(2022-04-03). Russia-Ukraine Conflict Highlights Racist Double Standard in the West. orinocotribune.com By Wu Chaolan — Mar 21, 2022 | The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has garnered widespread attention across the globe. The wall-to-wall coverage and outpouring of reactions to the Russia-Ukraine conflict from the West has raised eyebrows at its double standard toward other humanitarian crises, which has unsheathed flagrant racist and biased attitudes toward the value of non-white lives that also matter. | CBS News senior correspondent in Kyiv Charlie D'Agata, for instance, has faced a widespread backlash due to his discriminatory comments on the Ukraine crisis: "This isn't a place, with all due respect, like…
(2022-04-03). Thursday 3/31: Ukraine, The War & The Labor Movement A Panel. indybay.org Zoom Panel | us02web.zoom.us/j/86828281477?pwd=UTFHMkVOZDFOMXM3L2JpS3R2UkJ1Zz09…
(2022-04-03). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 metrics improve, expert still urges caution. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19 continue to decline, leading to some optimism about the way forward from pandemic to endemic. But experts still urge caution as the omicron subvariant, named BA.2, has quickly become the dominant strain in the U.S. "When you look around the nation, all of the metrics, with the exception of BA.2, have fallen precipitously," explains Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "But we need to be very cautious about…
(2022-04-03). COVID-19 vaccination bill reaches 120 bln yuan in China. ecns.cn China has spent more than 120 billion yuan (around 18.9 billion U.S. dollars) on COVID-19 vaccination, an expenditure within the limits of the country's medical insurance funds, said the National Healthcare Security Administration.
(2022-04-03). Vice Premier Sun calls for all-out efforts to curb pandemic in Shanghai. ecns.cn Vice Premier Sun Chunlan urged resolute and swift moves to control the COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai in the shortest time possible during an inspection visit to the city on Saturday.
(2022-04-03). Third Cohort of Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University MedTech Accelerator Commences. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Next-generation medical technology and service startups take part in a boot camp designed to increase product quality, efficiency and speed to market TEMPE, Ariz. — More than two years into a global pandemic, the clear need for innovative medical breakthroughs has never been more obvious. The Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University (ASU) MedTech Accelerator, a flagship program of the Mayo Clinic and ASU Alliance for Health Care, was designed to help empower medical startups to…
(2022-04-03). Cuba reporta 695 nuevos casos de COVID-19, dos fallecidos y 649 altas médicas. cubadebate.cu Al cierre del día de ayer, 2 de abril, Cuba reporta 695 nuevos casos, dos fallecidos y 649 altas médicas. Se encuentran ingresados un total de 7 mil 959 pacientes, sospechosos 4 mil 333, en vigilancia 26 y confirmados activos 3 mil 600.
(2022-04-03). China reporta cifra más alta de casos de Covid-19 en dos años. telesurtv.net Las autoridades chinas señalaron que el aumento de contagios se debe a la expansión de la variante Ómicron por el territorio chino.
(2022-04-03). Why calling the highly contagious COVID-19 omicron BA.2 a 'stealth variant' is a misnomer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org BA.2, the newest subvariant of omicron, is highly transmissible and accounts for 55% of COVID-19 infections in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "It has been classified as a variant of concern, and it's causing the majority of cases of COVID worldwide and here in the United States. The studies that have been done on this variant have shown that it has what we call a 'growth advantage,'" says Dr. Matthew Binnicker, director…
(2022-04-03). Shanghai launches citywide antigen testing amid COVID-19 resurgence. ecns.cn Shanghai will conduct citywide antigen testing on Sunday and nucleic acid testing on Monday amid efforts to contain the recent resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the metropolis, according to local authorities.
