Daily Archives: June 21, 2022

2022-06-21: News Headlines

Orchard City Indivisible (2022-06-21). Saturday 7/16: UpCycle: 4th Annual Rummage Sale Fundraiser for ACLU & Other Orgs. indybay.org Parking lot at Campbell United Church of Christ, 400 West Campbell Avenue, Campbell, CA 9 08. | Masks Required…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-21). Mayo Clinic expert speaks of significance of Lyme disease uptick. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Lyme disease has infected more than 14% of the world's population, according to a new study. "It's significant," says Dr. Bobbi Pritt, director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. "If you look at the numbers and how it breaks down in regions across the United States, in some areas, that exceeds 50% seropositivity. That means people are walking around with antibodies in their blood that are detectable. That shows they've been exposed to Lyme disease at some…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: What to expect with COVID-19 vaccinations for youngest kids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could grant emergency use authorization of a COVID-19 vaccination for the youngest kids later this month. Pfizer asked the agency to review data and authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months to 5 years.If the FDA committee recommends authorization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will still need to sign off on the vaccinations before they would go into the littlest of arms. Watch: The Mayo…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-21). Consumer Health: Men's health and living a longer, healthier life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org June is Men's Health Month, and Men's Health Week will be observed June 13—19, which makes this a good time to learn about the biggest threats to men's health and what you can do to keep yourself healthy. Two of the leading causes of death for men in the U.S. are heart disease and cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The good news is that healthy lifestyle choices can reduce your risk for…

____ (2022-06-21). Frequency of mass tests pulled back, quarantine time reduced. ecns.cn Many cities and regions have adjusted their policies related to COVID-19 including shortening the quarantine period for inbound travelers and reducing the frequency of mass nucleic acid testing to better serve the current situation of fewer recent infections.

____ (2022-06-21). Healthcare in Xinjiang gets promising prognosis. ecns.cn The establishment and development of national and regional medical centers in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have bolstered the medical landscape and enabled patients in Northwest China with critical illnesses and intractable diseases to receive much needed treatment.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-21). Study finds few COVID-19 patients get rebound symptoms after Paxlovid treatment. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers studied the outcomes of 483 high-risk patients treated for COVID-19 with a five-day oral regimen of nirmatrelvir and ritonavir, together marketed as Paxlovid. Only a handful developed COVID-19 rebound symptoms, and the researchers say more studies are needed to determine why. Overall, the treatment benefited everyone in the study. All recovered, including the patients who developed rebound symptoms, which were generally mild. The findings appear in the journal Clinical…

Pod Save America (2022-06-21). Sunday 6/19: Pod Save America (A)Live Tour 2022 w/ Rep. Lee in Oakland. indybay.org Fox Theater, 1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612 | Masks Required. COVID Safety rules: thefoxoakland.com/venue-info/health-safety/

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-21). Ask the Mayo Mom: Ear tubes. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An ear infection is an infection of the middle ear, the air-filled space behind the eardrum that contains the tiny vibrating bones of the ear. Children are more likely than adults to get ear infections. Because ear infections often clear up on their own, treatment may begin with managing pain and monitoring the problem. Sometimes, antibiotics are used to clear the infection. Some people are prone to having multiple ear infections. This can cause hearing…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-21). Tips for severe weather planning. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Hurricane season is underway, and above-normal activity is predicted this year. As COVID-19 is still a concern, there may be added stress when it comes to ensuring safety from severe weather and the spread of infection. Being properly prepared with medical supplies, and food and water, can help ensure personal safety and well-being. "Past experiences show it can take one storm to have an impact, so it is important to make a plan for you and…

____ (2022-06-21). Graduates face fierce competition to find work. ecns.cn A harvester cruises in a parade at Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, on Sunday. The university held the special parade of modern agricultural vehicles to celebrate the graduation season.

