2022-08-13: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-08-13). CDC guidelines deepen Biden's "forever COVID" policy. wsws.org The CDC stands totally discredited as a political instrument of the ruling class, aligned with the Democratic Party and the Biden administration.

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-08-13). Universal Basic Income (UBI) or the "Corona Virus Stimulus Check": Economic Liberation or the First Step Towards Slavery? globalresearch.ca

Daniel J Jackson, Leonard B Bacharier, Peter J Gergen, Lisa Gagalis, Agustin Calatroni, Stephanie Wellford, Michelle A Gill, Jeffrey Stokes, Andrew H Liu, Rebecca S Gruchalla, Robyn T Cohen, Melanie Makhija, Gurjit K Khurana Hershey, George T O'Connor, Jacqueline A Pongracic, Michael G Sherenian, Katherine Rivera-Spoljaric, Edward M Zoratti, Stephen J Teach, Meyer Kattan, Cullen M Dutmer, Haejin Kim, Carin Lamm, William J Sheehan, R Max Segnitz, Kimberly A Dill-McFarland, Cynthia M Visness, Patrice M Becker, James E Gern, Christine A Sorkness, William W Busse, Matthew C Altman, US National Institute of Allergy, Infectious Disease's Inner City Asthma Consortium (2022-08-13). [Articles] Mepolizumab for urban children with exacerbation-prone eosinophilic asthma in the USA (MUPPITS-2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial. thelancet.com Phenotype-directed therapy with mepolizumab in urban children with exacerbation-prone eosinophilic asthma reduced the number of exacerbations.

Sophie Louise Roberts, Giles S Kendall, Sarah Edwards, Pranav Pandya, Donald Peebles, Eleni Nastouli, UCL cCMV MDT (2022-08-13). [Correspondence] Screening policies for cytomegalovirus in pregnancy in the era of antivirals. thelancet.com Cytomegalovirus is one of the most common congenital infections, affecting 0 ∑67% of all livebirths globally.1 The rate of vertical transmission is 30—40% after maternal primary infection throughout pregnancy.2 40—60% of infants born with symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus disease at birth will have long-term sequelae. Antenatal cytomegalovirus screening is offered in only a few countries and is not currently recommended in the UK, where, in addition, a decision against newborn screening was also recently upheld.

The Expose (2022-08-13). Shocking: UK Government Admits COVID Vaccinated Children Are 4423% More Likely to Die of Any Cause & 13,633% More Likely to Die of COVID-19 Than Unvaccinated Children. globalresearch.ca

Baxter Dmitry (2022-08-13). Spain Admits Spraying Deadly Chemtrails as Part of Secret UN Program: One Month after March 2020 Covid-19 Lockdown. globalresearch.ca

TheCOVIDBlog (2022-08-13). The Phoney Nitrogen Crisis: The Netherlands Is Ground Zero for Global Famine Agenda. Precipitating "30,000 Farmers Out of Business" globalresearch.ca

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2022-08-13). Vaccine Hesitancy in Haiti Has Led to the Lowest COVID-19 Cases and Death Rates in the Western Hemisphere. globalresearch.ca

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-13). Monkeypox has been declared a public health emergency in the US: What's that mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Biden administration has declared monkeypox a public health emergency. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been over 6,600 confirmed monkeypox cases in the U.S., with all but two states, Montana and Wyoming, reporting at least one. Dr. Richard Kennedy, co-director of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, explains what the declaration means. "The declaration allows more flexibility to the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the…

____ (2022-08-13). WHO gives new names to variants of monkeypox virus. ecns.cn The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced new names for variants of the monkeypox virus that are currently in circulation. This is to avoid causing any cultural or social offense, the WHO explained in a statement on Friday.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-13). What parents should know about parechovirus in children, babies. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory, asking clinicians and public health departments to be on the lookout for infants with parechovirus infections. This follows reports of infections in newborns and young infants in multiple states. Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a Mayo Clinic pediatric infectious diseases expert, says while some people may just be hearing about parechovirus, they are a group of viruses that are fairly common in childhood. Watch: Dr….

