2022-08-21: News Headlines

Staff (2022-08-21). Study finds 96 pc of COVID-19 patients have antibodies year after recovery. aninews.in Moscow [Russia], May 22 (ANI/Sputnik): A study by Japan's Yokohama City University showed that 96 per cent of people previously infected with COVID-19 still had antibodies a year after recovery, Kyodo News Agency reported.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-21). Consumer Health: What are head lice? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For many families, the start of school is a busy, exciting time of year. For some families, though, returning to school also means unpleasant, unwelcome guests: head lice. An estimated 6—12 million infestations of head lice occur each year in the U.S. among children ages 3—11, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Head lice are tiny insects that feed on blood from the human scalp. Head lice don't carry bacterial or viral diseases,…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-21). Science Saturday: Do environmental exposures contribute to human diseases? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An accumulation of environmental chemicals, pollutants, microbes, and particulates may be living inside each of us — acquired from the air we breathe, the food we eat, products we touch, and the water we drink. These sometimes-harmful exposures can potentially interact with our genes to fuel diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory illnesses, autoimmune diseases, and stroke. Research shows environmental factors are associated with more than 80% of human diseases and nearly 1 in 6 deaths worldwide. …

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: Back-to-school COVID-19 vaccinations for kids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Before kids head back to school this fall, make sure a COVID-19 vaccination is on their back-to-school list. Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a Mayo Clinic Pediatric Infectious Diseases expert, says everyone 6 months of age and older is now eligible for an authorized COVID-19 vaccination. With vaccines becoming widely available for school-aged children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has new guidance for schools that shifts the focus from restrictive measures, like quarantine and social…

Staff (2022-08-21). Without ID proofs, 3 million people including refugees in Pakistan may miss out on Covid-19 jabs. aninews.in Islamabad [Pakistan], May 22 (ANI): At least three million people, including unregistered refugees, are likely to miss out on Covid-19 vaccinations in Pakistan due to lack of proofs of their identity, reports The Dawn.

Staff (2022-08-21). øQué debe saber sobre la viruela símica? (+Video). cubadebate.cu La viruela símica es una zoonosis viral causada por el virus de igual nombre, que pertenece al gé‚Äånero Orthopoxvirus e incluye al virus variola (causante de la viruela). Esta zoonosis se caracteriza por erupción o lesiones cutáneas que suelen concentrarse en la cara, las palmas de las manos y las plantas de los pies.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-21). Primer ministro de Japón da positivo a la Covid-19. telesurtv.net El primer ministro Fumio Kishida desarrolló síntomas como fiebre leve y tos la noche del sábado.

Elkhorn Slough Reserve (2022-08-21). Wednesday 9/7: Biodiversity Trivia Night (Virtual). indybay.org Online Event. Register here: | us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcO6vqzkoEt1vSNuni_QNXrSJRDDtcMGP

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-21). Mayo Clinic research shows bebtelovimab to be a reliable option for treating COVID-19 in era of BA.2, other subvariants. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers say the monoclonal antibody bebtelovimab, already authorized by the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use on the omicron variant of COVID-19, is a reliable option to treat BA.2 and other COVID-19 subvariants. The findings of their multisite, retrospective study involving 3,607 high-risk patients appear in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. "This study gives us confidence that bebtelovimab is reliable for the treatment of high-risk patients during this omicron…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-21). What the detection of poliovirus in sewer systems in London, New York City means. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Polio, also known as poliomyelitis, is caused by the poliovirus. The contagious virus can infect a person's spinal cord and cause paralysis. The virus has been detected in the sewers of London, and in sewer systems in New York, including New York City. Health officials are urging unvaccinated residents in those communities to get immunized or get boosters if already vaccinated."The single case that we have in the U.S. appears to be vaccine strain polio…

Staff (2022-08-21). Bangladesh records 1,028 new COVID-19 cases, 38 more deaths. aninews.in Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 1,028 new COVID-19 cases and 38 new deaths on Saturday, taking the tally to 787,726 and the death toll to 12,348, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

