Daily Archives: November 16, 2022

2022-11-16: News Headlines

Jake Johnson (2022-11-16). 13 Senate Dems Join GOP in Voting to End Covid Emergency Declaration, Kick Millions Off Medicaid. commondreams.org One public health advocate warned that final passage of the resolution would "affect the cost of vaccines, tests, and treatments, restrict access to Medicaid and telehealth, and restart student loan payments."

Monet Bailey (2022-11-16). Baby's vaccine responses linked to childbirth method. healtheuropa.com The childbirth delivery method is associated with how a baby's immune system will respond to two key childhood vaccines. There are multiple types of childbirth delivery methods, including spontaneous vaginal birth, assisted vaginal birth, caesarean section, breech birth and multiple births. Many women plan for a natural vaginal birth; however, complications can arise during labour …

____ (2022-11-16). APEC report calls for structural reform, green recovery. ecns.cn Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies should embark on green structural reforms and promote a green recovery from the economic slowdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, said an APEC report on Wednesday.

WSWS (2022-11-16). Chinese Communist Party begins lifting Zero-COVID policy. wsws.org There is no scientific justification for this shift in policy, which is based solely on political and economic considerations.

____ (2022-11-15). Macao SAR chief executive delivers policy address, focusing on economy, public concerns. ecns.cn Ho Iat Seng, chief executive of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), on Tuesday delivered a policy address for fiscal year 2023, stressing efforts to shore up the economy and mitigate public difficulties while keeping the COVID-19 epidemic under control.

____ (2022-11-15). Hospitals being built to cope with infections. ecns.cn More makeshift hospitals are being built in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, to boost its treatment capacity for COVID-19 infections, according to a local health official.

____ (2022-11-16). (100 great changes) Traditional Chinese medicine benefits the whole world. ecns.cn In 2022, the World Health Organization released the report of the WHO Expert Meeting on Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)in the Treatment of COVID-19. The report presented evidence of the efficacy and safety of TCM, suggesting that on the basis of clinically relevant outcome measures, the TCMs are beneficial in the treatment of COVID-19.

Rian Overy (2022-11-16). COVID-19 virus can reactivate myalgic encephalomyelitis. healtheuropa.com According to researchers from Linkà∂ping University COVID-19 can reactivate viruses that had become latent in cells, particularly in people with myalgic encephalomyelitis. Severe, long-term fatigue, post-exertional malaise, pain, and sleep problems are all signs of myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. The cause of the condition is still not fully understood, although it …

____ (2022-11-16). Digital healthcare nurtures innovation. ecns.cn Healthcare professionals work at the Chronic Disease Management Center of digital healthcare company WeDoctor's grassroots-level healthcare maintenance organization in Tianjin in August 2021.

____ (2022-11-16). Study finds men with history of melanoma have higher risk of prostate cancer. ecns.cn A study led by Australia's Daffodil Center has found that men with a history of melanoma are more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer, compared to men who have never suffered from this skin disease.

Monet Bailey (2022-11-16). The bacteria behind leprosy disease could regenerate livers. healtheuropa.com In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have found that parasites behind leprosy disease can reprogramme cells to increase the size of a liver. The latest findings from a research team from the University of Edinburgh suggest the possibility of adapting this natural process from leprosy disease to renew ageing livers and increase health span which is …

En.mehrnews (2022-11-16). Haiti, UN appeal for help as fears grow over cholera's spread. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) — The UN and Haitian officials called for international assistance to respond to an outbreak of cholera that the World Health Organization has warned puts hundreds of thousands of people across the Caribbean nation at risk.

