2022-11-17: News Headlines

_____ (2022-11-17). Gaza Freedom Flotilla To Sail In 2023. popularresistance.org After a pause due to the global pandemic, the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) is set to resume its sailing to challenge the illegal, immoral and inhuman Israeli blockade of Gaza. The last sailing of the flotilla was in 2018. The 2020 sail was postponed due to the COVID pandemic that closed many European ports. | Members of the 10 national and international organization campaign coalition met in London November 4-6, 2022, and made the decision to resume sailing in 2023. Representatives of member campaigns from Norway, Malaysia, US, Sweden, Canada, France, New Zealand, Turkey and the International Committee f…

____ (2022-11-17). Beijing starts inhaled COVID-19 booster vaccination. ecns.cn The first batch of inhaled COVID-19 booster vaccination has become available in Beijing starting from Wednesday in Beijing.

WSWS (2022-11-17). Michigan Medicine worker speaks out against capitalism's COVID policy. wsws.org "This place gave me COVID, but all they talk about is he, him or that I might be gay. I agree with the pandemic being a socially criminal policy, and this happening internationally."

WSWS (2022-11-17). World Socialist Web Site readers in North Asia support online public meeting to fight "let it rip" COVID policies. wsws.org Sunday's public meeting will outline a political perspective, including the building of independent rank-and-file committees, to unify health workers, teachers and other sections of workers in the fight for decent wages, working conditions and the elimination of COVID-19.

The Green Arcade (2022-11-17). Thursday 12/1: Two Great Readings to Mark World AIDS Day. indybay.org 1680 Market Street | SF, CA 94102…

Infobrics (2022-11-17). Creating Solidarity Between Africa and Brics Countries Top of Sars' List. infobrics.org The South African Revenue Service (Sars) participated in two multilateral meetings recently to cement international tax co-operation in Africa and among the Brics countries…

Juan Chingo (2022-11-17). La relación de Alemania con China, de nuevo fuente de discordia con EE. UU. globalizacion.ca El canciller alemán Olaf Scholz fue el primer líder europeo en visitar Pekín desde el estallido de Covid-19. También, el primer líder occidental que se reunió con Xi Jinping flamantemente coronado para su tercer mandato. Su viaje despertó fuertes críticas…

Marc Vandepitte (2022-11-17). øQué podemos esperar de China con Xi Jinping? globalizacion.ca Vivimos tiempos muy turbulentos. Se avecinan muchas crisis y desafíos: el calentamiento global, el COVID-19, la crisis energética, la guerra en Ucrania… øQué podemos esperar ahora que Xi Jinping ha sido elegido para un tercer mandato? øQué dirección tomará China…

TeleSUR, odr -YSM (2022-11-17). Panamá alerta sobre inicio de sexta ola de la Covid-19. telesurtv.net El titular de Salud panameño precisó que algunas provincias han registrado últimamente un alza de hasta 10 por ciento de nuevos casos la Covid-19.

WSWS (2022-11-16). The COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for socialism. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (UK) Congress resolution explains: "The two alternatives posed before mankind are either unending mass infection, debilitation and death, or the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism and implementation of a policy of global elimination, to end all human-to-human transmission of COVID-19."

Contributing Writers (2022-11-16). Leading British Cardiologist, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, and Dr. Peter McCullough Independently Come to Same Conclusion/ By John Leake. marktaliano.net Orginal Link here: Leading British Cardiologist, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, and Dr. Peter McCullough Independently Come to Same Conclusion (substack.com) "The Covid mRNA vaccine has likely played a significant role or been a primary cause of unexpected cardiac arrests, heart attacks, strokes, cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failure since 2021…" Until the British cardiologist, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, …

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.

Julia Conley (2022-11-16). Preserve and Restore Nature to Prevent Future Pandemics: Studies. commondreams.org "Right now, the world is focused on how we can stop the next pandemic," said one scientist. "Unfortunately, preserving or restoring nature is rarely part of the discussion."

Keenan "HIGz" Higgins (2022-11-16). The Evolution Of Hip-Hop From The Perspective Of Three Certified Rap Pioneers. newsone.com Source: General / Radio One | Snoop Dogg, E-40, Too $hort, and MORE: Formed in 2020 during the pandemic, all four rap pioneers have finally made it around to dropping their debut…

____ (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 …

Susan Dunham (2022-11-16). The Corona Crisis has "Broken our Relationships and Crushed our Souls", "Courageous Voices have Emerged to Speak to the Hysteria of our Time" globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR (2022-11-16). New Variants Drive Up COVID-19 Infections in the United States. telesurenglish.net The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) informed that Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 accounted for nearly half of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. in the past week. | RELATED: | The two new variants have been growing especially fast since October. At the beginning of October, each one accounted for about 1 percent of new infections in the United States, but they have been roughly doubling in prevalence…

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.

TeleSUR (2022-11-16). First Monkeypox Death Reported in Chile. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Chile's Health Ministry reported the first death from monkeypox in the country, of a person who was diagnosed with the disease on September 29. | RELATED: | The Head of the Department of Epidemiology of the Health Ministry Christian Garcia said on his official Twitter account, "There is a pattern that is common (in severe cases), people with underlying pathologies that cannot respond in the best way to other diseases, in this case…

____ (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.

Mitchell Zimmerman (2022-11-16). The GOP Won't Dump Trumpism Anytime Soon. otherwords.org In the face of midterm election results that confounded predictions and crushed Republican hopes for a landslide victory, some in the media are suggesting that the party may finally turn away from Trump. | Trump-backed Republicans did indeed blow some critical races. But this hope suggests there are reasonable Republican office-holders out there who are now ready to liberate themselves from Trump's orbit and re-make the GOP as a normal, democracy-respecting party. | The suggestion that there was an "extremist" fever that has run its course is false. | The reality: MAGA Republicans are the Republican Party. Few Re…

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 …

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 …

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 "

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.

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.

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 …

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.

____ (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."

Bilal G. Morris (2022-11-15). Roberta Flack's ALS Diagnosis Spotlights The Disease's Low Rates Among Black Americans. newsone.com Source: David Crotty / Getty | Singing legend Roberta Flack A rep for the Grammy-winning singer told TMZ that Flack has difficulty even speaking these days due to her condition. Although she will no longer be able to sing in front of crowds, the 85-year-old R&B queen has a documentary coming out about her life as well as a children's book she plans to publish next year. She has won fou…

____ (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. …

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