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The current pandemic is exposing and exacerbating already existing social inequalities. In this interview, Medical News Today spoke to Tiffany Green, assistant professor in the Departments of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about COVID-19 and race-related health disparities. All data and statistics are based on publicly available data at the time of publication. Some information may be out of date. Visit our coronavirus hub and follow our live updates page for the most recent information on the COVID-19 outbreak. Factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, and income, in combination with discriminatory attitudes, result in some groups of people taking the brunt of the pandemic to a disproportionate degree. Emerging data show ...

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China’s ruling party has cooked up a new recipe for putting the semi-autonomous territory under the thumb of its national security state

Protesters gather against new security laws in Hong Kong, May 24, 2020. Thousands of protesters swarmed some of Hong Kong's busiest neighborhoods on Sunday, singing, chanting and erecting roadblocks of torn-up bricks and debris, as the police repeatedly fired tear gas, pepper spray and a water cannon during the city's largest street mobilization in months. LAM YIK FEI/The New York Times News Service The Communist Party of China just wont quit. Having suffered a setback last year in its attempt to impose an extradition law on Hong Kong, Chinas ruling party has cooked up a new recipe for putting the semi-autonomous territory under the thumb of its national security state. The summer of protests prompted by the extradition legislation, which would have allowed China to arrest pro-democra...

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Du mal à trouver une idée cadeau pour votre Môman ? Nous vous en offrons dix (et même un peu plus).

La Fête des mères aura lieu le 7 juin 2020. Une édition un peu particulière où les restrictions sanitaires liées à la pandémie de coronavirus vous empêcheront peut-être de passer du temps avec la vôtre. Fort heureusement, il vous reste encore quelques jours pour lui commander un cadeau fantastique. Pour vous assister dans cette démarche, notre rédaction a rassemblé 15 idées cadeaux de dernière minute que vous pouvez acheter en ligne. Que votre maman soit mélomane, rat de-bibliothèque, sportive ou particulièrement geek, vous trouverez ici le présent qui lui donnera le sourire jusquaux oreilles. Nous avons également dressé une liste des principales enseignes qui proposent actuellement des promotions pour la Fête des mères. Et savoir faire des économies, votre maman approuvera forcément. La...

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Police used tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters who gathered outside the precinct where Derek Chauvin, the officer who kneeled on Floyd’s neck until he was unresponsive, worked until this week.

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Minneapolis burned on Wednesday night as protesters clashed with police for a second night following the death of George Floyd after a police officer knelt on his neck until he was unresponsive. Buildings were set on fire, stores looted, and at least one man was shot and killed after protests turned violent and continued well into the early hours of Thursday morning. A man was shot to death outside a pawn shop close to the center of the protests. Video footage of the aftermath of the shooting, posted on Twitter and reviewed by VICE News, shows a police officer performing CPR on a body lying on the pavement outside Cadillac Pawn, while other officers attempted to keep crowds back. Theres somebody in there with a rifl...

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Initial estimates showed the economy contracted by 4.8%.

House Democrats pulled legislation Thursday that would have renewed expired domestic surveillance laws and strengthened transparency and privacy protections amid broad opposition from President Trump, House GOP leadership and progressive Democrats. Why it matters: The failure to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) comes as Trump continues to attack the intelligence community, which he claims abused the law to surveil his 2016 campaign and Trump administration officials.

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The two-time MLB All-Star had it all: A career worth millions, the love of an entire country and a marriage to an international music sensation. So how did he end up broke and in federal prison?

Fireworks blasted and fans roared as Esteban Loaiza trotted onto the field along with the rest of the American League All-Stars to begin the biggest night of his life. It was a gorgeous summer evening, July 15, 2003. As he warmed up on the mound, looking resplendent in the home pinstripes of the Chicago White Sox, 47,609 fans stuffing U.S. Cellular Field showered him with adoration. "Esteban Loaiza ... I guarantee you he's never had an ovation that sounded like that," Joe Buck said on a Fox telecast that was being beamed to 200 countries before Loaiza fired a first-pitch strike to St. Louis' Edgar Renteria. One of those countries was Mexico, where Loaiza was born, in Tijuana, on New Year's Eve 1971. He grew up like so many in the area, straddling the border with one foot in Tijuana and t...

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The plastic surgery accusations are getting to her

Skip to main content Friday, May 29, 2020 - 09:41 Khloe Kardashian has clapped back at fans for claiming that she’s undergone facial surgery to change her appearance. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star faced backlash after uploading a heavily-filtered selfie on Instagram. While some fans were loving the end product, others claimed that she's setting unrealistic beauty standards for her young fans. “She really needs to own up to the facetune bs. And once and for all stop doing it,” one person responded, as another said: “Your entire face has changed. You need to stop with the surgeries @khloekardashian.” When a particular fan reacted: “Why do you look so different in all your photos?”, Khloe couldn’t help poking fun at the rumours that she undergoes plastic surgery every few day...

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took his time answering when asked to comment this morning on U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to use military force against protesters in the United States demonstrating over the death of African American George Floyd in pol…

Politics Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share by Email Posted: June 02, 2020 Last Updated: June 02, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question on racism during a news conference outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paused for a long 21 seconds when asked Tuesday to comment on U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to use military force against protesters in the United States demonstrating against the death of African American George Floyd in police custody. After several false starts, Trudeau avoided criticizing the president directly while taking aim at social "injustices." "We all watch in horror and consternation at what is going on in the United States," he said. "It is a time to pu...

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GOP activists in the rural Virginia district are furious that Rep. Denver Riggleman would marry two men. Now they want to take him out.