The Green Arcade (2022-11-16). Thursday 12/1: Two Great Readings to Mark World AIDS Day. indybay.org 1680 Market Street | SF, CA 94102…

Lily Meyersohn (2022-11-15). Billionaire-Funded "Anti-Science" Campaigns Are Causing Unnecessary Deaths. truthout.org In February 2020, just around one month before the World Health Organization (WHO) declared SARS-CoV-2 a "global pandemic" and as nations scrambled to respond to the novel coronavirus, that same organization

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-11-15). Video: Has Justin Trudeau Been Duly Vaccinated? Registered Nurse Expresses Doubt on Authenticity of Trudeau's Vaccine Jab. globalresearch.ca

Allen Forrest (2022-11-15). Corruption among Public Health Officials during the Pandemic? dissidentvoice.org "… Public Health administrators [are] being obscenely compensated for their efforts in purportedly fighting Covid." See "

Natalie Marsat (2022-11-15). How to remain profitable in the cannabis market during a recession? healtheuropa.com George Stantchev, PhD, the CEO of COMERG, provides a detailed and insightful analysis of the effects of a recession on the cannabis market, and how companies can become future-proof. The world is changing daily. The world economy is affected by the market, pandemics, customs, ethnicity, religion, politics, etc. Whatever worked years ago will not be …

Mark Niu (2022-11-15). Small businesses get creative amid inflation in the U.S. america.cgtn.com See how post-pandemic small businesses are struggling with inflation in the U.S.

Nitza Soledad Perez (2022-11-15). Homelessness problem is getting worse in the U.S. america.cgtn.com See how inflation and COVID pandemic are affecting homelessness in the U.S.

Mark Niu (2022-11-15). Small business get creative amid inflation in the U.S. america.cgtn.com See how post-pandemic small businesses are struggling with inflation in the U.S.

____ (2022-11-14). New covid-19 rules trigger rapid response. ecns.cn The authorities in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, lost no time in implementing the latest COVID-19 policy modifications announced by the central government on Friday afternoon.

____ (2022-11-14). Fine-tuned anti-virus measures expected to boost economic activity. ecns.cn More precise COVID-19 containment is expected to buffer the downward pressures on the Chinese economy by minimizing disruptions to economic activity while avoiding large-scale waves of infection, economists said on Monday.

____ (2022-11-15). 20 new measures against COVID-19 conducive to production and life: official. ecns.cn The 20 measures of joint prevention and control mechanism against COVID-19 newly released by the State Council is beneficial for maintaining the normal order of production and life, recovering market demands as well as for smoothing economic circulation, said a spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday.

____ (2022-11-15). Beijing braces after rise in COVID cases. ecns.cn The number of COVID-19 infections in Beijing has continued to trend upward in recent days, involving most districts, a senior official said on Monday.

____ (2022-11-15). Foxconn Zhengzhou strives to recruit workers after COVID-19 disrupts production. ecns.cn Foxconn Technology Group in central China's Zhengzhou, the world's largest iPhone factory, is sparing no efforts to retain and recruit workers after a new round of COVID-19 disrupted production at the plant.

____ (2022-11-15). Impact of COVID-19 on Chinese market sales short-term, external: official. ecns.cn China's market sales will go through the impact brought by the epidemic, but it is generally short-term and external, and the recovery of consumption enjoys more favorable conditions now, said a spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday.

____ (2022-11-15). Optimizing prevention measures neither 'lying flat' nor 'full relaxation': Shijiazhuang official. ecns.cn On Monday morning, Zhang Chaochao said that the further optimization and adjustment of epidemic prevention and control measures is a concrete action to implement the recently released 20 measures to optimize COVID-19 response.

WSWS (2022-11-15). German federal states abolish quarantine requirement for those infected with COVID. wsws.org Despite the continuing high numbers succumbing to COVID and a mounting flu wave, governments at federal and state level are working to abolish the few remaining protective measures.

WSWS (2022-11-15). As US rural hospitals close at unprecedented rate, health care workers speak on deteriorating conditions. wsws.org An ER physician said, "The staffing was gutted during COVID, now volumes are back up but they left the skeleton crew to manage this."

____ (2022-11-15). Chinese customs intercepts new species of Blattaria. ecns.cn Zhongshan Port Customs in Guangdong Province intercepted a new species of Blattaria, or cockroach, in a batch of wood imported from Guyana in a joint campaign with a lab for vector-borne diseases inspection and quarantine.

