(2023-02-15). Beijing inoculates China's first multivalent vaccine to provide enhanced protection against COVID variants. ecns.cn Beijing has begun inoculating China's first multivalent vaccine that can provide broad spectrum protection against COVID variants.
(2023-02-15). Do you know who to talk to about your child's routine vaccinations? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), routine vaccinations for kindergarten in the U.S. fell to 93% during the 2021-2022 school year. That's the second year in a row routine vaccination rates decreased. The vaccines help prevent potentially fatal or severe illnesses, including diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis) and others. The CDC says there are several reasons for the decline, including the possibility that misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines may have played…
(2023-02-15). From the Peak of Fitness to Wanting to Die — How the COVID Vaccine Ruined One Man's Life. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-15). Rare Interview with Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel in Davos in Jan. 2023. New mRNA Vaccines Coming. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-14). Moderna's $130 Vaccine and the Path to Cheap Drugs. cepr.net According to news reports, Moderna is considering a price in the range of $110 to $130 for shots of its Covid booster. People may recall that we paid Moderna close to $450 million to develop its Covid vaccine. We then paid another $450 million for the clinical trials that were needed to determine its effectiveness. …
(2023-02-14). South Korea Invests $261 Million Into New mRNA Factory Located in a "Smart City", Will Produce New mRNA Vaccines Within 100 Days in Partnership with Gates Foundation. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-15). Beijing inoculates China's first multivalent vaccine to provide enhanced protection against COVID variants. ecns.cn Beijing has begun inoculating China's first multivalent vaccine that can provide broad spectrum protection against COVID variants.
(2023-02-15). Do you know who to talk to about your child's routine vaccinations? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), routine vaccinations for kindergarten in the U.S. fell to 93% during the 2021-2022 school year. That's the second year in a row routine vaccination rates decreased. The vaccines help prevent potentially fatal or severe illnesses, including diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis) and others. The CDC says there are several reasons for the decline, including the possibility that misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines may have played…
(2023-02-15). From the Peak of Fitness to Wanting to Die — How the COVID Vaccine Ruined One Man's Life. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-15). Rare Interview with Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel in Davos in Jan. 2023. New mRNA Vaccines Coming. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-14). Moderna's $130 Vaccine and the Path to Cheap Drugs. cepr.net According to news reports, Moderna is considering a price in the range of $110 to $130 for shots of its Covid booster. People may recall that we paid Moderna close to $450 million to develop its Covid vaccine. We then paid another $450 million for the clinical trials that were needed to determine its effectiveness. …
(2023-02-14). South Korea Invests $261 Million Into New mRNA Factory Located in a "Smart City", Will Produce New mRNA Vaccines Within 100 Days in Partnership with Gates Foundation. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-14). U.K. : Covid Vaccines Increased Risk of Hospitalization, 6-9 Months Following Jab. Surge in Hospitalization Rates per 100,000. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-14). United Kingdom: Covid Vaccines Increase Risk of Hospitalization, Surge in Hospitalization Rates per 100,000. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-14). Health disparities in preventive screenings for African Americans. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org BARRON, Wis. — Preventive health screenings are important for everyone, yet these simple and routine things are not readily available to some. Nothing in life is perfect, medicine included. The health care system has not figured out a way to screen for every illness or cancer, but it does offer great screening tools for some. Things like pap smears, mammograms, colon cancer screenings and vaccines save lives every day. "As a family physician, I come…
(2023-02-14). Free HPV shots drive fight against cervical cancer. ecns.cn Chongqing will offer free vaccinations against human papillomavirus to 180,000 female second-year junior high school students this year, as more Chinese cities join efforts to combat cervical cancer.
(2023-02-15). Earthquake Response Turkey; Husseini on Pandemic Origins & US Biowarfare; ILWU10 For Mumia. indybay.org Pacifica's CRD: Earthquake Response in Turkey; Sam Husseini on Pandemic Origins and US Biowarfare; Union Fights for Freedom for Mumia; Death Penalty Abolitionists in Texas Speak Out…
(2023-02-15). Foreign expert: China's 1.4 billion people will generate a lot of traveling. ecns.cn Dimitrios Buhalis, professor at Bournemouth University, observes that Chinese people are keen to travel and experience the world. With a huge population, China will generate a lot of traveling in the future. He expects China's share in the global tourism market will exceed pre-pandemic level in a longer term.
