2023-04-28: News Headlines

Utkarsh Agrawal, Chris Robertson, Aziz Sheikh (2023-04-29). Correspondence] Moving towards a precision approach for prevention of severe COVID-19 — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We welcome the Correspondence from Westyn Branch-Elliman and Paul A Monach in which they hypothesise that there are some individuals who, after completion of their primary COVID-19 vaccination course, do not need frequent vaccine re-dosing; others who might benefit from periodic re-dosing; and others who could, irrespective of the number of doses given, respond poorly to vaccines.1…

The Free Thought Project (2023-04-28). Groups Pushing Vaccine Passports, Mandates Were Quietly Funded by Pfizer. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-04-28). This Week's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca

Rhoda Wilson (2023-04-28). Covid vaccine-injured Class Action Lawsuit filed in Federal Court of Australia. expose-news.com The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration ("TGA") did not fulfil their duty to properly regulate the covid injections, resulting in harm and damage to Australians, argues a Class Action lawsuit filed on Wednesday …

The Exposé (2023-04-28). The Deadly Secret: The Science proves Covid Vaccines cause Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome & Antibody-Dependent Enhancement. expose-news.com According to real-world data from around the world, mRNA vaccines, such as the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, have been falsely hailed for their effectiveness in protecting against the alleged Sars-CoV-2 virus. …

Westyn Branch-Elliman, Paul A Monach (2023-04-29). Correspondence] Moving towards a precision approach for prevention of severe COVID-19. thelancet.com Replication of results in science is always reassuring, so we were pleased to see that Utkarsh Agrawal and colleagues,1 using data from all regions of the UK, identified nearly identical risk factors as we did for severe COVID-19 despite vaccination among a nationwide cohort of US veterans.2 An advantage of our study was the analysis of multiple subgroups, which allowed estimation of absolute risks on the basis of age and specific details about immune-compromised status. Advantages of the study by Agrawal and colleagues include the use of a variable that summarises the number of severe comorbidities at the patien…

Utkarsh Agrawal, Chris Robertson, Aziz Sheikh (2023-04-29). Correspondence] Moving towards a precision approach for prevention of severe COVID-19 — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We welcome the Correspondence from Westyn Branch-Elliman and Paul A Monach in which they hypothesise that there are some individuals who, after completion of their primary COVID-19 vaccination course, do not need frequent vaccine re-dosing; others who might benefit from periodic re-dosing; and others who could, irrespective of the number of doses given, respond poorly to vaccines.1…

The Free Thought Project (2023-04-28). Groups Pushing Vaccine Passports, Mandates Were Quietly Funded by Pfizer. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-04-28). This Week's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca

Rhoda Wilson (2023-04-28). Covid vaccine-injured Class Action Lawsuit filed in Federal Court of Australia. expose-news.com The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration ("TGA") did not fulfil their duty to properly regulate the covid injections, resulting in harm and damage to Australians, argues a Class Action lawsuit filed on Wednesday …

The Exposé (2023-04-28). The Deadly Secret: The Science proves Covid Vaccines cause Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome & Antibody-Dependent Enhancement. expose-news.com According to real-world data from around the world, mRNA vaccines, such as the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, have been falsely hailed for their effectiveness in protecting against the alleged Sars-CoV-2 virus. …

Westyn Branch-Elliman, Paul A Monach (2023-04-29). Correspondence] Moving towards a precision approach for prevention of severe COVID-19. thelancet.com Replication of results in science is always reassuring, so we were pleased to see that Utkarsh Agrawal and colleagues,1 using data from all regions of the UK, identified nearly identical risk factors as we did for severe COVID-19 despite vaccination among a nationwide cohort of US veterans.2 An advantage of our study was the analysis of multiple subgroups, which allowed estimation of absolute risks on the basis of age and specific details about immune-compromised status. Advantages of the study by Agrawal and colleagues include the use of a variable that summarises the number of severe comorbidities at the patien…

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-04-28). Doctors Were Bribed for COVID Vaccination Coercion. globalresearch.ca

Alexandra Shaw, Melanie Leis, Peter Howitt, Neelam Dhingra, Mike Durkin, Ara Darzi (2023-04-29). Correspondence] From plans to actions: closing the implementation gap for patient safety. thelancet.com On Feb 23—24, 2023, the 5th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety in Montreux, Switzerland, marked the first convening of global leaders to discuss patient safety for more than 3 years. The summit provided the opportunity to reimagine the way safe care is delivered using learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jane Galvà£o (2023-04-29). Correspondence] COVID-19: forgetting a pandemic that is not over. thelancet.com Richard Horton's commentary1 speaks to the importance of ensuring accountability especially when considering an event as devastating as the COVID-19 pandemic. We argue that accountability should also include not forgetting.