Monet Bailey (2022-11-15). New £30m funding to improve treatment of inflammatory diseases. healtheuropa.com An additional £30 million research injection will further fund developments into inflammatory diseases. The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre has been granted over £30m of funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research to support world-leading research into inflammatory diseases. The funding means that local people …

Rian Overy (2022-11-15). Atherosclerosis can be cured if it is spotted in early in life. healtheuropa.com An international research team has found that elevated lipids and dyslipidaemia in early life may worsen cases of atherosclerosis in later life. The study found that consistently elevated lipids and dyslipidaemia in early life had detrimental effects on atherosclerosis patients in adulthood, but stimulated lipid treatment in adolescence could halt the progression of the disease. …

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-11-15). Blowback: Italian police bust Azov-tied Nazi cell planning terror attacks. thegrayzone.com The arrest of Italian neo-Nazis affiliated with the Ukrainian Azov Battalion highlights the terrifying potential for blowback from the Ukraine proxy war Italian police announced a series of raids against the neo-Nazi Order of Hagal organization. Accused of stockpiling weapons and planning terror attacks, the group has established operational ties to the Ukrainian Azov Battalion. Five members of an Italian neo-Nazi organization known as the "Order of Hagal" were arrested on November 15th while an additional member remains wanted by …

Staff (2022-11-15). Europe: U.S. nuclear-capable bombers drill for strikes in "highly contested environments" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Aviano Air Base was employed for NATO's first air wars, those in Bosnia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. The F-35 is capable of delivering B61-12 nuclear bombs. (See videos below.) *** U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces AfricaNovember 15, 2022 555th FS F-16 Fighting Falcons take off for …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2022-11-14). Covid-19 Shots: Estimated 50% of Americans Now Question Vaccine Safety. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2022-11-14). Selected Articles: Video: The Pfizer Vaccine and "Mrs. 4.5 Billion Doses". EUC President Von Der Leyen Involved in Censorship, Surveillance, Coercion and Corruption. globalresearch.ca

The Global Research Team (2022-11-14). "The Worldwide Corona Crisis, Global Coup d'Etat Against Humanity" by Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca My objective is to inform people worldwide and refute the official narrative which has been used as a justification to destabilize the economic and social fabric of entire countries, followed by the imposition of the "deadly" COVID-19 "vaccine". This crisis affects humanity in its entirety: almost 8 billion people.

_____ (2022-11-14). Commoning Our Way Through The Climate Crisis. popularresistance.org In early 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic forced a retreat into our homes in a grand finale of our atomization and separation from nature — a separation that was exacerbated by enclosures. Yet physically distanced (and with the fragility of the economic system exposed) we remembered our interdependence. Many of us rediscovered ways of self-organizing and returned to the culture of commoning that has been overlooked as a vital way to address many issues, like climate change. | Across countries, collective responses to the climate crisis have flourished at local levels, particularly where there were existing netwo…

Dana Sanchez (2022-11-14). Amazon Follows Meta, Will Drop 10,000 Employees: 3 Things To Know About More Signs Of Economic Downturn. moguldom.com Amazon, which doubled its workforce when business boomed after the onset of the covid pandemic, is laying off less than 1 percent of its 1.54 million employees worldwide during the holiday season who work in tech and corporate jobs. This would be the largest round of firings in the history of the 28-year-old company founded …

____ (2022-11-14). ASEAN summits conclude, achieving fruitful results for post-pandemic cooperation. ecns.cn The 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and Related Summits concluded in Cambodia on Sunday, achieving fruitful results for greater regional cooperation towards…

____ (2022-11-14). Efforts urged to help global economy revive. ecns.cn Governments and the private sector need to work more closely together to help the global economy recover sustainably from the damage inflicted on it by the pandemic, speakers at the Group of 20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, said.

_____ (2022-11-14). US Media Searched For Crisis At China Party Congress. popularresistance.org For the Western press, the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party offered a number of signals which—if read in good faith—could have been perceived as reassuring. | Instead, establishment outlets reverted to familiar narratives regarding China's Covid mitigation strategy and tied these into renewed predictions of a long-prophesied economic disaster—one that would inevitably befall China as a result of its government's decision to forsake the orthodoxy of open markets. | More than anything else, corporate media fixated on Hu Jintao's departure from the congress hall, engaging in ta…

____ (2022-11-14). Mass nucleic acid testing cancelled in parts of China. ecns.cn Many parts of China announced the cancelation of mass nucleic acid testing as a circular on further optimizing the COVID-19 response that includes 20 prevention and control measures was issued on Friday by the State Council joint prevention and control mechanism against COVID-19.