(2022-04-03). What experts know about COVID-19 omicron subvariant BA.2. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — The World Health Organization designated COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529, named omicron, a "variant of concern" on Nov. 26, 2021, and the first confirmed case in the U.S. was on Dec. 1, 2021. Since then, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has classified two subvariants, BA.1.1 and BA.2. All omicron subvariants are classified as variants of concern, the third highest of four classifications. (For more on variants of concern and other classifications,…
(2022-04-03). Consumer Health: Are there 'Alzheimer's disease genes?'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disorder that causes brain cells to waste away and die. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, which is a term used to describe a group of symptoms that affect memory, thinking and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily function. As many as 5.8 million people in the U.S. were living with Alzheimer's disease in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And the…
(2022-04-03). Arizona couple donates Collaborative Research Building to Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Scottsdale, Ariz. — Thomas R. and Ruth Ann Hornaday of Paradise Valley, Arizona, have donated the Collaborative Research Building to Mayo Clinic. The 110,000-square-foot biomedical research facility, which opened on Mayo Clinic's Scottsdale campus in 2005, is valued at $64.4 million. The Collaborative Research Building houses laboratory-based research activity at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Mayo Clinic researchers, physicians and other investigators are leading the scientific discovery of the mechanisms of human disease, as well as…
(2022-04-03). New computational model proposed for Alzheimer's disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have proposed a new model for mapping the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease to brain anatomy. This model was developed by applying machine learning to patient brain imaging data. It uses the entire function of the brain rather than specific brain regions or networks to explain the relationship between brain anatomy and mental processing. The findings are reported in Nature Communications. "This new model can advance our understanding of how…
(2022-04-03). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Diagnostic testing, precision medicine and what it means for patients. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Precision medicine aims to customize health care by tailoring medications and treatments to each patient. An important step in being able to personalize treatments is diagnostic testing. Mayo Clinic BioPharma Diagnostics collaborates with biopharmaceutical, diagnostic, and other biotech companies to enable precision medicine through advanced diagnostics. Diagnostic testing can help find the right answers for each individual patient. "A laboratory test can either help in making a diagnosis for a disease, or it can help…
(2022-04-03). CNN Hypes Inflation, Just Like It Hyped Ebola Before the 2014 Midterm Elections. cepr.net I'm sure everyone remembers the 2014 Ebola crisis. A grand total of 4 people were diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, 11 were treated, and a total of 2 died. Ebola was a serious crisis in West Africa, but not in the United States. Nonetheless CNN chose to make the threat to people in …
(2022-04-02). Russia Vows To Target British Weapons Being Supplied To Ukraine. southfront.org 
2712070 10/04/2015 Russian servicemen attach a Kh-25 high-precision missile to a Su-24 aircraft at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Dmitriy Vinogradov/RIA Novosti | British-made long-range artillery and anti-ship systems, which the UK has promised to Kiev, will become legitimate targets for Russian troops if delivered to Ukraine, Russian Ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, said in an interview with the
(2022-04-02). China rejects EU calls to cut ties with Russia over Ukraine war. wsws.org Hostile official remarks after yesterday's virtual European Union-China summit point to escalating global tensions provoked by NATO's war against Russia in Ukraine.
(2022-04-02). US Imperialism's Proxy War With Russia In Ukraine. popularresistance.org Here is my analysis of what's going on in Ukraine after one month. It may not prove acceptable to many. Certainly not liberals, the ruling elite in Washington, or even some left liberal and socialist left. But I've always spoken my mind and will continue to do so, with no allegiances to any political forces or organizations. So here goes: | First, this is a proxy war engineered by US neocons and political elites, that has its origins going back as far as 1999, when the neocons began to gain greater control over US foreign policy. The dress rehearsal for the current conflict originates with the Clinton administrat…
(2022-04-02). Ukraine — A Decisive Transfer Of The Balance Of Power From West To East. popularresistance.org Most of the debate and coverage of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war in Australia and the Western world is decidedly banal. It is characterized by the simplification of an extremely complex situation to generate a narrative that can be summarized as Putin and Russia are evil and Ukraine is good. | This gross simplification is not helpful in either understanding the causes of the war, the nature of the war, its broader implications and most importantly of all, how it can be ended with the least number of additional deaths and injuries and damage to Ukraine's infrastructure. | The preponderance of human-interest repo…
(2022-04-02). Germany supplies tanks to Ukraine and prepares for war against Russia. wsws.org According to media reports, the German government is planning further arms deliveries to Ukraine worth some €300 million.
