(2022-09-24). [Articles] Socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence and access to health services among children and adolescents in China: a cross-sectional study. thelancet.com Our study showed that the burden of cancer in children and adolescents in China is much higher than previously nationally reported from 2000 to 2015. The distribution of the accessibility of health services, as a social determinant of health, might have a notable role in the socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence among Chinese children and adolescents. With regards to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, policy approaches should prioritise increasing the accessibility of health services for early diagnosis to improve outcomes and subsequently reduce disease burdens, as well as narrowing the socioe…
(2022-09-24). China celebrates farmers' harvest festival. ecns.cn Hundreds of millions of Chinese farmers celebrated the fifth harvest festival on Friday, as the country expects a bumper harvest despite COVID-19 and extreme weather.
(2022-09-24). [World Report] War driving cholera in Syria. thelancet.com Conflict has damaged water treatment plants and caused hygiene and sanitation to deteriorate.Sharmila Devi reports.
(2022-09-24). According to Joe Biden: "The Pandemic is Over", 57,676 New Cases in the U.S. in the Last 24 Hours. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-24). Case Dismissed: Victory for Parents and Their Children. Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) Official Repeals COVID Shot Mandate for School. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-24). Chinese herb proved effective toinhibitCOVID-19 virus: HKUMed. ecns.cn The LKS Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) announced on Thursday that a natural product derived from a Chinese herb Spatholobus Suberectus Dunn, or Suberet Spatholobus, has been discovered to effectively inhibit several viruses including SARS-Cov-2, which has caused the global COVID-19 pandemic.
(2022-09-24). [Correspondence] Characterising adults in Scotland who are not vaccinated against COVID-19. thelancet.com By Aug 10, 2022, 3‚Äà497‚Äà208 of the estimated 4 ∑4 million adults living in Scotland had received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. However, a proportion of the adult population remains unvaccinated (defined as no record of any vaccine being administered) and susceptible to severe COVID-19 outcomes. Characterising this population can help to understand gaps in vaccine coverage and determinants of vaccine hesitancy and could support targeted public health messaging. Unlike the vaccinated population, on whom information is gathered at the point of vaccination, current esti…
(2022-09-24). [Comment] Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System: 70 years of responding to the expected and preparing for the unexpected. thelancet.com When a cluster of respiratory viral infections occurs, early recognition by clinicians linked to a global network is essential for rapid identification of the causal pathogen and subsequent risk assessment and public health response. Crucial to this process are sentinel physician and hospital networks where samples are collected from patients with febrile respiratory infections; trained laboratory staff to identify the causative pathogen; and epidemiologists and public health staff to collect data and evaluate pathogen spread and disease severity in susceptible populations.
(2022-09-24). [Perspectives] Digitising brain age. thelancet.com Chronological age can differ from biological age, particularly in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related neurodegenerative disorders. By training models with structural and functional brain imaging data obtained serially over time, deep learning artificial intelligence can estimate the brain age gap—the difference between chronological age and predicted age.
(2022-09-23). Ontario education support workers: Vote YES to strike! Build rank-and-file committees to defend public education and stop COVID! wsws.org A decisive vote for strike action must be made the starting point for the political mobilization of all education workers to defend public education, defeat the hard-right Ford government's austerity agenda, and secure inflation-busting wage and benefit increases.
(2022-09-23). 87% Of World Doesn't Support West's New Cold War On Russia. popularresistance.org Two former US diplomats have acknowledged that the vast majority of the global population does not support the West's new cold war on Russia. | In a Newsweek op-ed titled "Nearly 90 Percent of the World Isn't Following Us on Ukraine," ex diplomats Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell wrote: | While the United States and its closest allies in Europe and Asia have imposed tough economic sanctions on Moscow, 87 percent of the world's population has declined to follow us. Economic sanctions have united our adversaries in shared resistance. Less predictably, the outbreak of Cold War II, has also led countries that we…
(2022-09-23). China experiences surge in COVID-19 cases after relaxing travel and quarantine policies. wsws.org In recent weeks, China has experienced significant outbreaks of COVID-19 in several cities throughout the country after the National Health Commission announced in mid-July that the Zero-COVID strategy would become somewhat less stringent.
(2022-09-23). Nobody knew China landed on the moon and Bill Gates. indybay.org The four organizations have spent nearly $10 billion on covid since 2020 – as much as the lead U.S. agency tasked with fighting it. The organizations collectively gave $1.4 billion to the World Health Organization (WHO)*, where they helped shape a major initiative to distribute Covid 19 vaccines and test kits. This program failed to achieve its original goals.