(2023-02-14). Plan Calls for Global Collaboration to Address Child Undernutrition. jamanetwork.com Conflict, climate events, the COVID-19 pandemic, and climbing costs of living have contributed to a severe form of undernutrition among an increasing number of children, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
(2023-02-14). Household Transmission of Influenza A Viruses in 2021-2022. jamanetwork.com This prospective study compares the risk of transmission of influenza virus infection among household contacts of patients with influenza during the 2021-2022 influenza season vs before the COVID-19 pandemic influenza seasons in the US.
(2023-02-14). "Who will replace us when we are gone?": A letter from Baltimore County teachers. therealnews.com 
To Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski, | From 2020 to 2022, educators faced the unprecedented circumstances of a pandemic, stagnated wages, and the hardships of virtual learning. Rising to meet these challenges put teachers on a strong footing in our ongoing fight for pay that is commensurate with our work. We have done what was asked of us and more, we have accomplished what seemed impossible and continue to work hard to make up for the learning that was lost during the pandemic—and, surely, that is worth the extra money. | However, the negotiations between the teachers, Baltimore County, and t…
(2023-02-14). Unprecedented hospital layoffs and closures underway in US health systems. wsws.org As the world enters the fourth year of the pandemic, hospitals are being bombarded with children and adults suffering from respiratory illnesses such as RSV and the flu in addition to COVID patients.
(2023-02-15). COVID-19 infections continue to decline in China. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland reported over 80,000 COVID-19-related deaths at hospitals from Dec 8 to Feb 9, as the numbers of COVID-19 infections and deaths associated with the disease have been trending downward consistently this year.
(2023-02-14). Chinese civilian groups step forward to aid quake rescue work. ecns.cn When he saw the news that a magnitude 7.8 earthquake had hit Türkiye and Syria on Feb 6, Wang Kaibo was involved in a charity activity sending oxygenators and health packs to elderly people living alone, as part of COVID-19 prevention work.
(2023-02-14). El maravilloso mundo de los GAFAM. globalizacion.ca Despidos, nuevos modelos económicos, guerra tecnológica: øcómo interpretar la actual crisis de los GAFAM (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft)? Tras el crecimiento exponencial de su actividad durante el periodo de la pandemia del Covid-19, los gigantes de la economía digital…
(2023-02-14). Valentine's Day: Look To Marxists To Reimagine Love, Romance And Sex. popularresistance.org Italian Communist Antonio Gramsci has been quoted quite a lot in recent years amid our various political catastrophes from Trump to Covid-19 to climate collapse and the political center's seeming inability to resist any of the above. The most famous line from his Prison Notebooks, written between 1929 and 1935 while a political prisoner of the Mussolini regime, is probably: "The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." This is sometimes more loosely translated as ‚Äã…
(2023-02-14). Bolivia muestra menos casos de Covid-19 por séptima semana seguida. telesurtv.net Según el ministro se detectaron 1.417 nuevos casos, lo que representa una reducción del 35 por ciento, con 774 casos menos que la pasada semana.
(2023-02-14). FDA Injects Just Under $2m to Investigate mRNA COVID-19 Vax-Induced Myocarditis—Led by Dr. Supriya Jain New York Medical College. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-14). Australian Labor health minister lies about COVID disaster. wsws.org The Labor government defied and suppressed warnings in order to pursue a corporate profit-driven "let it rip" policy, knowing that many people would die.
(2023-02-15). Mayo Clinic Minute: What to do when sick with norovirus or 'stomach flu'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you went out for the evening and woke up with a sudden bad stomach, chances are you might be experiencing viral gastroenteritis. That's the broad term for an infection in the intestines. Some call it "stomach flu." Gastroenteritis can be brought on by norovirus — a highly contagious viral infection most often spread through person-to-person contact or contaminated food or water, or by touching contaminated surfaces. It can be quite severe for some people, but for…
(2023-02-15). Declaran alerta sanitaria por virus de Marburgo en Guinea Ecuatorial. telesurtv.net Hasta el momento, la epidemia cuenta con 16 casos sospechosos que permanecen aislados en hospitales.