Seyed Mohammadreza Hashemian, James Miller (2022-08-13). [Correspondence] Iran's burden of disease and burden of data collection. thelancet.com The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019 Iran Collaborators1 analyse data from 1990 to 2019. Of particular focus was the effect of sanctions on the health of Iranians through diminished access to quality care. Recommendations described in the report included the necessity for evaluating policies, assessing needs, and setting priorities on the basis of disease burden. However, as the data series ends before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the report does not address the global public health catastrophe that has forced many nations, including Iran, to reassess their preparedness.

____ (2022-08-13). Thousands of medics rush to Sanya to aid anti-epidemic fight. ecns.cn Over 10,000 medics from 19 provincial-level regions have been drafted to help Hainan in fighting the latest COVID-19 resurgence, with the majority in the worst-hit city of Sanya.

____ (2022-08-13). First batch of 660 stranded tourists leaves for home. ecns.cn The first batch of 660 stranded tourists due to the latest COVID-19 resurgence returned to home on the early morning of Friday.

Sadaf G Sepanlou, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Farshad Farzadfar, Reza Malekzadeh, Bagher Larijani, Nicole Davis Weaver, Mohsen Naghavi (2022-08-13). [Correspondence] Iran's burden of disease and burden of data collection — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Christopher G Maher and and Giovanni Ferreira, as well as Seyed M Hashemian and James Miller, for their interest in our work.1 Maher and Ferreira correctly discusses the inadequacy of primary data for neck and back pain at the provincial scale in Iran from 1990 to 2019; they also discuss the problem of data sparsity for other conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and hearing loss. It is important to note that data sparsity is a main limitation of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 overall, and the principle and rationale of the GBD is to overcome this limitation u…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-13). 8-5-2022 Media Only News Briefing: Back-to-school: What to know about sports, immunizations, COVID-19 and more. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, pediatric infectious diseases specialist, and Dr. David Soma, pediatrician and sports medicine specialist, both with Mayo Clinic Children's Center, fielded questions from media around back-to-school topics. Topics included how to prepare for the start of school such as immunizations, the importance of sleep, COVID-19, as well as sports injury prevention, conditioning and more. Journalists who have already registered on the News Network can log into their accounts to download a recording of…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-13). Mayo Clinic Minute: Don't skip your child's HPV vaccine. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Kids are heading back into the classroom, and health care professionals say it's important to prepare for the first day of school by keeping up to date with childhood immunizations. Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a Mayo Clinic pediatric infectious diseases physician, says if you have a preteen, make sure he or she gets vaccinated for HPV now. It could prevent your child from getting cancer later in life.Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/ORgl35BN8f4 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…

Nayvin Gordon (2022-08-13). A Pox on the House of Profit, the United Disease States of America…….but Wage Earners Can. indybay.org Wage earners have the power to remove the pox on the nation…

Zainab Golwala, Ashwin Pandey, Robindra Basu Roy (2022-08-13). [Perspectives] "You have not remained the same, nor have I" thelancet.com Now that we are in the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is easy to forget the intense emotions, including fear of contagion and managing uncertainty and disruption, among health professionals and the public early in the pandemic. Amid that fear, front-line workers were recognised as "heroes" by the public. Some of those new-found heroes, while following their vocation to care for others, were simultaneously struggling with the challenges of being international medical graduates (IMGs) in the UK's National Health Service (NHS) and in health systems in other high-income countries (HICs).

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-08-13). Bombshell Document Dump on Pfizer Vaccine Data. globalresearch.ca What is contained in Pfizer's confidential report is detailed evidence on the impacts of the "vaccine" on mortality and morbidity. This data which emanates from the Horse's Mouth can be used to confront as well formulate legal procedures against Big Pharma, the governments, the WHO and the media.

