December 18, 2020
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Kristen Choi, a researcher, nurse and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, signed up for a clinical trial of the vaccine after a recruitment advertisement popped up in her Instagram feed in August. She did not know whether she would receive an active vaccine or a placebo.
The landmark truck rule was “extremely important” for environmental justice, said UCLA environmental law professor Ann Carlson. One of the biggest health problems that poor, predominantly Latino and Black communities face is pollution from diesel trucks on heavily trafficked freeways. “To single out cap and trade as the only thing Mary Nichols has done is just wrong,” Carlson said. “There’s policy after policy after policy on both climate change and air pollution.”
Christina Morales, The New York Times Published: 17 Dec 2020 02:27 PM BdST Updated: 17 Dec 2020 03:05 PM BdST A man attends an LGBT event held at a club at Shibuya, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan Nov 22, 2020. REUTERS/FILE
In a show of unity aimed at fighting for the rights of LGBTQ people, more than 370 international spiritual leaders have signed a declaration demanding a global ban on disputed conversion therapy. ); }
The declaration also asked that nations find a way to end the criminalisation of people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. It also called for an end to violence against LGBTQ people.