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COVID-19: Migrant farmworkers ‘essential’ but unsafe in U.S.

Posted April 22, 202000:17:16

Migrant farmworkers are deemed 'essential' in the U.S. to keep the economy going - and food on the table. But conditions at farms create great risk...

COVID-19: How domestic violence has surged during lockdown

Posted April 17, 202000:17:29

As COVID-19 lockdowns continue, there are some for whom “sheltering in place” presents an immediate danger all its own... Those are the victims...

COVID-19: Why are black Americans dying disproportionately?

Posted April 10, 202000:17:52

As COVID-19 spreads in the U.S., the death rate among African Americans is twice that of white citizens. What are the factors for this disparity? Are...

COVID-19: A recovering patient shares his ordeal

Posted April 7, 202000:16:48

Andrew Smith is a journalism professor who contracted COVID-19 during a class trip to the UK. After returning home to Kansas, he soon found himself...

COVID-19: Why U.S. nurses fear for their lives

Posted April 3, 202000:17:25

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the U.S., shortages of basic safety supplies, such as masks and gowns, endangers the lives of nurses and other...