preoccupied liberals and conservatives for decades. During the pandemic, President…
Poland’s Constitutional Court Ruling On Abortion Represents Violation Of Women’s Human Rights, Head Of Family Planning Federation Writes In Opinion Piece November 2, 2020 News Summary TIME: Poland’s Constitutional Court Has Effectively Banned Abortion, But We Will Not Stop Fighting For Our Fundamental Rights Krystyna Kacpura, executive director of the Federation for Women and Family Planning in Poland “Poland’s anti-abortion laws have always been among the most restrictive in Europe. Until this week the procedure was…
Former U.S. VP Joe Biden Would Reverse Trump Policies On WHO, Climate Change If He Wins Presidential Election; News Outlets Examine Foreign Aid Approach, COVID-19 Plan November 2, 2020 News Summary CNN: How Biden plans to undo Trump’s ‘America First’ foreign policy and return U.S. to world stage “After four years of norm-bending, treaty-disrupting, and alliance-shaking foreign policy from the Trump administration, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is promising to return the U.S. to its more traditional role on the world…