(2022-07-20). Seventh COVID-19 wave sweeps across Canada. wsws.org Every level of government from Trudeau's federal Liberals on down has made clear from their total indifference to the rampant spread of new variants that they will do nothing to stop mass infection and death, and the widespread devastation to the health of the population that will ensue from cases of Long COVID.
(2022-07-20). Mayo Clinic Q and A: How to manage symptoms of liver disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My husband is 45 and has lived with irritable bowel syndrome for many years. He was recently diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Are these two conditions related? We were told a liver transplant was likely in the future. Do all people require a transplant? Are other treatments available to manage this liver disease? ANSWER: Primary sclerosing cholangitis is not associated with irritable bowel syndrome, but it can be related to another condition broadly termed…
(2022-07-20). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Advances in managing MS. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An estimated 2.8 million people worldwide are affected by multiple sclerosis (MS), a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. In this disease, the immune system attacks the protective covering around the nerve fibers. "Multiple sclerosis — the term means multiple scars — is a disease that leads to damage of the central nervous system, which is the brain, the spinal cord and the optic nerve," explains Dr. Eoin Flanagan, a Mayo Clinic…
(2022-07-20). Omicron able to infect wide range of animals. ecns.cn The Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus can infect a broader range of animals than the original strain and the Delta strain, underscoring the significance of monitoring for the virus in susceptible species to prevent further mutations and spillover to humans.
(2022-07-20). Fifth Generation (5G) Directed Energy Radiation Emissions In the Context of Contaminated Nanometal Covid-19 Vaccines with Graphite Ferrous Oxide Antennas. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Follow …
(2022-07-20). Ningxia in Northwest China reports one bubonic plague case. ecns.cn Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region on Tuesday reported a confirmed bubonic plague case in the capital city Yinchuan, according to the regional plague prevention and control headquarters.
(2022-07-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: Bone marrow donor diversity is needed. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Bone marrow transplants are procedures that infuse healthy blood stem cells into your body to replace damaged or diseased bone marrow. Just like people in need of solid organ transplants, such as hearts or kidneys, people in need of a bone marrow transplant have to find a matching donor. Dr. Ernesto Ayala, a Mayo Clinic hematologist and oncologist, says bone marrow donations from people of all races and ethnicities are essential in order to help…
(2022-07-20). Fifth Generation (5G) Directed Energy Radiation Emissions In the Context of Contaminated Nanometal Covid-19 Vaccines with Graphite Ferrous Oxide Antennas. globalresearch.ca
(2022-07-20). PANDEMICS ARE PROSPERITY, SICKNESS IS HEALTH, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. indybay.org The Pandemic and Social Collapse…
(2022-07-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: How vertebroplasty can reduce back pain for some. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Complaints of back pain are on the rise. About 40% of people in the U.S. experience back pain, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study That's up 10% over the past 20 years. Dr. David A. Miller, a Mayo Clinic diagnostic radiologist, explains how vertebroplasty, an outpatient procedure to stabilize fractures in the vertebrae by using bone cement, can reduce back pain. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBZXkXfLt-w Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg…
(2022-07-20). AI applied to prediagnostic CTs may help diagnose pancreatic cancer at earlier, more treatable stage. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A study published in Gastroenterology finds that radiomics-based machine learning models may detect pancreatic cancer on prediagnostic CT scans substantially earlier than current methods for clinical diagnosis. "Pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease and a leading cause of cancer-related death," says Ajit Goenka, M.D., a Mayo Clinic diagnostic radiologist and the study's senior author. Dr. Goenka says that while early detection enhances the chances for successful treatment, standard imaging cannot detect early…
(2022-07-20). National Education Association's annual convention ignores plight of US teachers fighting COVID and austerity. wsws.org This year's gathering further exposed the chasm between the NEA officials and rank-and-file educators who are battling COVID-19, stagnant wages and further cuts to school funding.
