Health Care

ALBA-TCP charts Ebola action plan

At the initiative of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, on Oct. 20 heads of state from the Bolivarian Alliance for the…

October 31, 2014

Staten Island, N.Y., hosts Ebola Summit

An Ebola Summit held here at the Berta Dreyfus Public School 49 on Oct. 25 brought together a diverse group…

October 29, 2014

Heroes of the Ebola crisis

It is clear that Ebola is the most dangerous emerging infectious disease since the HIV/AIDS crisis began in the 1980s.…

October 29, 2014

Cuba, Ebola & the Cuban 5

Revolutionary leader and former Cuban President Fidel Castro’s Oct. 17 reflection, “Duty calls,” explains Cuba’s urgent mobilization of medical personnel…

October 23, 2014

Fidel Castro on Ebola crisis: ‘Duty calls’

The following statement, written by the former president of Cuba on Oct. 17, can be found at the Granma website…

October 23, 2014

Why isn’t there more global aid to fight Ebola?

Oct. 20 — Several United States congressional representatives have called for a ban on travel into the U.S. from the…

October 22, 2014

Ebola, Cuba and capitalism

It is impossible to ignore that the capitalist for-profit system is the greatest obstacle in the effort to control the…

October 22, 2014

World Federation of Trade Unions says Ebola virus deaths facilitated by imperialism

Following is an edited statement issued by the World Federation of Trade Unions’ Secretariat in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 15.…

October 21, 2014

Nurses’ union demands gov’t mandate to contain Ebola

National Nurses United, a union and professional organization with 185,000 members, was contacted by nurses at the Texas Presbyterian Hospital…

October 21, 2014

Ebola & failure of for-profit medical care

Oct. 13 — With the death of Thomas Eric Duncan in the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas on Oct. 8,…

October 13, 2014