(2023-03-29). Wearing a mask now optional: Chinese infectious disease expert Zhang Wenhong. ecns.cn A renowned Chinese infectious disease expert believes as the country has entered into a stage of low prevalence of the novel coronavirus, wearing masks has now become an optional measure.
(2023-03-28). Human Mpox Virus Infection After Receipt of Modified Vaccinia Ankara Vaccine—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply In response to our Research Letter on mpox infection in the immediate period following vaccination with MVA-BN, Dr Zhou raises 2 important concerns about how to better assess vaccine effectiveness of MVA-BN against mpox.
(2023-03-28). Human Mpox Virus Infection After Receipt of Modified Vaccinia Ankara Vaccine. jamanetwork.com To the Editor I have some concerns about a recent Research Letter that presented data about human mpox (formerly monkeypox) virus infection after patients received the modified vaccinia Ankara—Bavarian Nordic vaccine (MVA-BN [JYNNEOS]).
(2023-03-28). Misplaced Attacks on MP Andrew Bridgen's Speech on the COVID Vaccine to the UK Parliament. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-29). Wearing a mask now optional: Chinese infectious disease expert Zhang Wenhong. ecns.cn A renowned Chinese infectious disease expert believes as the country has entered into a stage of low prevalence of the novel coronavirus, wearing masks has now become an optional measure.
(2023-03-28). Human Mpox Virus Infection After Receipt of Modified Vaccinia Ankara Vaccine—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply In response to our Research Letter on mpox infection in the immediate period following vaccination with MVA-BN, Dr Zhou raises 2 important concerns about how to better assess vaccine effectiveness of MVA-BN against mpox.
(2023-03-28). Human Mpox Virus Infection After Receipt of Modified Vaccinia Ankara Vaccine. jamanetwork.com To the Editor I have some concerns about a recent Research Letter that presented data about human mpox (formerly monkeypox) virus infection after patients received the modified vaccinia Ankara—Bavarian Nordic vaccine (MVA-BN [JYNNEOS]).
(2023-03-28). Misplaced Attacks on MP Andrew Bridgen's Speech on the COVID Vaccine to the UK Parliament. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-28). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.
(2023-03-29). Boston Trans Day of Resistance. workers.org 
Masked up and fired up! With Nina Simone's soulful, silky voice on "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" filling the air, hundreds of protesters, most wearing masks in protective solidarity with one another, converged on Government Center near Boston City Hall. They kicked off a . . . |
(2023-03-28). New flight routes open for summer. ecns.cn Airlines have added more routes for the summer-autumn flight season that started on Sunday, aiming to shore up flight volume to surpass pre-pandemic levels, official figures showed.
(2023-03-28). Domestic cruise industry heads back out to sea after pandemic. ecns.cn Starting from Shanghai on Sunday, China Merchants-Yidun, the first Chinese-flagged luxury cruise ship, will take passengers on a five-day journey of sightseeing and cultural experiences to Zhoushan.
(2023-03-28). Silicon Valley exists to destroy jobs—let it burn. therealnews.com 
The dramatic fall of Silicon Valley Bank in the span of a single week has sent reverberations throughout the financial system and growing fears of bank failures. SVB over-invested in mortgage loans and treasury bonds to deal with a glut of capital brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, assuming these assets were secure as long as interest rates stayed low. In the past year, interest rates began to rise, making the assets SVB purchased worse less than what they bought them for. A bank failure could have been avoided, had a panic not spread among tech investors fueled by the likes of Peter Thiel. While almost n…
(2023-03-29). Registran 1.371 nuevos casos de Covid-19 en Chile. telesurtv.net Desde el inicio de la pandemia, Chile acumula un total de 5.255.620 casos confirmados de Covid-19.
(2023-03-29). NSW election: Australian workers and youth speak about COVID, war and social crisis. wsws.org One worker said: "I think it's a good idea to have an international movement for the working class against war and for democratic rights, for workers to unite, it makes sense."