(2022-07-20). Mayo Clinic Laboratories launches monkeypox test to increase access, availability. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Laboratories can now test for monkeypox, a rare viral infection, using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) orthopoxvirus test kit. This announcement comes shortly after the Department of Health and Human Services' news release naming Mayo Clinic Laboratories as a crucial resource to address monkeypox testing access in communities throughout the country. "Our teams have worked collaboratively with the CDC to validate this test to provide patients with accurate…
(2022-07-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: Avoid summer E. coli infection with proper burger cooking. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The summer cookout brings with it the risk of sickness from bacteria that can end up spoiling more than one meal. Cook hamburgers incorrectly, and you could end up with a case of E. coli. "E. coli stands for Escherichia coli, which is a type of bacteria," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases specialist. "Most commonly, we hear about it in raw or undercooked hamburger meat." Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/_Yo336d7PrU…
(2022-07-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: Food recalls and sickness. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Ice cream, strawberries, packaged salads, even peanut butter — they all have been in the news in recent months because of links to foodborne illness as reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Each week, the CDC investigates dozens of foodborne illnesses, like salmonella or listeria infections involving multiple states. Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician, has more in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/jhZE6SdNh_Q Journalists: …
(2022-07-20). Australian Treasurer delivers "confronting" news on cutting real wages and social spending. wsws.org Jim Chalmers' remarks represent an intensification of the Labor government's offensive, backed by the trade unions, to force working-class households to bear the burden of an escalating cost of living and COVID-19 crisis.
(2022-07-20). Anuncian uso obligatorio del nasobuco en medios de transporte colectivos y círculos infantiles. cubadebate.cu En la tarde de este martes, el Grupo temporal de trabajo para la prevención y el control de la Covid-19, ante el incremento de casos positivos que se ha producido en las últimas semanas, retomó, reforzó y aprobó nuevas medidas para el enfrentamiento a la enfermedad, que incluyen: Establecer el uso obligatorio del nasobuco en medios de transporte colectivos y círculos infantiles y aplicar el segundo refuerzo a la población comprendida entre los 19 años y hasta los 49 años.
(2022-07-20). What you need to know about the BA.5 omicron variant. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cases of COVID-19 are once again surging in the U.S., and the BA.5 omicron variant is fueling this latest wave, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, says the BA.5 variant is hypercontagious and is contributing to increases in hospitalizations and ICU admissions. A new study published in Nature found the variant was four times more resistant to messenger RNA vaccines than earlier strains of…
(2022-07-20). Ask the Mayo Mom: How exercise benefits the body and mind. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The amount of physical activity children need depends on their age. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, children ages 3 through 5 years need to be active throughout the day while children and adolescents ages 6 through 17 need to be active for 60 minutes every day. Many common school-age activities — such as playing on playground equipment and jumping rope — help kids get the recommended amout of exercise. Organized sports…
(2022-07-20). Video interview with Zero-COVID activist Dr David Berger, repubIished with transcription. wsws.org We are republishing the April video interview with Dr Berger, along with an edited text transcript, to assist those fighting AHPRA's blatant attempt to gag this principled fighter for Zero-COVID and consistent opponent of the Australian governments' homicidal "let it rip" policies.
(2022-07-19). There was an unexpected 40% increase in "all cause deaths" in 2021 in the 18-49 year old age bracket. marktaliano.net READ MORE: COVID-19: "Excess deaths" or State-sponsored "homicide"? Death by Covid Vaccine Global ResearchGlobal Research Centre for Research on Globalization Breaking: Fifth Largest Life Insurance Company in the US Paid Out 163% More for Deaths of Working People Ages 18-64 in 2021. Total Claims/Benefits Up $6 Billion Global ResearchGlobal Research Centre …
(2022-07-19). Nurses In The US Are Suffering 'Moral Injury'. popularresistance.org Minnesota emergency room nurse Cliff Willmeng remembers, during the early days of the pandemic, treating a patient at United Hospital who asked how the nurses were doing. The man was a Vietnam veteran, and Willmeng recalls that he said, "This is your war." | "I kind of laughed, like what do you mean by that?" said Willmeng, who recalled he didn't grasp at the time how horrible the pandemic would become. "He said, 'We dealt with this in Vietnam. You don't know it yet but none of you are ever going to be the same again.'" | More than two years later, Willmeng, like countless other nurses and frontline workers natio…
(2022-07-19). A Marxist view of the Asian American National Questions. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – Over the last two years, hundreds of thousands of Asian Americans and their supporters have taken to the streets to protest the wave of violence against Asian Americans. From the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when a Burmese family was assaulted in Texas; to the Atlanta Spa killing in April 2021, where six of the eight people killed were Asian American women, this wave of violence against Asian Americans inspired protests across the country, even including middle-school students. | These protests were the largest ever to draw together Asian Americans of different nationalities. This was in pa…
(2022-07-19). Why the U.S. failed to control COVID-19: incompetence, class violence, deception, and lies. mronline.org 
The United States (together with its Western allies) always tries to tell China what to do in managing COVID-19 outbreaks, and since the whole city of Shanghai was under lockdown, the U.S. media seems to have even more reasons to criticize China's anti-virus policy.