(2022-04-02). NATO urged to reflect on its role in Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn
(2022-04-02). Russian Strikes Setting Ground For Second Stage Of Advance In East Of Ukraine. southfront.org 
Units of the Russian Armed Forces in Mariupol | As of April 2, the situation on the frontline remains without major changes with the most intense fighting has been ongoing in Mariupol city. Russian troops and DPR units have been carrying out the final stage of the operation to secure the city. The remaining members of Kyiv's forces focused their defense in city port and Azovstal Plant areas. | In own area of operations, units of the Lugansk People's Republic continued their advance on positions of the Ukrainian 57th Infa…
(2022-04-02). Nazis in Ukraine: seeing through the fog of the information war. mronline.org 
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin undertook what he referred to as a "special military operation … to de-militarise and de-Nazify Ukraine."
(2022-04-02). "Democratization" and Anti-Semitism in Ukraine: When Neo-Nazi Symbols become "The New Normal" globalresearch.ca In the Ukraine parliament, extremist symbols are on display. The flags of France, the UK, Canada, hang alongside those of the Neo-Nazi Svoboda party together with two White supremacist flags.
(2022-04-02). Ukraine's Helicopter Attack in Russia May Hinder Peace Talks. orinocotribune.com Russia has denounced that the Ukrainian Army bombed a fuel depot inside Russian territory, just 35 kilometers from the border on Friday, April 1. Kremlin has warned that this surprise attack could imply a turning point in the conflict and could hinder the peace talks going on between Russia and Ukraine. | The Governor of Belgorod region of Russia, Viacheslav Gladkov, said that two Ukrainian Armed Forces helicopters bombed an oil storage facility managed by the Russian energy giant Rosneft, in an area located about 80 kilometers from the battered Ukrainian city of Kharkov. | The bombardment, which has neither been…
(2022-04-02). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine On April 2, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
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(2022-04-02). World hunger and the war in Ukraine. peoplesdispatch.org The war in Ukraine, along with sanctions imposed by the United States and Western countries against Russia, have caused global food, fertiliser, and fuel prices to War in the 'breadbasket of the world': | Russia and Ukraine together
(2022-04-02). Will health be used as a way to pressure Global South on Ukraine war? peoplesdispatch.org The government of Lithuania reversed its decision to donate almost half a million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Bangladesh after the latter abstained during the UN resolution on the war in Ukraine. This sets an alarming precedent…
(2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com A US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…
(2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com A US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…
(2022-04-02). Military Situation In Ukraine On April 2, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | In the East of the Kiev region, Russian forces retread to the Priluki area; | The UAF took control of Bucha, Boridyanka, Ivankiv, Irpen and Gostomel; | Clashes continue near Kharkiv; | Russian forces secured the town of Izyum south of Kharkiv; | Clashes were reported in the village of Gusarovka, south-west of Izyum; | 40 Ukrainian fighters were killed with a P-800 Oniks cruise missile strike in the Shakhtars'ke area, according to the Russian MoD; | Clashes continue north of the…
(2022-04-02). Ministro de Salud Pública: Sancti Spíritus y Ciego de àÅvila reportaron contagios en todos sus municipios. cubadebate.cu Aun cuando en los últimos 14 días ha disminuido la tasa de incidencia de la COVID-19 en Cuba, el llamado desde el grupo temporal de trabajo para la prevención y control del nuevo coronavirus continúa siendo el de atender con total prioridad el comportamiento de la enfermedad en el país.
(2022-04-02). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.
(2022-04-02). Despite BA.2's global dominance, World Health Organization shifting to end emergency phase of COVID-19 pandemic. wsws.org Millions of people across the globe are being infected each week, tens of thousands are losing their lives and many countries are seeing new surges. But funding for vaccines and treatment is drying up and emergency measures lifted.