(2023-03-28). FDA Approves First Over-the-counter Combined COVID-19 and Flu Test. jamanetwork.com In late February, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an Emergency Use Authorization to an at-home diagnostic test that identifies SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as well as influenza strains A and B. The test detected 100% of negative and 88.3% of positive COVID-19 samples, 99.3% of negative and 90% of positive influenza A samples, and 99.9% of negative influenza B samples.
(2023-03-28). Illness Metaphors and COVID-19. jamanetwork.com In her classic 1978 essay Illness as Metaphor, literary critic Susan Sontag warned against the instinct to think of health and illness in adversarial terms: as nuking tumors, battling tuberculosis or AIDS, declaring war on cancer or illicit drugs. Such comparisons, she argued, risk casting the afflicted as blameworthy, enough so that they might even misbelieve they deserve the annihilation of mortal illness should they lose the fight. "Spiked Cetus" (cetus a sea monster or whale from Greek mythology) explodes such concerns, imagining medicine's response to COVID-19 as the showdown between the whaling ship Pequod…
(2023-03-28). Autoworkers resolve to establish network of rank-and-file committees at powerful IWA-RFC meeting in Detroit Sunday. wsws.org Worker delegates at the meeting described harrowing conditions at their workplaces, recounted the deadly and ongoing impact of COVID-19, denounced the indifference and complicity of the pro-corporate UAW bureaucracy, and spoke passionately in support of the construction of a worldwide movement of the working class.
(2023-03-28). Chinese scientists discover key gene for blast resistance in rice. ecns.cn A key rice blast disease resistant gene called OsBDR1 has been identified by a team at the Virusology and Biotechnology Research Institute of the Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
(2023-03-29). Know the signs of strep throat in children. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Image courtesy: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring an increase in invasive group A Streptococcus infections in children. "Group A streptococcal disease is a group of conditions caused by a bacteria called 'group A strep,'" says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center. "The one that people are probably most familiar with is strep throat. Strep throat is a relatively common infection,…
(2023-03-29). Mayo Clinic Minute: Is your exercise program heart-healthy? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org You're getting to the gym regularly. Meeting your friends for a walk around the block. Maybe aerobics class is your go-to exercise. But is your exercise program the best for your heart health? Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one person dies every 34 seconds in the U.S. from cardiovascular disease. Experts agree getting regular exercise is…
(2023-03-29). Consumer Health: What are the symptoms of TB? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org World TB Day will be observed Friday, March 24, which makes this a good time to learn about this potentially serious infectious disease. In 2021, 7,882 cases of tuberculosis, or TB, were diagnosed in the U.S., and up to 13 million people in the U.S. were living with latent TB, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An estimated 10.6 million cases were diagnosed worldwide in 2021, according to the World Health Organization. TB is caused by…
(2023-03-29). Managing your health during Ramadan fasting. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Fasting during Ramadan involves abstaining from food and drink from dawn to sunset. Depending on geography and the time of year when Ramadan occurs, daily fasting can range from as little as 10 hours in the winter months to more than 17 hours during the summer. This daily fast should not have a negative effect on health for most individuals. However, even if you have a chronic condition, including coronary artery disease,…
(2023-03-29). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Understanding chronic kidney disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease but did not have any symptoms, so far as I knew. Are there early symptoms that I missed? Is this hereditary? Should I be advising family members? Is this curable? Am I at risk for other issues? ANSWER: In its early stages, chronic kidney disease rarely causes noticeable symptoms. Kidney disease happens when the kidneys have been damaged and no longer work as they should. Kidneys are…
(2023-03-29). Heart failure induces cardiac and stem cell aging, Mayo Clinic study finds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Senescence is an aspect of aging that involves a biological dysfunction that occurs in response to repetitive stressors. Biological aging is associated with an increase in the incidence of cardiovascular disease, but whether heart failure is itself a senescent process independent of age is less clear. Senescent cells acquire a phenotype — characteristics that are genetically related — that may lead to inflammation and induce senescence in neighboring cells, which also can…
