Daily Archives: 11/26/2020


Stigma, Discrimination Seen Driving HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 

The U.N. Program on HIV and AIDS warns that stigma and discrimination against marginalized populations are driving both the AIDS crisis and COVID-19 and must be tackled and eliminated to end what officials call the dual, colliding pandemics. In a report …


Africa Braces for Second Coronavirus Wave  

As a second wave of coronavirus approaches, Africa has a plan, says the continent’s top health official.     In recent weeks, the continent has started to distribute 2.7 million rapid antigen tests. By mid-2021, health officials hope to vaccinate 60 percent …


Thousands Lining Up to Bid Maradona Farewell at Casa Rosada

Impatient fans were confronting police as thousands lined up to say goodbye to Diego Maradona on Thursday at the Argentine presidential mansion staging the funeral of one of football’s greatest stars.   Fans threw bottles and metal fences at police …


Pandemic Postpones National Math, Reading Tests Until 2022

National reading and math tests long used to track what U.S. students know in those subjects are being postponed from next year to 2022 over concerns about whether testing would be feasible or produce valid results during the coronavirus pandemic, …