José Szapocznik, Guilherme Faviero, Akua S Dansua, Daniel G Bausch, Jorge Saavedra (2023-04-29). Correspondence] The importance of accountability in tackling future pandemics. thelancet.com In Richard Horton's Offline,1 he raises two issues that can undermine the future success of the pandemic agreement being negotiated by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body: WHO's resistance to an independent high-level council outside its governance structure and the absence of meaningful accountability in large-scale WHO initiatives.

Nelson Aghogho Evaborhene (2023-04-29). Correspondence] The Pandemic Fund—towards equitable financing for pandemics. thelancet.com On Feb 3, 2023, the Secretariat of the newly established Pandemic Fund made a call for Expressions of Interest for the first round of funding for potential projects.1 The Pandemic Fund was created last year to provide additional streams of income to help low-income countries better prepare for and respond to future disease outbreaks. Therefore, the Pandemic Fund will be prioritising areas that build on surveillance for diseases, laboratory systems, and public health workforce capacities in eligible countries.

Richard Horton (2023-04-29). Comment] Offline: The aftermath of crisis. thelancet.com Although history might never repeat itself, crises do come along with alarming regularity. After a crisis, such as a pandemic, we understandably focus on how to prevent that particular calamity from recurring. But the next pandemic may not be for some years yet. It seems equally important that we examine what might happen in the quiet aftermath of crisis. After a shock like COVID-19, we should expect a different future to the one we would have had without the pandemic. There may be risks we wish to mitigate in this uncertain period of reconstruction.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-28). Science Saturday: COVID-19 — the pandemic that's forever changed laboratory testing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Like many people throughout the world, Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., remembers exactly where he was and what he was doing when COVID-19 was classified as a pandemic. "Those first few months of the pandemic will be forever ingrained in my memory," he says. For Dr. Binnicker, director of Mayo Clinic's Clinical Virology Laboratory, two important dates stand out above the rest. "One was Feb. 17, 2020, when Dr. (William) Morice and I were talking about whether the department should…

The Lancet (2023-04-29). Editorial] Moving past the COVID-19 emergency in the USA. thelancet.com The COVID-19 emergency in the USA is ending. On May 11, the US public health emergency declaration will expire, and other emergency authorisations have already stopped. As a result, sweeping provisions to support the COVID-19 response are ceasing. These changes have symbolic importance too. To say that the emergency is over is a watershed moment in one of the worst health disasters in the history of the USA. What happens now?

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-28). Mayo Clinic expert talks about the new omicron variant. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org While COVID-19 rates in the U.S. are relatively low and are declining, the World Health Organization (WHO) is keeping an eye on a new COVID-19 variant. The omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, known as "Arcturus," has been listed by the WHO as a variant under monitoring since March 22. Experts say this variant has a higher transmissibility rate than previous strains but doesn't appear to be more dangerous. "It is causing increasing case counts in certain parts…

WSWS (2023-04-28). COVID-safe IYSSE event draws enthusiastic support from workers and scientists. wsws.org The near-universal masking and support for COVID-19 mitigation measures verifies the analysis of the WSWS that when educated and provided with a political perspective, workers and youth will choose to protect themselves and others.

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2023-04-28). Japón eliminará restricciones fronterizas establecidas por Covid-19. telesurtv.net El Gobierno de Japón tenía previsto levantar las restricciones el próximo 8 de mayo, pero decidió adelantar la medida una semana.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-04-28). Autoridades aseguran que López Obrador goza de buena salud. telesurtv.net El alto funcionario afirmó que el mandatario "goza de cabal salud, está recuperándose, tenemos presidente para rato".

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-04-28). OMS revela que disminuyen muertes por la Covid-19 en el mundo. telesurtv.net Ghebreyesus afirmó que "nos alienta mucho una disminución constante de los casos registrados de muerte por la Covid-19, que bajaron un 95 por ciento en lo que va de año".