Staff (2022-08-21). Germany bars visitors from Britain, N Ireland over Covid variants of concern. aninews.in Berlin [Germany], May 22 (ANI): Travellers from Britain and Northern Ireland will be barred from Sunday from entering Germany, which has classified the United Kingdom as a Covid-19 virus variant area of concern region.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-21). Mayo Clinic experts provide overview of latest clinical information on monkeypox. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — As the monkeypox outbreak continues and the U.S. has declared monkeypox a public health emergency, Mayo Clinic experts have published a special article in Mayo Clinic Proceedings to provide clinicians with a focused overview of the viral infection, establishing strategies for infection prevention and control and a summary of clinical management to consider. "The purpose of this article is to provide an overview to assist health care professionals in addressing the challenges of…

Staff (2022-08-21). øQué debe saber sobre la viruela símica? (+Video). cubadebate.cu La viruela símica es una zoonosis viral causada por el virus de igual nombre, que pertenece al gé‚Äånero Orthopoxvirus e incluye al virus variola (causante de la viruela). Esta zoonosis se caracteriza por erupción o lesiones cutáneas que suelen concentrarse en la cara, las palmas de las manos y las plantas de los pies.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: Hand, foot and mouth disease in kids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Hand, foot and mouth disease, most commonly caused by a coxsackievirus, is a highly contagious childhood illness. The virus can be spread through respiratory droplets, person-to-person contact and touching a contaminated object.Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Mayo Clinic's Children's Center, says it is typically an illness of young children — usually children under 5. But you can get infected with hand, foot and mouth disease at any age. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute. youtu.be/Tv1v-rMiK4A

Staff (2022-08-21). Cuba reporta al cierre de este sábado 81 nuevos contagios de Covid-19 y una fallecida. cubadebate.cu Para la COVID-19 se realizaron un total de 2 mil 375 muestras para la vigilancia, resultando positivas 81. El país acumula 14 millones 079 mil 511 muestras realizadas y 1 millón 109 mil 992 positivas. En el día se reportó una paciente fallecida. Lamentamos profundamente lo sucedido y trasmitimos nuestras condolencias a sus familiares y amigos.

Staff (2022-08-21). Nepal logs 8,591 new COVID-19 cases, 5,05,643 in total. aninews.in Kathmandu [Nepal], May 22 (ANI): Nepal on Saturday reported 8,591 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative count of infections in the country to 5,05,643.

Staff (2022-08-21). China's carbon emissions soar to record high. aninews.in Beijing [China], May 22 (ANI): While the world is battling COVID-19 pandemic, China's carbon emissions has reached a new record high with a growth of 14.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 as compared to the previous year, according to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).

____ (2022-08-21). Japanese PM tests positive for COVID-19. ecns.cn Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tested positive Sunday for COVID-19, the government announced.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-21). Drs. Julie Louise Gerberding, Martine Rothblatt to join Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., chairperson and CEO of United Therapeutics Corp. (Nasdaq: UTHR), were elected by the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees as public trustees at its quarterly meeting on Aug. 12. They will join the Board of Trustees effective Nov. 10. "Drs. Gerberding and Rothblatt are two of the most insightful, creative and innovative leaders in health…

Staff (2022-08-21). US stands with India in fight against COVID-19: Envoy. aninews.in New Delhi [India] May 22 (ANI): The United States stands with the people of Delhi and India in the fight against COVID-19, said US envoy Daniel B Smith.

Staff (2022-08-21). Philippines logs 6,831 new COVID-19 cases. aninews.in Manila [Philippines], May 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday 6,831 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,178,217.

Staff (2022-08-21). Pakistan: Sindh extends coronavirus restrictions for two weeks amid cases surge. aninews.in Sindh [Pakistan], May 22 (ANI): The Sindh province of Pakistan has extended the coronavirus restrictions for another two weeks amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.

Staff (2022-08-21). Remove content terming 'Indian variant': India tells social media intermediaries. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): India took a strong objection to the use of the term so-called 'Indian variant' for the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus on social media posts.

____ (2022-08-21). Nearly 30 train passengers test positive for COVID-19. ecns.cn At least 27 passengers aboard a train that started from Lhasa in Tibet autonomous region on Monday and arrived in Beijing on Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19 after they disembarked at different stations.

