AP: Heart disease main underlying condition in COVID-19 deaths (Selsky, 4/29).

Democracy Now!: WHO Adviser on Meat Plants: If We’re at War, the Weapons We Need Are Tests and PPE, Not Pork (Goodman, 4/30).

Devex: Kenya’s blood shortage goes from bad to worse (Jerving, 5/1).

Devex: How COVID-19 is impacting vision work (Smith, 4/30).

Devex: U.K. NGOs warn of ‘cliff edge’ for nutrition funding (Worley, 5/1).

The Lancet: Prisons are ‘in no way equipped’ to deal with COVID-19 (Burki, 5/2).

NPR: ‘We Will Not Give Up’: Marking 3 Months Since Coronavirus Became A Global Emergency (Dwyer, 4/30).

U.N. News: Coronavirus and human rights: New guidance highlights support for persons with disabilities (4/30).

Xinhua: Time for cooperation, not hasty denunciation: Bill Gates (4/29).

Yahoo Finance: Bill Gates says the world will need 7 billion vaccine doses to end COVID-19 pandemic (Boyle, 4/30).

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