(2022-07-19). Omicron Drives Surge in Venezuela's COVID-19 Cases. orinocotribune.com This Sunday night, Venezuela's Presidential Commission for the Prevention, Care, and Control of COVID-19 reported that 672 new infections were registered in the country in the last 24 hours, of which 666 cases were due to community transmission, and six were imported. This was reported by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez Rodríguez reported that the state in which the largest number of new cases occurred is Miranda (272), with…
(2022-07-19). What I Can Still Love About My Embattled Country (and World). scheerpost.com 
[By It's hot and hazy as July rolls around. Growing up in the Baltimore swamplands, we used to say, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity." Meaning that the humidity was harder to deal with than the feverish temperatures. At some point in my family, the phrase m…
(2022-07-19). 30% of Species threatened or extinct globally since 1 0. peoplesdispatch.org A study from Minnesota University has shown that global biodiversity loss may be greater than thought previously. This will also adversely affect the functioning of ecosystems…
(2022-07-19). COVID Test Insert Admits Results Are Scientifically Invalid. globalresearch.ca
(2022-07-19). Surge of the BA.5 Omicron subvariant sweeps Europe, North and South America, Japan. wsws.org Every country but China is turning a blind eye to the catastrophe wreaked by repeated waves of COVID-19.
(2022-07-19). 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.
(2022-07-18). Graduates encouraged to look at jobs at grassroots. ecns.cn According to figures by the National Bureau of Statistics released on Friday, the surveyed unemployment rate of young people aged 16 to 24 was 19.3 percent in June. By comparison, the same figure for June 2019, before the pandemic hit, was 11.9 percent.
(2022-07-19). "Our brothers and sisters are being worked to death": UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman backs Ventra Evart workers' fight against sweatshop conditions. wsws.org Will Lehman denounced the UAW bureaucracy for blocking a strike and helping Ventra management stockpile parts even as COVID-19 spreads through the plant and workers are hospitalized for heat exhaustion.
(2022-07-19). Britain's leading health journals the BMJ and HSJ warn: "The NHS is not living with Covid, it's dying from it." wsws.org This week the World Health Organization reported that coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all infections globally. Hospitalisation rates have doubled.
(2022-07-19). OMS alerta sobre nueva ola de covid en Europa y llama a prepararse para el otoño y el invierno. cubadebate.cu La Organización Mundial de la Salud informó que los casos de covid en Europa se han triplicado en las últimas seis semanas y representan casi la mitad de los reportados en el mundo. Es una situación similar a la del verano de 2021, con casi 3 000 muertos semanales, dijo la OMS, que llamó a los Gobiernos a prepararse para el otoño y el invierno próximos.
(2022-07-19). Cuba reporta 51 nuevos casos de COVID-19, ningún fallecido y 56 altas médicas. cubadebate.cu Al cierre de este lunes 18 de julio, Cuba reportó 51 nuevos casos de COVID-19. Actualmente, hay 321 casos activos, informó el Ministerio de Salud Pública (Minsap) en su parte diario.
(2022-07-19). Remote Patient Monitoring During COVID-19. jamanetwork.com To the Editor The authors of a recent Viewpoint recommended "implementing continuous pulse oximetry and heart rate monitoring for all hospitalized patients and ED [emergency department] patients," despite acknowledging that there is limited evidence to support the safety and efficacy of this practice. In support of their recommendation, they cited the results of a retrospective cohort study showing an association between continuous monitoring and reduced mortality but failed to mention that the study population was limited to patients receiving sedatives and/or analgesics. Indeed, there are certain populations wh…
(2022-07-19). Remote Patient Monitoring During COVID-19—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply In our recent Viewpoint, we suggested that health systems should consider implementing continuous pulse oximetry as part of a harm reduction strategy. In his letter, Dr Kenik equates the absence of evidence with evidence of no effect. The retrospective study that we referenced was limited to patients receiving sedatives or analgesics. This does not imply that other patients would not benefit; other patients were not studied. The health system in that study expanded continuous monitoring to all patients, demonstrating significant benefit, with 0 deaths occurring from drug-induced respiratory depression in…
(2022-07-19). COVID-19 ARDS and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Family Members After ICU Discharge—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Among family members of patients with COVID-19 ARDS included in our study, half were indeed spouses. Dr Lin and colleagues suggest that as these family members were quarantined, this might have been an additional source of PTSD. However, recent findings seem to challenge this hypothesis. In a large longitudinal analysis, Aknin et al reported that changes in mental health measures during the first 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic were small. Moreover, the negative association between policy stringency and mental health was mostly mediated by observed physical distancing and perceptions of the government…
(2022-07-19). Covid-19 Crisis: The Unspoken Objective of the WEF's "Global Reset" is to "Eliminate the Poor" globalresearch.ca
(2022-07-19). Health Experts Are Quitting the NIH and CDC in Droves Because They're Embarrassed by 'Bad Science' — Including Vaccinating Children Under 5 to 'Make Their Advice Palatable to the White House,' Doctors Claim. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Follow …
(2022-07-19). OMS: situación de Covid-19 en Europa es similar a la de 2021. telesurtv.net La OMS señaló que en Europa se han registrado 3 millones de nuevos casos de Covid-19 en las últimas seis semanas.