(2023-03-29). Mayo Clinic cancer expert highlights advancements in treating multiple myeloma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — March is Myeloma Awareness Month, and Sikander Ailawadhi, M.D., hematologist/oncologist at Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, shares details about new advancements in research leading to better outcomes for patients with multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma is a relatively uncommon form of blood cancer in the bone marrow that affects less than 1% of the U.S. population, according to the American Cancer Society. While there is no cure, the disease can be treated with…
(2023-03-29). Mayo Clinic Minute: Can the MIND diet improve brain health? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org You might be hearing more about the MIND diet of late. A recent study has added to the evidence that the diet, which includes a variety of brain-friendly foods, may help protect against Alzheimer's disease. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Angie Murad, a registered dietitian and nutritionist and patient educator at Mayo Clinic, explains the benefits of incorporating foods included in the MIND diet. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/hoPg4bkKemQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 01) is…
(2023-03-29). Babesiosis and what you need to know about the 2023 tick season. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An infected black-legged tick can transmit babesiosis and other infections Tick season is underway in much of the U.S. This season, another tick-borne disease is on the list of concerns. That's because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found a significant increase in reported cases of babesiosis(bah-beez-E-oh-sis) infection in eastern parts of the U.S. "Babesiosis is another tick-borne disease that we hear about, in addition to Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and others," says Dr. Bobbi…
(2023-03-28). Ultrasound Treatment Improved Parkinson Disease Symptoms. jamanetwork.com Minimally invasive ultrasound therapy that destroys one side of the globus pallidus, a brain structure that helps control voluntary movement, improved motor function and reduced involuntary movement among people with Parkinson disease, according to data from 94 participants in a randomized clinical trial.
(2023-03-28). Discontinuation of Conventional Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis. jamanetwork.com This open-label randomized clinical trial assessed the 12-month risk of disease activity flares after discontinuation of conventional synthetic DMARDs (csDMARDs) compared with continuing half-dose csDMARDs in adult Norwegian patients with rheumatoid arthritis and excellent disease control.
(2023-03-29). Saturday 5/20: ARCHIVE FEVER: PRELINGER- 'FILM: THE LIVING RECORD OF OUR MEMORY'. indybay.org ATA gallery 992 valencia st…
(2023-03-29). Reportan 1.168 casos de tuberculosis en Uruguay en 2022. telesurtv.net El número de casos se elevó en 2022 ante la ocurrencia de diagnósticos tardíos, que se venían arrastrando desde hacía dos años.
(2023-03-28). Severe Form of Mpox Identified in Patients With Advanced HIV. jamanetwork.com A severe type of mpox in people with advanced HIV is characterized by necrotizing skin lesions, lung nodules, and acute infections, including sepsis, according to an analysis of 382 hospitalized patients from 19 countries published in The Lancet. This form of mpox carries a high mortality rate for those with low levels of a type of white blood cell called CD4 T lymphocytes or CD4 cells: of the 179 cases the researchers analyzed with 200 or fewer CD4 cells per mm3, 27 people—or 15%—died.
(2023-03-28). Extended Follow-up of Microbiome Therapeutic SER-109 for Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Dr Hamilton and colleagues question why taper/pulse regimens of vancomycin were not used in the ECOSPOR III trial for patients with recurrent C difficile infection. Vancomycin has excellent bactericidal activity against C difficile bacteria with no detectable toxin concentrations by day 4, but has no activity against C difficile spores, which germinate in a disrupted microbiome, leading to C difficile infection. The rationale for taper/pulse regimens is to allow microbiome diversification with decreasing antibiotic exposure.
(2023-03-28). Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract and Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply The SuDDICU trial was designed to determine whether the administration of SDD as a preventive infection control strategy improved patient-centered outcomes, specifically hospital mortality, in intensive care unit patients receiving mechanical ventilation.
(2023-03-28). Extended Follow-up of Microbiome Therapeutic SER-109 for Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection. jamanetwork.com To the Editor The ECOSPOR III trial compared an investigational microbiome therapy (SER-109) with placebo for the treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, with results on recurrence through 24 weeks published recently in JAMA. Although it is encouraging to see a new agent for treatment of recurrent C difficile infection, we have some questions about this study. First, the inclusion criteria mandated more than 3 episodes of C difficile infection within the last year, the most recent of which could be treated with a maximum of 10 to 21 days of therapy with either vancomycin or fidaxomicin. Yet the…