covid-19 Archives – The Real News Network

President Joe Biden gives remarks on the status of COVID-19 in the United States from the South Court Auditorium at the White House campus on Oct. 25, 2022, in Washington, DC.

The Chris Hedges Report

No, COVID-19 isn’t ‘over’—but millions of Americans’ Medicaid coverage is about to be

by Chris Hedges April 7, 2023April 7, 2023

When the national emergency for COVID-19 ends on May 11, between 5 to 14 million Americans will lose Medicaid coverage.

A doctor explains how to take medicine to villagers in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Guizhou province on Jan. 4, 2023.

Politics and Movements: International

A look back on three years of China’s anti-COVID-19 fight

by Tings Chak January 10, 2023January 10, 2023

Illustration of three prisoners walking on the grounds of an abandoned prison in winter (digital art style, illustration painting).

Prisons and Policing

The holidays are the most painful time of year to be behind bars

by Eddie Conway and Maximillian Alvarez December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

Stock photo of the flu virus.

Economy and Inequality

Like COVID, a crisis of drug-resistant bacterial infections is hurting the poor and marginalized most

by David Kattenburg June 9, 2022June 9, 2022

Illustration of three people looking at their cellphones for COVID-19 data.

Economy and Inequality

How Big Tech used COVID to pull off one of the biggest grifts in history

by Maximillian Alvarez April 25, 2022March 20, 2024

Economy and Inequality

‘The phrase ‘back to normal’ drives me crazy’: COVID widows and survivors are still struggling

by Michael Sainato April 13, 2022March 20, 2024

Politics and Movements: International

Partnering with Big Tech didn’t help governments fight COVID. But it did waste a lot of money.

by Kevin Klyman March 17, 2022March 21, 2024

A woman fills her car at a gas station in Annapolis, Maryland

Maryland’s huge surplus two years into the pandemic is bad, actually

by Brandon Soderberg March 16, 2022March 21, 2024

A protester with a sign reading "Hold the line" walks in front of parked trucks and other protesters with signs

Politics and Movements: International

Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ reveals the far right’s strategy—and the left’s vital task—today

by Marc Steiner February 22, 2022March 21, 2024

Researcher Emile Hendricks works in Afrigen's analytical laboratory

Economy and Inequality

Documents expose pharma effort to kill Africa’s COVID vaccine project

by Jake Johnson February 10, 2022March 21, 2024

People Before Profit protesters against intellectual property restrictions on COVID-19 vaccine patents rally outside of Moderna's Cambridge headquarters

Economy and Inequality

How to fight back when private companies control everything

by Molly Shah February 9, 2022March 21, 2024

SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin workers with signs

Economy and Inequality

‘We’re at a crisis level’: Nurses take on union-busting bosses over short staffing

by Michael Sainato February 2, 2022March 21, 2024