(2022-04-02). [Comment] DNA vaccines join the fight against COVID-19. thelancet.com As of March, 2022, just over 1 year has passed since the authorisation of first-generation vaccines against COVID-19. Since then, almost 10 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered globally.1 Although the delivery of this number of vaccines is a remarkable achievement, there is still a disparity in vaccine equity, access, and affordability between high-income and low-income countries. According to the Global Dashboard for Vaccine Equity (established by the UN Development Programme, WHO, and the University of Oxford), as of Jan 18, 2022, approximately 67 ∑6% of people in high-income countries…
(2022-04-02). [Articles] Efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of the DNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (ZyCoV-D): the interim efficacy results of a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in India. thelancet.com In this interim analysis, ZyCoV-D vaccine was found to be efficacious, safe, and immunogenic in a phase 3 trial.
(2022-04-02). New study suggests cardiac complications risk higher after COVID-19 infection than after mRNA vaccination. ecns.cn A new study suggested the risk for cardiac complications was significantly higher after SARS-CoV-2 infection than after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination.
(2022-04-02). Global food crisis fuels international class struggle. wsws.org Significant strikes and demonstrations are breaking out across the world in the largest wave of social protest since before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The working class is the social force capable of stopping world war.
(2022-04-02). Health workers in Greece mobilize against pro-privatization reform. peoplesdispatch.org Health workers in several cities in Greece organized a three-hour work stoppage on Wednesday, 30 March, to protest a new healthcare bill proposed by the government. According to the workers and their trade union representatives, the reform will adversely affect the national health system, which has already been weakened by two years of pandemic response and staff shortages. In addition to the work stoppage, workers also staged marches in Athens and other cities, where they were faced with police attacks. | The government's reform emphasizes strengthening the private for-profit health sector, including public-priv…
(2022-04-02). How American financial capital profits from chaos and wars. ecns.cn There's been a particularly interesting fact emerging, or re-emerging in a new and more undeniable way, through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that "the economy" and the financial market have almost nothing to do with one another.
(2022-04-02). Strikes sweep Brazil as prices soar. wsws.org A wave of strikes is spreading among different sections of the working class in response to the explosive inflation rates accumulated in the two years of COVID-19 pandemic.
(2022-04-02). Antigen test-kits widely used amid COVID-19 resurgence in China. ecns.cn Antigen kits for self-testing are being successfully used in cities like Shanghai, Jilin and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, all hit by another outbreak of COVID-19, said a medical expert at Beijing First Hospital on Friday.
(2022-04-02). Eliminan restricción de aforo en establecimientos de Costa Rica. telesurtv.net Las autoridades de Costa Rica reiteraron el llamado a la población para completar el esquema de vacunación contra el virus.
(2022-04-02). Rusia registra primera vacuna nasal anticovid del mundo. telesurtv.net Las autoridades sanitarias rusas precisaron que la vacuna nasal Sputnik V es especialmente eficaz frente a la variante Ómicron.
(2022-04-02). Brasil supera los 660.000 muertos por la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Brasil contabilizó 27.270 nuevos contagios, elevando a 29.975.165 el total de casos de la Covid-19 registrados en el país suramericano.
(2022-04-02). OMS alerta mayor transmisibilidad de nueva variante de Covid-19. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con OMS, se requieren más datos para una precisión exacta del las características del linaje recombinante.
(2022-04-02). Mayo Clinic Minute: Dealing with 'brain fog' from long COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Post-COVID syndrome, also known as long COVID-19, involves a wide range of health problems that occur many weeks, months and years after recovering from COVID-19 infection. Sometimes, symptoms of long COVID-19 can include cognitive difficulties. "Brain fog" has been used to describe some of these symptoms. While "brain fog" is not a medical condition, it's a term used for certain symptoms that can affect one's ability to think. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Billie…
(2022-04-02). [World Report] Mixed response to COVID-19 intellectual property waiver. thelancet.com The global health community says the draft outcome—between the EU, the USA, India, and South Africa—falls short of expectations. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.
(2022-04-02). 'Nazism is a Disease': Texan Came to Donbass to Protect People & Tell the Truth About 8-Year Long War. libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova Russell Bonner Bentley, a 61-year old American from Texas, says he couldn't stop himself from coming to the rescue of the people of Donbass, as they confronted fascism just like their great-grandfathers did 80 years ago. First as a soldier and now as a war correspondent, Bentley is defending the land where he…