(2022-09-23). Por qué 'aprender a vivir' con las muertes por COVID? — Editorial de Workers World/Mundo Obrero. workers.org 
Si escribes para el New York Times, espera que te asignen artículos condenando a China por causar a su pueblo enormes molestias e incomodidades para evitar las muertes masivas por el coronavirus. El New York Times comparte claramente el punto de vista de la clase capitalista de que la prioridad . . . |
(2022-09-23). The Heat: Bolivian President Luis Arce and UN Head of Biodiversity Elizabeth Mrema. america.cgtn.com 
How did Bolivia escape rampant global inflation? And why is biodiversity critical to the survival of our planet?>
(2022-09-23). Graphene COVID Kill Shots: Let the Evidence Speak for Itself. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-23). Poverty Is A Public Policy Choice. popularresistance.org It should not have taken a pandemic to realize poverty is a public policy choice. | Public investments in safety net programs continue to be extremely effective poverty reduction tools, as newly released Census income data show. Government social programs kept tens of millions of people out of poverty in 2021. Because of expansions to programs like unemployment insurance benefits and the child tax credit, poverty rates were actually lower in 2021 than they were prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. | The poverty reduction achieved through expanded social insurance programs highlights how much policymakers' choices can…
(2022-09-23). World Economic Forum Cites Compliance with COVID Mandates to Promote 'Climate Change' Lockdowns. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-23). Tech workers switch jobs to help fight climate change. america.cgtn.com Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many workers, especially those in tech, re-positioned their careers. A growing number are choosing to focus their efforts on one of the most pressing issues of our time — climate change.
(2022-09-23). New Zealand government promotes complacency about COVID-19. wsws.org After removing nearly all mask mandates and other public health measures, the Labour Party-led government is scrapping regular COVID press briefings, as it seeks to normalise mass infection and death.
(2022-09-23). Epidemiological situation continues to be marked by dengue. en.cubadebate.cu Dengue continues to be the most complex hygienic-sanitary situation that we have today in the country, it was reiterated at this Wednesday's meeting of the Government's temporary working group for the prevention and control of covid-19. The exchange was led by the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the prime minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz, a member of the Political Bureau. The head of the Ministry of Public Health, José àÅngel Portal Miranda, reported that there is dengue transmission in the 15 provinces and the Isle of Youth.
(2022-09-23). Canadian education workers speak out against reckless return to school after the abandonment of all COVID-19 public health measures. wsws.org Prior to the start of the school year, Ontario's chief medical officer Kieran Moore, in preparation for what he cynically termed "respiratory season," undemocratically declared that all public health measures in schools would be abandoned and that COVID would be treated like the flu.
(2022-09-23). Wearable sensors styled into t-shirts and face masks. imperial.ac.uk Imperial researchers have embedded new low-cost sensors that monitor breathing, heart rate, and ammonia into t-shirts and face masks.
(2022-09-23). Bayer Head Admits COVID-19 Vaccine Is Gene Therapy. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-23). On eve of Brazil's election, Workers Party covers up collaboration in Bolsonaro's COVID-19 "herd immunity" policy. wsws.org The Workers Party's claim that it will "rebuild and transform" Brazil is directly refuted by the role it played in implementing the herd immunity policy in Brazil.
(2022-09-22). Giant panda research base in Chengdu reopens. ecns.cn Giant pandas play at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 21, 2022. The research base reopened to the public after a half-month closure and completion of deep cleaning and disinfection.
(2022-09-22). Cuban FM Addresses Non-aligned Movement at the UNGA 77. telesurenglish.net During a NAM Ministerial meeting on post-pandemic recovery, within the framework of the United Nations General Assembly, the head of Cuban diplomacy urged to act with unity, cohesion, creativity, and solidarity in defense of collective interests. | Cuba called for action with unity, cohesion, creativity and solidarity, in defense of collective interests at the NAM Ministerial Meeting on global post-pandemic recovery.
(2022-09-22). Census Data Proves Anti-Poverty Measures Work. otherwords.org The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that poverty dropped notably in 2021. Amid a pandemic and widespread economic pain, this is a significant accomplishment. There are three lessons here — about government programs, about how we measure poverty, and about how far we have left to go. First, these numbers show that government programs work. …
(2022-09-22). MSM Goes After Kyrie Irving For Sharing Alex Jones Clip About New World Order And Engineered Plagues. moguldom.com National Basketball Association player Kyrie Irving is in hot water again over his views about the coronavirus and the covid-19 vaccine mandates. The Brooklyn Nets guard was a longtime vaccine holdout, repeatedly losing roughly $380,000 per game. He was allowed to join the team again for home games. Now he has re-shared a video of …
(2022-09-22). Según Joe Biden: "La pandemia ha terminado", 57.676 casos nuevos en EE. UU. en las últimas 24 horas. globalizacion.ca 
Desestabilizar la estructura social, política y económica de 190 países soberanos se presentó como la "solución" para combatir el virus mortal. La ciencia falsa apoyó esta devastadora agenda. | Y ahora hemos llegado a un nuevo clímax: | El presidente Biden ha…