(2023-02-14). Reducing HSV-2 Morbidity and Mortality. jamanetwork.com Humans are the only natural host and reservoir of herpes simplex virus (HSV) types 1 (HSV-1) and 2 (HSV-2), and together HSV is among the most prevalent viral infections in the world. After a primary genital infection with HSV, these viruses establish lifelong latency in the nonreplicating sacral ganglia, protected from both innate immune mechanisms and antiviral medications. Viral reactivation from these latent ganglia causes recurrences at the skin and mucosal surfaces and result in symptoms and the possibility of transmission. Taking advantage of both touch and sexual contact, these viruses evolved to link the…
(2023-02-14). Tracking All Injuries From Firearms in the US. jamanetwork.com To the Editor We submit this Letter in response to the recent Viewpoint about a national surveillance system for firearm violence. Dr Cook is an epidemiologist whose children witnessed the Parkland, Florida, mass shooting; Dr Sills is an emergency physician-scientist who has worked in trauma centers for 25 years.
(2023-02-15). Science Saturday: Can AI-enhanced heart screening address health disparities? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Clinicians and researchers around the world are combining artificial intelligence, known as AI, with health care to help identify patients at greater risk of cardiovascular diseases, such as stroke and heart failure. However, as use of these AI-enhanced tools grows, researchers at Mayo Clinic are asking, "Do these tools work reliably for people of color?" and "Are they accessible in community health care settings?" "AI-based health interventions are frequently developed and deployed without race-specific data analysis or…
(2023-02-15). Mayo Clinic Minute: Congenital heart disease and pregnancy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Congenital heart disease is the most commonly diagnosed disorder in newborns worldwide. While babies born with this condition are living longer and healthier lives, some may go undiagnosed until adulthood. Dr. Katia Bravo, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, explains the risks that pregnancy poses for those diagnosed with congenital heart disease. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=82zCTF-bl9I Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News…
(2023-02-15). What's National Wear Red Day? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org National Wear Red Day is an annual event held each first Friday of February, dedicated to raising awareness about heart disease in women. It's the leading cause of death among women in the U.S. That's why it's crucial for women to take charge and be proactive in their heart health. Women with heart disease more often have delayed or missed misdiagnoses biases, insufficient research, and symptoms and risk factors that are different than men. "There…
(2023-02-15). Mayo Clinic Minute: Success in reducing heart disease deaths, except for young women. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiovascular disease is still the No. 1 killer in the world. The good news is that, generally, the numbers are getting better, with one surprising exception. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Sharonne N. Hayes, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, discusses how treatment bias for younger women may be a contributing factor. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/b5XjmSOeeBI Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 02) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please "Courtesy: Mayo Clinic…
(2023-02-15). What is clinically meaningful to slow Alzheimer's progression? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Experts reframe understanding of treatment impact over time, need for combination therapies ROCHESTER, Minn. — An expert work group has reframed what is clinically meaningful to slow Alzheimer's disease progression during clinical trials, including treatment impact over time and the need for combination therapies. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association has published the group's findings and recommendations: Slowing progression of disease — rather than halting it, which may come eventually — has…
(2023-02-15). MEDIA ADVISORY: Mayo physician seeks to help young adults with congenital heart failure before it's too late. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org February is American Heart Month, and a largely unaddressed condition affecting thousands of young people is at the center of a Mayo Clinic cardiologist's practice. Dr. Luke Burchill is the link between what young adults with congenital heart disease need to survive and thrive. Did you know a whopping 40,000 babies each year are born with congenital heart disease in the U.S.? But many of those same babies survive, only to unnecessarily risk premature death…
(2023-02-14). Selenium-enriched foods could be used against Alzheimer's disease: study. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have recently put forward evidence for improving Alzheimer's disease (AD) with selenium-enriched foods and ingredients, according to the Institute of Microbiology under Guangdong Academy of Sciences.
