Marcos E. García-Ojeda, a professor of molecular and cell biology, answers five questions about viruses.
Category: COVID-19
COVID-19: China Banning Trade in Wildlife in Wake of Virus
The pandemic offers an opportunity to implement solutions that will ultimately benefit humans and the planet, says George Wittemyer.
COVID-19: What the Virus Might Do to the American Empire
In the new diplomatic landscape, which can as yet only be dimly seen, old verities going back to 1945 will be rediscovered, writes Tony Kevin.
COVID-19: Rethinking Our National Approach
COVID-19: DOJ Seeks to Exploit Emergency to Detain People Indefinitely
Trump’s Department of Justice is asking Congress to allow the attorney general to indefinitely detain people without trial in violation of the constitutional right of habeas corpus, writes Marjorie Cohn.
COVID-19: How Germany is Managing its Outbreak & Reacting with Disdain to Trump’s Policies
A “short time” system, which proved highly successful during the Great Recession of 2008-2012, is being used to prevent a wave of unemployment, Klaus W. Larres reports.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Doctors Warning on Assange in a Covid-19 Breeding Ground
COVID-19: Greatest Test for the World Since 1945, says UN Chief
COVID-19: War on the Working Class
Money moguls and their servants are willing to add workers to the growing list of victims of a killer virus for the sake of their stock portfolios, writes Greg Godels.
COVID-19: World Suffering Less from Coronavirus Crisis & More from an America Crisis
In the U.S., the abandonment of the poor and downtrodden to their fate has forged not a society worth living in, but a growing dystopia to be escaped, writes John Wight.