(2022-07-19). Australian hospitals in meltdown as governments allow COVID to take off. wsws.org Masks, contact-tracing and testing have all been finished with, or severely undermined, meaning that the current surge will be worse than any previous wave.
(2022-07-19). Bolivia reporta alza de casos de Covid-19 debido a nuevas cepas. telesurtv.net Desde la llegada de la pandemia, Bolivia acumula 21.982 decesos y 969.652 casos confirmados de la enfermedad.
(2022-07-19). Statements of support from Australia, New Zealand and the US for Zero-COVID advocate Dr David Berger. wsws.org The WSWS continues to receive statements denouncing the Australia Health Practitioners Regulatory Authority's "disciplining" and threatened deregistration of Dr. David Berger, an Australian physician, over his social media criticism of governments' response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2022-07-19). Video: Italian Regional Court Identifies the mRNA Injections as "Experimental Substances" which not Break the Chains of Infection. Reiner Fuelmich Interviews Renate Holzeisen. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Follow …
(2022-07-19). COVID Antigen Test Results Are Scientifically Invalid. Confirmed by the Pharmaceutical "Intended Use" Advisory. globalresearch.ca
(2022-07-19). Mix-and-Match COVID-19 Boosters After Inactivated Virus Vaccine. jamanetwork.com A booster shot of mRNA or viral vector SARS-CoV-2 vaccine after 2 doses of an inactivated virus vaccine better protected patients against severe disease and death from COVID-19 than 3 doses of the inactivated virus vaccine, according to a large-scale study in The Lancet Global Health. The findings give additional support for a mix-and-match approach to COVID-19 boosters, the authors wrote.
(2022-07-19). COVID-19 ARDS and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Family Members After ICU Discharge. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent study demonstrated that family members of ICU patients with ARDS due to COVID-19 exhibited higher rates of PTSD symptoms than family members of patients with ARDS due to other causes. As possible explanations of this finding, the authors considered restricted visitation, communication barriers related to personal protective equipment requirements, reduced contact with medical staff leading to decreased trust, and substantial care burden for COVID-19 survivors. However, the restricted visitation, communication barriers, and limited contact with staff due to the pandemic applied equally to al…
(2022-07-19). AFT says mass exodus of teachers can be stopped. peoplesworld.org 
BOSTON —Even before the coronavirus pandemic made everything worse, some 300,000 teachers and school support staffers were leaving the profession every year. Now the Teachers (AFT) have stepped forward with a comprehensive report analyzing why—and what to do about it. The 56-page report, Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? from a 25-member AFT task force, says a …
(2022-07-19). The Covid Crisis in Japan: Lockdown, Economic Crisis, the mRNA Vaccine, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. globalresearch.ca
(2022-07-18). America Is Breaking The Bargain It Made For Labor Peace. popularresistance.org The American labor movement finds itself in a "good news, bad news" situation‚Äâ—‚Äâwhich is better than the standard "bad news, bad news" situation, but just as perilous. This week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that in the past nine months, petitions that workers have filed to unionize with the agency have risen by 56% over the previous year. This is a clear and tangible sign of what public opinion polls have already told us: In the aftermath of the pandemic, with a union-friendly president in the White House, workers are more enthusiastic to form un…
(2022-07-18). Safe consumption sites: End the war on people who use drugs! workers.org 
New York City 2020. In the shadow of the COVID-19 epidemic are two others: the opioid and overdose epidemics. Since the start of epidemics, there have been thousands of deaths from overdoses, even when the people who OD don't even know they've consumed opioids. What is the difference between the . . . |