Staff (2022-08-21). India in greater need for COVID-19 vaccines to save lives, will not exert pressure for supply of doses: Bhutan. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): In view of the deadly second wave and surge of COVID-19 cases in India, neighouring Bhutan has said it is not going to pressurise New Delhi for supply of vaccines as it is in greater need.

TeleSUR (2022-08-20). Russia and China Strengthen Partnership Amid Ukrainian Crisis. telesurenglish.net Chinese diplomat, Zhang Hanhui, stressed that the evolution of the international scene and the world order is currently affected by the processes taking place in the world, including the Ukrainian crisis, the struggle of the great world powers and the most serious pandemic of the century. | 13 nations have expressed interest in joining the group, including Argentina, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Aug. 20, 2022.

The Lancet (2022-08-20). [Editorial] An age of uncertainty: mental health in young people. thelancet.com Young people face a world with multiple crises and much uncertainty. A person born in 2006 will have gone through the great recession and the subsequent austerity measures, a pandemic with disrupted schooling and social isolation, a cost-of-living crisis, war in Europe, and a world coming to terms with the magnitude of climate change. There have been many tumultuous times in history, but evidence on the mental wellbeing of young people during those periods is scant. How should we think about the mental health of young people during an age of such uncertainty?

Ryan Cristián (2022-08-20). "Baffling" Excess Death Mystery, Zelensky's Nuclear Game & New Bivalent Jab Will Cause Real Pandemic. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (8/20/22). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

John O'Looney (2022-08-20). A Letter to UK's Chief Coroners Office on Disturbing COVID and COVID Vaccination Deaths. globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR (2022-08-20). Bolsonaro to Face Justice for COVID-related False News. telesurenglish.net Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been accused by the police of dissuading the preventative use of masks during the pandemic and maliciously propagating that vaccination against COVID-19 makes people at risk of contracting AIDS. | RELATED: | Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has been asked by police, in an ongoing investigation into the accusations, to charge Bolsonaro on account of discouraging compliance with he…

TheCOVIDBlog (2022-08-20). The Phoney Nitrogen Crisis: The Netherlands Is Ground Zero for Global Famine Agenda. Precipitating "30,000 Farmers Out of Business" globalresearch.ca

TheCOVIDBlog (2022-08-20). The Phoney Nitrogen Crisis: The Netherlands Is Ground Zero for Global Famine Agenda. Precipitating "30,000 Farmers Out of Business" globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-08-20). Cuba reporta 74 nuevos casos de COVID-19 y 87 altas médicas. cubadebate.cu Al cierre de viernes 19 de agosto, se encontraban ingresados 541 pacientes, sospechosos 210 y confirmados activos 331. Según el Ministerio de Salud Pública, se realizaron en el día 1 832 muestras para la vigilancia para la vigilancia epidemiológica de la COVID-19, resultando positivas 74. En el día hubo 87 altas y no se reportaron fallecidos.

Jocalyn Clark (2022-08-20). [Perspectives] Firdausi Qadri: putting Bangladeshi science on the map. thelancet.com Firdausi Qadri, infectious disease specialist and Senior Scientist at icddr,b, found time on a hectic day to speak with me. She was taking a lunch break on day 5 of Bangladesh's 7-day vaccination blitz in July, 2022, during which more than 2 ∑4 million people were immunised with oral cholera vaccine (OCV). A vaccination roll-out of this speed and scale is not unusual for Bangladesh. But this year's campaign is different because "it is aimed at breaking the cycle of infection in the country's worst cholera outbreak in 60 years", says Qadri.

GBD 2019 Cancer Risk Factors Collaborators (2022-08-20). [Articles] The global burden of cancer attributable to risk factors, 2010—19: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. thelancet.com The leading risk factors contributing to global cancer burden in 2019 were behavioural, whereas metabolic risk factors saw the largest increases between 2010 and 2019. Reducing exposure to these modifiable risk factors would decrease cancer mortality and DALY rates worldwide, and policies should be tailored appropriately to local cancer risk factor burden.

