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Trump administration moves forward with plan to end wild bird protections | PBS NewsHour

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Trump administration moves forward with plan to end wild bird protections | PBS NewsHour

The Trump administration moved forward Friday with plans to scale back a century-old law protecting most American wild bird species despite warnings that billions of birds could die as a result.

Officials said in a draft study of the proposal that it could result in more deaths of birds that land in oil pits or collide with power lines or other structures.

More than 1,000 species are covered under the law, and the changes have drawn a sharp backlash from organizations representing an estimated 46 million U.S. birdwatchers.

Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

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Many Feared Widespread Pig Slaughter During Coronavirus, But It Hasn’t Happened : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

Pork producers and industry analysts said that if factories didn't re-open quickly, they'd be forced to euthanize millions of hogs on their farms.

But that worst case scenario seems to not be happening. According to estimates of pork producers and officials in the hardest-hit states of Minnesota and Iowa, hog farmers have been forced to kill and dispose of fewer than 200,000 animals so far.

The Way We Produce and Patent Drugs Will Kill COVID-19 Patients

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The Way We Produce and Patent Drugs Will Kill COVID-19 Patients

And now, in the past few weeks, diplomats from countries with sizable pharmaceutical sectors have pressed to strip any reference to the Doha Declaration in a resolution on COVID-19 at the World Health Assembly, the WHO’s decision-making body.

Instead, the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) and its diplomatic water carriers argued that firms need their patents to recover their investment in therapeutic research, development, and production. The sector’s business model requires high prices in the developed world first for a number of years before it is willing to countenance production of low-cost generic versions.