Stop World Control (2022-08-13). Video: The Plan. WHO Plans to Have 10 Years of Pandemics (2020-2030). "Proof that the Pandemic was Planned with a Purpose" globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on June 1, 2022 | *** | THE PLAN shows the official agenda of the World Health Organization to have ten years of ongoing pandemics, from 2020 to 2030. | This is revealed by a WHO virologist, Marion …

Rachel S Kelly, Scott T Weiss (2022-08-13). [Comment] Biologic therapies for asthma in underserved populations. thelancet.com Black and Hispanic children living in disadvantaged urban environments in the USA face a disproportionate burden of asthma, experiencing the highest rates of morbidity and mortality in the country.1 The repeated exacerbations that accompany severe eosinophilic asthma in these populations can lead to loss of lung function, increased asthma severity, and progression to a pattern of fixed obstructive lung disease by early adulthood.2,3 Worryingly, in a substantial proportion of these children, conventional guideline-directed therapies, such as corticosteroids and long-acting Œ≤ agonists, do not improve asth…

Brenda Norrell (2022-08-13). COVID: Masks Required on Pine Ridge, Rapid Spread on Navajo Nation. indybay.org The Oglala Lakota Nation said today that masks are now mandated due to the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases. The Navajo Nation reported more than 300 new cases, and four deaths, from the virus in the past two days.

Patrick Delaney (2022-08-13). Government Database Reveals 10,000% Increase in Cancer Reports Due to COVID Vaccines. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-08-13). Failure to eradicate polio allows a resurgence of this dread disease. wsws.org The revival of polio, declared eradicated in the US more than three decades ago, is emblematic of the decay of the public health system.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-13). Mayo Clinic Q and A: New variants of COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Cases of COVID-19 are once again surging in parts of the U.S., and I'm hearing about different strains, such as the BA.5 and BA2.75 omicron subvariants. What do I need to do to keep my family safe, especially as I prepare to send my kids back to school? My children and I have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and a booster vaccination. ANSWER: Infections in the U.S. continue to rise, as COVID-19…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-13). Science Saturday: Addressing the challenges of chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) — a type of immunotherapy that reprograms a patient's T cells to recognize and destroy cancer cells — has revolutionized the treatment of blood cancers. While the technique has successfully sent patients with advanced disease into remission, it is far from perfect. CAR-T cell therapy has three main problems that Mayo is seeking to address to bring the full potential of this promising treatment to patients, says Saad Kenderian,…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-13). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Managing childhood asthma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Asthma is a lung condition that causes swelling of the airways. It can make breathing difficult and trigger coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. It's the most common chronic disease among children, although it affects adults, as well. More than 262 million people globally are affected by asthma, and more than 461,000 have died due to the disease, according to the World Health Organization. In childhood asthma, the lungs and airways become easily inflamed when exposed…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-08-12). The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate". Engineered Depression of China's Economy? globalresearch.ca "Covid Tolerance Zero" has contributed to destabilizing Shanghai's financial sector as well as China's buoyant export economy. It has created social havoc for millions of people, requiring the imposition of PCR tests, using the QR code as a means of social control.

Ethan Huff (2022-08-12). COVID Jabs Linked to Sharp Death Increase in the Netherlands. globalresearch.ca

Ann Brown (2022-08-12). Video: Chairman Of Pan-Africanist Political Group Explains FBI Raid On Properties. moguldom.com The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently did a series of raids on several properties owned by the Pan-African political group the African People's Socialist Party. One of the FBI raids was on the home of the party's chairman, Omali Yeshitela. The African People's Socialist Party is Black liberation and is a vocal critic of U.S. …

____ (2022-08-12). HKUST launches app for COVID-19 prevention and control. ecns.cn The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has launched a mobile phone program that maps the distribution of COVID-19 cases in buildings.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-08-12). "Factual Chaos" at the WHO? Dr. Tedros: Monkeypox Outbreak Is "Among Men Who Have Sex with Men" globalresearch.ca Where is the science? What are the implications? This was a personalized decision by Dr. Tedros, in defiance of the IHR Committee' Decision NOT to implement a PHEIC. Does his bold statement constitute an encroachment of the fundamental rights of the LGBT Community which is currently the object of the emergency measures?

____ (2022-08-12). Tibet fights COVID-19 outbreak. ecns.cn Since the COVID-19 resurgence, the Lhasa Railway Station has handled about 6,000 passengers and the Gongga Airport has transported about 20,000 passengers.

Megan Redshaw (2022-08-12). 'Stunning' Link Between Pfizer Vaccine and Myocarditis in Teens, Study Shows. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-08-12). Public health specialists demand action as COVID-19 surges in Turkey. wsws.org In Turkey, whose government has declared that "the pandemic is over," official numbers of cases and deaths, which are underestimates, are rapidly rising.

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