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January 6, 2021

Food aid network calls for 'cash first' approach to hunger

Emergency food parcels cannot address worsening poverty, and their provision could contribute to the spread of COVID-19, says the Independent Food Aid Network.
November 24, 2020

Councils face shortage of Covid-safe accommodation for rough sleepers

Some councils face a choice between leaving people sleeping rough or bringing them into accommodation such as night shelters which risks spreading the virus and should only be used as a last resort.
November 23, 2020

Education union calls for action on COVID-19 transmission in schools

Secondary and primary schools were the second and third most commonly reported location by people testing positive for coronavirus.
November 4, 2020

National Care Forum urges government to enable visits to care homes

Locking down care homes in March was an emergency response to a virus about which little was known, but more is now understood about the risks of transmission and measures are in place to keep people safe, says the National Care Forum.
October 1, 2020

Teaching union launches School Covid Map website for England

Union's new website presents up-to-date information about the COVID-19 rate in the locality of every school in England.
July 26, 2020

COVID-19 exposes danger of dilapidated mental health wards in England

Trusts are struggling to complete very high-risk repairs where there is a danger of catastrophic failure of care or serious injury, says a new report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
June 4, 2020

Brazilian Yanomami launch global campaign as goldminers and COVID-19 endanger entire tribe

Survival International says that the Yanomami's survival as a people depends on the miners being removed.
May 25, 2020

ILO issues guidance for safe, healthy return to work during COVID-19

Return to work policies should be informed by a human-centred approach that puts rights and international labour standards at the heart of economic, social and environmental strategies, says the International Labour Organisation.
October 7, 2019

One thousand people have survived Ebola in Democratic Republic of the Congo, says UN

New treatments can save over 90 per cent of people who seek medical help in the early stages of the illness.
July 3, 2019

Gilead 'fails to keep promise on access to lifesaving drug for people living with HIV'

Pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences has failed to deliver on promises to make an important drug available to people suffering from a life-threatening HIV-related infection, said Médecins Sans Frontières.