Bloomberg The Covid-19 pandemic has the potential to reverse years of progress in reducing maternal and child mortality worldwide by impairing access to medical care in poorer countries, a health financing group warned. If Covid-19 were to cause similar disruptions as the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, almost 1.2 million children and 57,000 mothers could die over just the ...

Bloomberg The US House gaveled amid extraordinary health precautions to begin debate leading up to expected final passage of a $484 billion interim coronavirus rescue plan to bolster the American economy. With a roll-call vote anticipated by mid-afternoon, members were expected to take turns in the chamber to debate the bill, the first time they have convened as a group ...

No one was asking, but it turns out a global pandemic isn’t enough for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to take a break from fretting about purportedly “borrowing money from future generations.” Never mind that the three-month-old coronavirus crisis has led to more than $2.3 trillion in congressional appropriations, to say nothing of the $484 billion relief package that passed ...