Nir Melamed, Elizabeth Asztalos (2022-08-20). [Comment] Antenatal betamethasone regimen for women at risk of preterm birth. thelancet.com 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark study1 by Liggins and Howie evaluating the benefit of antenatal corticosteroids in reducing respiratory morbidity.1 By the early 1990s, obstetrical societies worldwide supported its use in women at risk of preterm birth. However, although the benefit of reduced neonatal mortality and morbidity are striking, recent studies have raised concerns that fetal exposure to antenatal corticosteroids might be associated with physical, mental, and developmental disorders.

Juthipong Benjanuwattra, Annia Cavasos, Mahmoud Abdelnabi (2022-08-20). [Correspondence] DRESS syndrome — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Vincent Descamps for his Correspondence on Mahmoud Abdelnadi and colleagues' published incidence of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome.1 Descamps suggested that testing for human herpesvirus is best done with PCR, rather than a Monospot test, which we concur with. The detection and quantification of viral DNA via PCR is the method of choice in determining an active human herpesvirus 6 infection including viral reactivation.2,3 Serological assay is mostly made use of to identify primary infection in patients with no history of infection; its usefulness is, unfortunately…

Lucrecia Franco (2022-08-20). Brazilian scientists developing mRNA vaccines. america.cgtn.com To date, drug companies Pfizer and Moderna have refused to share the formula behind the most cutting-edge COVID-19 vaccines. The two pharma giants use mRNA, a vaccine technology that instructs human cells to make a protein that triggers an immune response to the disease. …

Margaret McCartney (2022-08-20). [Perspectives] Decline, fall, catastrophe. thelancet.com NHS Under Siege: The Fight to Save it in the Age of Covid is a fierce, campaigning book. The news is full of reports of catastrophic ambulance delays, months-long waits for urgent care, and falling satisfaction with the UK's National Health Service (NHS). The book makes clear that it is politicians, as well as multiple health-care leaders, who must shoulder the blame. For what is the NHS? After decades of simultaneous underfunding and wasteful "innovation" is it just the shell of a once-great idea? Or is it perhaps a moral ideal that is part of the value system of the UK—a lynchpin of society and to be defe…

Contributing Writers (2022-08-20). A Letter to UK's Chief Coroners Office on Disturbing COVID and COVID Vaccination Deaths/By John O'Looney. marktaliano.net By John O'Looney Global Research, August 20, 2022 *** First published October 29, 2021 . Incisive analysis of Funeral Director John O'Looney *** …

Doctors for COVID Ethics (2022-08-20). J'Accuse! The Gene-based "Vaccines" Are Killing People. Governments Worldwide Are Lying to You the People, to the Populations They Purportedly Serve. globalresearch.ca The Signal of Harm is now indisputably overwhelming, and, in line with universally accepted ethical standards for clinical trials, Doctors for Covid Ethics demands that the 'Covid' vaccine programme be halted immediately.

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-08-20). OMS recomienda dos anticuerpos monoclonales contra el ébola. telesurtv.net La OMS precisó que los fármacos Inmazeb y Ebanga emplean anticuerpos obtenidos en laboratorio, similares a los usados naturalmente contra el ébola.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-20). 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…

Doctors for COVID Ethics (2022-08-20). J'Accuse! The Gene-based "Vaccines" Are Killing People. Governments Worldwide Are Lying to You the People, to the Populations They Purportedly Serve. globalresearch.ca The Signal of Harm is now indisputably overwhelming, and, in line with universally accepted ethical standards for clinical trials, Doctors for Covid Ethics demands that the 'Covid' vaccine programme be halted immediately.

Anne N. Sosin, Rebecca Holcombe (2022-08-19). Ensuring Safe In-Person Education Remains an Afterthought in US Covid Plan. commondreams.org As schools prepare to open, the BA5 subvariant is once again driving cases upward as political will to act falls ever lower.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-08-19). Amazon San Bernardino warehouse workers walk out over pay, dangerous heat. peoplesworld.org SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.—Upset with low pay and plagued by dangerous indoor heat levels which Amazon refuses to solve, more than 125 workers at its key San Bernardino, Calif., 24/7 warehouse walked off the job on August 17. The walkout followed a petition to Amazon management, signed by almost 900 workers—a majoritydemanding a $5 an hour …

SAM (2022-08-19). Israel Raids Offices Of Palestinian NGOs In Mass Silencing Effort. progressivehub.net OREN ZIV | +972 MAGAZINE…

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