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Amazon launches text message-based Amazon Clinic in 32 states, including CT, MA and ME

Three Amazon Clinics launched in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine to treat more than 20 common conditions such as acne, hair loss and allergies.

The Defense Department is canceling its mammoth cloud contract won by Microsoft and long litigated by Amazon.

Pentagon Scraps $10 Billion Contract With Microsoft, Bitterly Contested By Amazon

The Defense Department canceled its $10 billion cloud contract called JEDI, planning instead to hire multiple vendors. Amazon sued after its loss to Microsoft, seeking to depose Donald Trump.

Amazon has called safety a "top priority" for the company. But NPR has found more than 100 dietary supplements sold on Amazon that appear to be illegally marketed as antiviral treatments.

On Amazon, Dubious 'Antiviral' Supplements Proliferate Amid Pandemic

Federal law generally prohibits dietary supplements from claiming to treat specific diseases or viruses. Yet NPR found more than 100 products sold on Amazon that make unsubstantiated antiviral claims.

Nimia Uropari Velásquez, age 28, is a native of Peru's Manati indigenous community. She took a four-hour boat ride to the port town of Indiana to take care of banking business — and possibly get a vaccine. In the end she passed on the shot.

Vaccinators in Peru's Amazon are challenged by religion, rivers and a special tea

Peruvian health officials face many obstacles as they try to get everyone vaccinated, including those who live in remote and rural areas.

Highway 163 was cut through the jungle in the 1970s to connect the Amazon to the rest of Brazil, but the job wasn't completed. Under pressure from agribusiness, the government plans to pave the remaining 600 miles north of Guarantã do Norte.

Agribusiness Boom Brings Change to the Amazon

An agribusiness boom is turning millions of acres of Amazon rainforest into a tropical version of Kansas. NPR's Martin Kaste has the first of two reports.

Workers at Amazon's warehouse on Staten Island are expected to vote on whether to unionize in the coming months.

Amazon faces another union vote, this time at a Staten Island warehouse

Federal labor officials found enough support among Amazon workers on Staten Island to pave the way for a union election. It could be the second union vote for Amazon this year.

New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Amazon on Tuesday over workplace safety concerns at two of the company's distribution and fulfillment centers in Queens and Staten Island.

New York Sues Amazon Over COVID-19 Workplace Safety

New York Attorney General Letitia James says Amazon refused to obey coronavirus guidelines that would protect its warehouse employees from infection.

This year's SXSW festival was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now the films that were scheduled to be shown there have the option to be screened on Amazon.

SXSW Film Festival Heads To Amazon

The SXSW Film Festival joins other canceled or postponed film fests looking for alternate ways to screen their movies.

Amazon Expands Streaming With Viacom Deal

Amazon announced Wednesday that it will expand the selection on its streaming service through a new deal with Viacom. Included in the deal are Paramount movies, as well as shows from Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, MTV and more. This deal isn't exclusive, in that much of the material is on other streaming services already such as Hulu and Netflix.

Senators Want An Investigation Of How Amazon Treats Its Pregnant Workers

Lawmakers urged the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate in a letter signed by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and 3 others.

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