(2023-08-22). Time for your Eighth Covid Vaccine Dose: Pfizer Says Latest Booster Won't be Tested on Humans but It Works Great on Mice! globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-22). Blood Clots in the Legs, Lungs and Hearts of Young People (COVID-19 Vaccinated). Grammy Winner Tori Kelly, NFL Cleveland Browns Marquise Goodwin. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-22). BRICS Summit Will Contribute to World Peace and Lay Foundation for New Globalization. orinocotribune.com From August 22 to 24, the city of Johannesburg will host the 15th meeting of heads of state of BRICS (China, Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa). The national leaders will debate the future of the group amid a marked deterioration of US influence and the advance of de-dollarization throughout the world. | The BRICS leaders' summit, the first to be held in person since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, is expected to be attended by the president of China, Xi Jinping; the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
(2023-08-22). We Need a New Deal for Community College in the Wake of the Pandemic. truthout.org The pandemic changed our lives and society in ways that we continue to grapple with. For teachers, the shifts in their daily lives were nothing short of seismic. In Going Remote: A Teacher's Journey (The Censored Press and Seven Stories Press, May 16, 2023, Paperback & Kindle), Adam Bessie, a long-time community college English professor in the San Francisco Bay Area, teams up with illustrator… |
(2023-08-22). Coordinated Care for Optimization of Cardiovascular Preventive Therapies in Patients With Diabetes—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply The Coordinating Cardiology Clinics Randomized Trial of Interventions to Improve Outcomes (COORDINATE)—Diabetes trial was designed and powered to assess the effect of a multicomponent intervention on evidence-based medication prescription among patients with diabetes and atherosclerotic vascular disease, rather than on levels for risk factors or hard clinical outcomes. Because we did not mandate follow-up assessment of risk factors such as cholesterol or glycemic measurements, and because this trial was conducted during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, only a minority of patients received these…
(2023-08-22). Witnessing the BRICS Summit. uwidata.com The BRICS countries are gathering for their first face-to-face summit after the pandemic. It is their 15th summit taking place while tensions around Ukraine and Taiwan are increasing and especially the Western block is struggling with an economic crisis, responding in closing borders and pursuing more aggressive policies. In that context, we have the chance to …
(2023-08-22). Violence, Sweeps, and Seizure–Escalating SCPD Policy. indybay.org In spite of court decisions and massive COVID-era appropriations as well as decades of protests and petitions, police have continued and seem to be escalating "drive 'em out of town" sweeps with new cruelties and illegalities. Yesterday at the Mime Troupe, I passed out a flyer denouncing unusually explicit and recent threats, seizures, and citations attacking each encampment as it arises.
(2023-08-22). Evaluation of Large-Scale Proteomics for Prediction of Cardiovascular Events. jamanetwork.com This study of 13‚ÄØ540 individuals in Iceland (aged 40-75 years) evaluated the utility of protein risk scores for prediction of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events compared to risk prediction using polygenic risk scores in addition to risk scores based on clinical risk factors…
(2023-08-22). Aspirin for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in 51 Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries. jamanetwork.com This cross-sectional study evaluates the prevalence of self-reported aspirin use for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among individuals in low-, middle-, and high-income countries.
(2023-08-22). Coordinated Care for Optimization of Cardiovascular Preventive Therapies in Patients With Diabetes. jamanetwork.com To the Editor We have several concerns about the recent randomized clinical trial of a coordinated intervention to increase the prescription of evidence-based therapies in adults with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
(2023-08-22). Venezuela: Opposition Begins Primary Race as Far Right Threatens 'Military Rebellion'. venezuelanalysis.com President Maduro announced the mobilization of "Peace Squads" in order to prevent the outbreak of violence by the opposition.
(2023-08-22). USPSTF Review: Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV. jamanetwork.com This systematic review to support the 2023 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement on preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for prevention of HIV infection summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of PrEP, including newer regimens, for persons at increased risk of HIV acquisition.
(2023-08-22). Aspirin for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in 51 Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries. jamanetwork.com This cross-sectional study evaluates the prevalence of self-reported aspirin use for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among individuals in low-, middle-, and high-income countries.
(2023-08-22). Coordinated Care for Optimization of Cardiovascular Preventive Therapies in Patients With Diabetes. jamanetwork.com To the Editor We have several concerns about the recent randomized clinical trial of a coordinated intervention to increase the prescription of evidence-based therapies in adults with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
(2023-08-22). Venezuela: Opposition Begins Primary Race as Far Right Threatens 'Military Rebellion'. venezuelanalysis.com President Maduro announced the mobilization of "Peace Squads" in order to prevent the outbreak of violence by the opposition.
(2023-08-22). USPSTF Review: Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV. jamanetwork.com This systematic review to support the 2023 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement on preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for prevention of HIV infection summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of PrEP, including newer regimens, for persons at increased risk of HIV acquisition.
(2023-08-22). The BRICS Have Changed the Balance of Forces, but They Will Not By Themselves Change the World. scheerpost.com 
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In 2003, high officials from Brazil, India, and South Africa met in Mexico to discuss their mutual interests in the trade of pharmaceutical drugs. India was and is one of the world's largest producers of various drugs, including those used to treat HIV-AIDS; Brazil and South …