Kurt Nimmo (2022-06-20). Biden Tells Americans to Sacrifice for the Nazis of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca Back in February, when Russia went into Ukraine to denazify and disarm the country, the corporate media declared brave and patriotic Ukrainians would push the Russians out and eventually retake Crimea and the Donbas. In order to do this, we …

Eva Bartlett (2022-06-20). Western Media and Politicians Prefer to Ignore the Truth about Civilians Killed in Donetsk Shelling. globalresearch.ca When Kiev's guilt in attacks on a maternity hospital cannot be denied, it's simply brushed under the carpet | Following intense Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk on June 13, some Western media sources, in tandem with outlets in Kiev, unsurprisingly claimed that …

Park Min-hee (2022-06-20). "Global NATO": Upcoming Summit Intended to Transform the "Atlantic Alliance". New "Strategic Concept" Envisaged. globalresearch.ca Special "partner nations" have been invited to the NATO summit to be held in Madrid, Spain, from June 29-30. In addition to the leaders of the 30 NATO member states, the leaders of South Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand…

_____ (2022-06-20). Congress Lets School Lunch Program Expire As It Increases Military Budget. popularresistance.org Rebecca Wood didn't realize she was food insecure until she wasn't anymore. She credits the U.S. Department of Agriculture for that. | Since March 2020, when the pandemic hit, the USDA has issued waivers to expand school lunch programs. This $11 billion program provided a vital lifeline to working families who were struggling to feed their kids during the pandemic, even when schools were out during the summer. | Before the vouchers were issued, Wood struggled paying off her 10-year-old daughter's school lunch debt. | "Each pay period, I dumped a portion of my paycheck into my daughter Charlie's school meal accoun…

Editor (2022-06-20). What's the story behind inflation? mronline.org The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the rate of inflation rose to 8.6% in May, the latest high in a period of rapid growth in prices following the COVID-19 recession in March 2020. Indeed, inflation is now higher than it has been in the past 40 years.

TeleSUR Desk (2022-06-20). Democrats call on Biden to expand vaccine cooperation with Cuba. mronline.org The lawmakers said the Cuban vaccines, produced at reduced cost with limited infrastructure, could assist the Joe Biden administration's goal to distribute cheap and effective vaccines worldwide.

The Expose (2022-06-20). W.H.O to declare Public Health Emergency of International Concern over COVID Vaccine-Induced Shingles (Monkeypox). globalresearch.ca The World Health Organization is set to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the end of June 2022 over Covid-19 vaccine-induced shingles which all member states including the USA, the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Europe …

____ (2022-06-20). Cities recovering as dynamic zero-COVID approach mitigates virus impact. ecns.cn Life and work are getting back to normal in China, as it has brought the COVID-19 virus transmission under control after battling the latest flare-ups in cities including the political and economic hubs of Beijing and Shanghai over the past months.

____ (2022-06-20). Beijing-Wuhan high-speed rail reaches 3 km/h. ecns.cn The high-speed rail linking Beijing with Wuhan started normal operation at a speed of 3 km/h on Monday.

Pepe Escobar (2022-06-20). St. Petersburg 2022 Forum Sets the Stage for the "War of Economic Corridors" globalresearch.ca The St. Petersburg in 2022 is even more crucial as it directly connects …

Michael Snyder (2022-06-20). If The Streets Of America Are This Chaotic Now, What Will They Be Like When Things Really Start Hitting The Fan? globalresearch.ca If you are not alarmed by what is happening to our largest cities, you should check to see if you still have a pulse. Once upon a time, the beautiful new cities that our forefathers constructed were the envy of …

TeleSUR, mcs, JGN (2022-06-20). Brasil registra 10.691 contagios y 55 muertes por la Covid-19. telesurtv.net El estado brasileño de Sao Paulo continúa hasta ahora como el más golpeado por la enfermedad.

____ (2022-06-20). How Effective Are Covid Vaccines, Really? transcend.org Jun 2022 – There are three different, fundamental positions towards Covid vaccines than can be distinguished:…

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-06-20). Imperial joins UK's top scientists to battle bird flu outbreaks. imperial.ac.uk Imperial researchers join scientists at some of the UK's leading research institutions as part of a major new consortium to counter bird flu.

