A black market for an antiviral drug used to treat coronavirus has emerged in Venezuela, revealing that even expensive, lifesaving medicines are fuelling the lucrative illegal trade. Seth Robbins Remdesivir — the first drug shown to be effective against COVID-19 — was being sold by a doctor for […]
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Art of the body
Mari Katayama, born in 1987 in Japan, is an artist of the body; her own to be exact. She celebrates the life of body and spirit in photographic self-portraits and the embroidering of objects that relate to her body. Sean Sheehan Exhibitions of her work have been seen […]
Tiredness kills
“Tiredness kills” is a motorway sign warning drivers to take regular breaks in order to avoid accidents. Steve Latham It also describes our cultural moment, as Covid-19 continues to sap our energy, and we approach a state of societal enervation. For example, I noticed, among my colleagues, as […]
Killings, protests and political violence
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic that has caused more than 20,000 deaths and has infected more than 700,000 people, the situation in Colombia is deeply worrying; abuse of power, repression, vandalism and a government failing to act. The most recent demonstrations in Colombia in respect of the […]
Saving lives in the “Covid zone”
The desire to heal and save lives has prevailed since that day in April when the first person with a positive diagnostic test, María Nancy Ángel Rivas, aged 32, was admitted. Since then the team of physicians has deeply felt the imminent challenge from the always-present danger of infection. […]
