____ (2022-11-14). Refined COVID policy aims to be more scientific. ecns.cn The latest modifications made to China's COVID-19 policy are aimed at adjusting to new viral mutations, integrating fresh scientific evidence, and managing limited resources in a vast country more efficiently…

____ (2022-11-14). Medical needs hindered by COVID restrictions addressed. ecns.cn Medical demands during a COVID-19 outbreak must be addressed and handled properly, and turning away patients due to claims of virus control is strictly prohibited, a senior health official said on Saturday.

____ (2022-11-14). Shijiazhuang to intensify zero COVID efforts. ecns.cn Shijiazhuang will strictly carry out the 20 measures announced by the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council on Friday and any nonconformity found will be rectified.

Fight Back (2022-11-14). Milwaukee, WI: Healthcare workers at Saint Francis Hospital blast unsafe conditions, corporate greed. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On November 10, the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals – AFT Local 5000 held a press conference to call attention to the unsafe working conditions in hospitals in the context of what public health experts are calling a tridemic – of the Flu, COVID-19 and RSV this winter season. | Focus was given to Ascension, the second largest healthcare corporation in the U.S. WFNHP represents workers at the Ascension hospital Saint Francis where workers have been engaged in multiple fights with management that have been escalating over the past year, particularly over staffing issues. | Jam…

Rian Overy (2022-11-14). WHO launches guide on telemedicine services. healtheuropa.com Who have launched a new resource to help healthcare systems around the world successfully implement telemedicine services. Telemedicine refers to the distribution of health and clinical services and information via electronic technology and telecommunication. It allows contact between patients and clinicians over long distances, providing essential care, advice, reminders, education, intervention, and monitoring. The COVID-19 …

WSWS (2022-11-14). COVID outbreak exposes oppressive conditions for Foxconn workers in China. wsws.org Foxconn's coverup, chaotic management and poor environment created alarm among the workers, who saw fellow workers getting infected.

WSWS (2022-11-14). European study finds hospitalization rates for RSV infections among infants have been higher than expected. wsws.org A new Dutch and British study found hospitalizations for RSV among infants younger than one year of age was higher than anticipated.

TeleSUR (2022-11-14). COP14 on Wetlands Conservation Concludes With 21 Resolutions. telesurenglish.net The 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP14), held in China's Wuhan and Switzerland's Geneva, concluded on Sunday with 21 resolutions. | RELATED: | Three of the resolutions were proposed by China: the resolution on establishment of the International Mangrove Center; the resolution on integrating wetland conservation and restoration into national sustainable…

Staff (2022-11-14). Abre sus puertas la edición 38 de la Feria Internacional de La Habana (Fihav 2022). cubadebate.cu Luego de dos años sin celebrarse debido a la pandemia de la covid-19, quedó inaugurada este lunes en Expocuba la edición 38 de la Feria Internacional de La Habana, con la participación de representante de 62 países y 400 empresas.

Staff (2022-11-14). Hotel Colonial Cayo Coco: Nuevo aniversario, nuevo comienzo. cubadebate.cu El hotel Colonial Cayo Coco festejó la fecha con la reanudación de las operaciones, luego de un proceso de remodelación, que aprovechó la pausa impuesta por la COVID-19. La festividad, diseñada para exaltar la cultura cubana en todas sus expresiones, vuelve a posicionar al primer hotel construido en Jardines del Rey, inaugurado por el Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro en noviembre de 1993.

Aram Aharonian (2022-11-14). El nuevo capitalismo de plataformas y vigilancia, øEl adiós a la esperanza? globalizacion.ca El contexto de la pandemia de la covid-19 creó las condiciones adecuadas para disponer de un marco institucional y normativo capaz de modificar las mentalidades, costumbres y valores de nuestras sociedades, impulsando nuevos deseos, hábitos y valores, pero, sobre todo,…

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-11-14). G20 anuncia fondo para prepararse para futuras pandemias. telesurtv.net Durante una conferencia de prensa, el presidente indonesio Joko Wikodo explicó que este fondo, en el que participan 24 países, tiene como objetivo "evitar una pandemia y prepararse a ella".

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