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-20). Report: US Secretly Reviews and Approves Many Israeli Airstrikes in Syria. globalresearch.ca According to a report

____ (2022-06-20). Beijing-Wuhan high-speed rail starts operation at 3 km/h. ecns.cn A high-speed rail linking Beijing with Wuhan, the capital of central China's Hubei Province, starts normal operation at a speed of 3 km/h on Monday, said the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.

____ (2022-06-20). SMEs to digitalize, become resilient in face of pandemic. ecns.cn More efforts are needed from Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises to drive digital transformation, as digital resilience will become a key for smaller companies to quickly respond to business disruptions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Staff (2022-06-20). Cuba reporta 25 nuevos casos de COVID-19 y ningún fallecido. cubadebate.cu Cuba confirmó al cierre de este domingo 25 casos positivos a la COVID-19, ningún fallecido y 15 altas médicas, informó en su reporte habitual el Ministerio de Salud Pública (Minsap). Se encuentran ingresados 257 pacientes, de ellos 170 sospechosos y 87 confirmados.

____ (2022-06-20). Is There Life After Death? transcend.org 16 Jun 2022 – A review of 'James and Whitehead on Life after Death' by David Ray Griffin – The meaning of death, and whether humans do or do not survive it in some form, has always obsessed people, from the average person to the great artists and thinkers. Death is the mother of philosophy and all the arts and sciences.

____ (2022-06-20). Online shopping bolsters recovery. ecns.cn The enthusiasm of Chinese consumers was again visible during the June 18 shopping carnival, and this has played a critical role in promoting the recovery of consumption and shoring up the economy despite pressure from a resurgence in domestic COVID-19 cases.

Jacob G. Hornberger (2022-06-20). An Endless Stream of Scary Official Enemies. globalresearch.ca Any government that is a national-security state needs big official enemies — scary ones, ones that will cause the citizenry to continue supporting not only the continued existence of a national-security state form of government but also ever-growing budgets for …

Editor2 (2022-06-19). Russian MoD: Fever-Carrying Mosquitoes Studied in Ukrainian Labs May Have Been Used by US in Cuba. orinocotribune.com The Russian Defence Ministry earlier reported discovering files in seized bio laboratories in Ukraine which indicated that scientists were carrying out tests on dangerous pathogens with the presumed intent to use them as components in biological weapons. The ministry said these laboratories were funded by the US for over a decade. | The Ukrainian biological laboratories studied fever-carrying mosquitoes Aedes the same genus of insects that was presumably used by the US to spark a pandemic of type 2 dengue in Cuba in the 1970s and 1980s, head of the Russian Armed Forces' Radiation, Chemical and Biological Pr…

_____ (2022-06-19). Beware the Corporate Appropriation of "Sustainable" Farming Practices. popularresistance.org Global food systems are at a breaking point. Not only are they responsible for roughly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, they are also the top contributors to water pollution and biodiversity collapse. | On top of that, many aspects of our food systems are extremely vulnerable to disruptions from climate change and other shocks, as we saw in the first months of the pandemic. | Agroecology‚Äâ—‚Äâan approach to farming long practiced by Indigenous and peasant communities around the world‚Äâ—‚Äâcould transform our food system…

_____ (2022-06-19). Beware The Corporate Appropriation Of 'Sustainable' Farming Practices. popularresistance.org Global food systems are at a breaking point. Not only are they responsible for roughly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, they are also the top contributors to water pollution and biodiversity collapse. | On top of that, many aspects of our food systems are extremely vulnerable to disruptions from climate change and other shocks, as we saw in the first months of the pandemic. | Agroecology‚Äâ—‚Äâan approach to farming long practiced by Indigenous and peasant communities around the world‚Äâ—‚Äâcould transform our food system…

Frances Kuo (2022-06-19). Smithsonian Institution Museum collects artifacts to document pandemic. america.cgtn.com The Smithsonian National Museum of American History in DC has collected COVID-19 artifacts to be included in a future exhibition about the pandemic. Find out more.

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