(2023-02-14). Changes in p53 Gene May Influence Cardiovascular Disease Risk. jamanetwork.com Scientists have discovered that genetic changes in blood cells, specifically in the key DNA damage repair gene that encodes p53—a well-known tumor suppression protein—can contribute to atherosclerosis risk, in addition to cancer.
(2023-02-14). Vital Statistics in Prognosis. jamanetwork.com It has been well said that prognosis is the map by means of which the physician leads his patient through the barren land of disease. To the patient, a favorable prognosis affords immeasurable courage and fortitude. Still, such figures as 50 per cent. mortality in cerebrospinal meningitis, leave us, in the face of any one case, in a position suspiciously like that of the gamester who knows only that the next turn of the wheel must be red or black; and we must welcome any basis in addition to the clinical picture on which we may prognosticate. Pearl's recent monograph on the biology of death commends itself for th…
(2023-02-14). How Spin and Lies Fuel a Bloody War of Attrition in Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org 
Fresh graves at a cemetery near Bakhmut, December 2022. — Photo credit: Reuters In a recent column, military analyst William Astore wrote, "[Congressman] George Santos is a symptom of a much larger disease: a lack of honor, a lack of shame, in America. Honor, truth, integrity, simply don't seem to matter, or matter much, in …
(2023-02-14). Mayo Clinic Minute: Postpartum depression is more than baby blues. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Postpartum depression is real. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 1 out of every 10 new moms suffer from it. It's much more than what's called the "baby blues" because it lasts longer and tends to be more severe. Symptoms include mood swings, anxiety, sadness, crying irritability and feeling overwhelmed. Prompt treatment is important, and Mayo Clinic experts say it works. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/WhmJuesp9ck Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 57) is…
(2023-02-14). Cuba is not a state sponsor of terrorism. canadiandimension.com 
Days after the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, Cuba sent a 30 person health brigade to assist in medical care to victims. Photo by Ismael Francisco. | Cuba, a country of eleven million people, has been under an illegal embargo by the United States government for over six decades. | Despite this embargo, Cuba's people have been able to transcend the indignities of hunger, ill-health, and illiteracy, all three being social plagues that continue to trouble much of the world. | Due to its innovations in health care delivery, for instance, Cuba has been able to send its medical workers to other coun…
(2023-02-14). USPSTF Recommendation: Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes Infection. jamanetwork.com This 2023 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends against routine serologic screening for genital HSV infection in asymptomatic adolescents and adults, including pregnant persons (D recommendation).
(2023-02-14). Patient Information: Screening for Genital Herpes. jamanetwork.com This JAMA Patient Page summarizes the US Preventive Services Task Force's recent recommendations on screening for genital herpes infection.
(2023-02-14). SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Presymptomatic Type 1 Diabetes Autoimmunity in Children and Adolescents—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We welcome the opportunity to address the comments expressed by Dr Chang about our recent Research Letter, which found no association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and presymptomatic type 1 diabetes.
(2023-02-14). SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Presymptomatic Type 1 Diabetes Autoimmunity in Children and Adolescents. jamanetwork.com To the Editor I have several concerns about the recent study that found no significant association of SARS-CoV-2 infection with autoimmunity related to type 1 diabetes in groups of children and adolescents from Colorado and from Bavaria, Germany.
(2023-02-14). Mayo Clinic Q and A: 6 UTI myths and facts. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: As a woman in my mid-60s, I have been diagnosed with a urinary tract infection for the first time ever. I was surprised to find out that I don't need antibiotics because I don't have any symptoms. There's a lot of conflicting information online about UTIs, like whether every infection needs to be treated and if sex causes an infection. Can you help me distinguish between UTI myth and fact? ANSWER: Urinary tract infections,…
(2023-02-15). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Are over-the-counter hearing devices a fit for you? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've heard about the new over-the-counter hearing devices, but I'm not sure if they'll work for me. What do I need to know? And what should I consider as I make my decision? ANSWER: Hearing loss can be a significant quality of life issue for people. There are certainly many benefits to visiting with an audiology practice or specialist. People with moderate hearing loss are good candidates for hearing aids bought over the counter…