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-28). HPV infection may cause throat, mouth cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 3D illustration of the human papillomavirus (HPV). April is Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month. Head and neck cancers, including mouth and throat, occur in the head and neck region. You may have heard about the connection between HPV infection and certain types of cervical cancer, but did you know HPV infection is also related to a higher risk of throat and mouth cancer? To prevent these cancers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that all…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-28). What you need to know about the avian influenza outbreak. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Scientists continue to monitor the ongoing global avian influenza outbreak — also referred to as bird flu — that has killed millions of birds and has now crossed over to some species of mammals. Currently, the risk to humans remains low; however, sporadic human infections with bird flu viruses have occurred. "Rarely, we see crossover from birds into humans, with the current circulating strain of avian influenza causing a large outbreak among wild birds and poultry. We have seen…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-28). People with severe obesity and a genetic pathway variant have increased risk of hypertension, Mayo Clinic research finds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Obesity and its associated cardiometabolic issues are a major health concern in the U.S. and internationally. According to a study published in 2017, 12% of the world's adult population was affected by obesity in 2016, double the percentage from 30 years earlier. With obesity comes an increasing risk of cardiovascular disease, including stroke, congestive heart failure and myocardial infarction. Fortunately, obesity is a multifactorial disease that results from an energy balance dysregulation…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why some patients with breast tumors could possibly avoid a mastectomy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A breast cancer diagnosis is a life-changing event. Now, patients with multiple tumors may have another option when it comes to fighting the disease. Dr. Judy Boughey, a surgical oncologist with the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, led a recent study that found some patients can avoid a mastectomy when it comes to surgery. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/7ISTexS0VdU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 57) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-28). Candida auris: This fungus is a health care concern. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 3D illustration of Candida auris Candida auris (C. auris) is an emerging fungus that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking. Fungi live just about everywhere, including on and inside of the body. Fungal infections are more common in people with weakened immune systems, or when fungi are introduced to areas where they are not normally found, such as in a wound. Candida species are the most common yeast responsible for fungal infections. Many…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-28). Consumer Health: Recognizing the signs of irritable bowel syndrome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org April is IBS Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS. Research suggests that about 12% of people in the U.S. have irritable bowel syndrome, and it's more common among women than men and in people younger than 50, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic condition that affects the large intestine. Even though the digestive…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: A tick to blame for the alpha-gal, meat allergy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org You may have heard about alpha-gal syndrome, also known as the meat allergy illness or tick bite meat allergy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says most diagnosed cases are in the southern, eastern and central parts of the U.S. It also has been diagnosed in Europe, Australia, Asia, South Africa, and South and Central America. It can be a serious, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. The American Gastroenterological Association recently added guidance to medical professionals to watch for…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-28). Regenerative biotherapeutics: Pivoting toward a new strategy for fighting disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic has made significant strides biomanufacturing early-stage therapeutics. The focus is on new medicines derived from the human body, called biotherapeutics, which are shaping the future of medicine. "Our commitment to delivering new cures for unmet conditions is behind Mayo's pivot to biomanufacturing," says Julie Allickson, Ph.D., the Michael S. and Mary Sue Shannon Family Director of Mayo Clinic's Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics and the Otto Bremer Trust Director, Biomanufacturing and…

ecns.cn (2023-04-28). Report on panda Lele's death matches autopsy. ecns.cn The final analysis of the giant panda Lele's death released on Thursday supports the initial autopsy findings which suggest cardiovascular disease was the main cause, according to the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens.

ecns.cn (2023-04-28). China sends navy vessels to evacuate nationals from Sudan. ecns.cn Two Chinese navy vessels successfully evacuated Chinese and foreign nationals from the conflict-plagued African nation of Sudan on Thursday.

Anonymous669 (2023-04-28). Ukraine Says It Received Additional French-Made CAESAR Howitzers From Denmark. southfront.org French soldiers conduct a live fire mission using Camion Equipé d'un Système d'Artillerie (CAESAR) self-propelled 155 mm howitzer as part of exercise Dynamic Front 18 at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr training area, Germany. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) | Ukraine has already received French-made CAESAR self-propelled howitzers pledged by Denmark, Kiev's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on April 28, according to Suspilne news outlet."Today, the Danish CAESARs arrived. And they are already on combat…

Amy Goodman (2023-04-28). Zooey Zephyr and Justin Jones Won't Be Silenced by GOP: "Courage Is Contagious" truthout.org Tennessee's Justin Jones and Montana's Zooey Zephyr, two Democratic state lawmakers who were both punished by their Republican-led legislatures for peaceful protests, say the only way to fight such anti-democratic moves is through broad solidarity. "Courage is contagious," says Zephyr, who has been barred from the floor of the Montana House of Representatives for opposing anti-trans legislation. |

Staff (2023-04-28). "Courage Is Contagious": Zooey Zephyr & Justin Jones on the GOP's Silencing of State Lawmakers. democracynow.org Tennessee's Justin Jones and Montana's Zooey Zephyr, two Democratic state lawmakers who were both punished by their Republican-led legislatures for peaceful protests, say the only way to fight such anti-democratic moves is through broad solidarity. "Courage is contagious," says Zephyr, who has been barred from the floor of the Montana House of Representatives for opposing anti-trans legislation. She adds that she took heart from the example of Jones and fellow Tennessee lawmaker Justin Pearson, who were both ousted from their seats for leading gun control protests, only to be returned to o…

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