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Employers are threatening litigation if their policies discriminate or fail to adequately address Covid-19 long-distance drivers after the Biden government said workers with persistent coronavirus symptoms could be protected by the federal…

David M. PerryLast October, a large study from the UK found that people with Down syndrome with SARS-CoV-2 virus were "four times more likely to be hospitalized and ten times more likely to die than the general population". "My son, an…

In California, more than 4.4 million people at health risk were newly approved for the rare COVID-19 vaccine this week. However, the state has also tacitly removed millions of people who are vulnerable to the disease because of their age…

A "recumbent team" wearing personal protective equipment prepares to lay a COVID-19 patient on their stomach in an intensive care unit at a Stamford, Connecticut hospital (John Moore / Getty Images / TNS). New research…

Official figures have provided the first statistical evidence to suggest that unfair practices or discrimination within the NHS may have put disabled people at greater risk of dying from COVID-19 during the pandemic. The Bureau of National…

Jose Muniz prepares a COVID-19 vaccination at American research centers in Hollywood, Florida (Joe Raedle / Getty Images / TNS) People with developmental disabilities are at a significantly higher risk of dying from…

CONCORD, NH (AP) - New Hampshire's failure to provide home health services to skilled elderly and disabled people puts at risk of ending up in nursing homes badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. This emerges from a lawsuit against state…

1 INTRODUCTION The COVID‐19 pandemic has caused business closures and restrictions, supply chain disruptions, decreased demand for some firms' goods and services, and financial catastrophe for many terminated workers and…

A "vulnerable team" wearing personal protective equipment prepares to lay a COVID-19 patient on their stomach in an intensive care unit at a Stamford, Connecticut hospital (John Moore / Getty Images / TNS). People with…