(2023-09-30). World Report] COVAX: the unspent billions. thelancet.com Waning demand has left COVAX, the scheme to provide COVID-19 vaccines to lower-income countries, with billions of unspent dollars. What to do with the money? Ann Danaiya Usher reports.
(2023-09-30). Correspondence] Overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy hurdles. thelancet.com Vaccine hesitancy and the spreading of misinformation continue to be important barriers to implementing crucial public health interventions to reduce the spread of COVID-19, according to the report by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from the 14th meeting of the International Health Regulations COVID-19 Emergency Committee.
(2023-09-29). Meat from Animals Vaccinated with mRNA Vaccines May Soon Make Its Way Into the US Food Supply. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-29). Vaccines Grown in Lettuce? Rep. Massie Asks House to Bar FDA, USDA From Funding Transgenic Edible Vaccines. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-29). Air Vax — mRNA Delivered Straight Into The Lungs — No Jab Needed. expose-news.com Researchers have developed an airborne mRNA vaccine offering a vehicle by which to rapidly vaccinate the masses without their knowledge or consent. A team from Yale University has developed a new airborne …
(2023-09-29). Video: "Turning edible plants into mRNA vaccine factories…" Rep. Thomas Massie. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-28). "Medical Gaslighting": Why Are Vaccine-Injured Patients Silenced? globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-28). Video: National Citizen's Inquiry — Alberta Government Deleted COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Injury and Death data. Dr. William Makis. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-28). Selected Articles: Slouching Towards "Beelzebub". The White House, NIH, CDC, Were Fully Aware that the "Miraculous" Pfizer mRNA Covid Vaccine Resulted in Myocarditis and Blood Clotting. globalresearch.ca 
(2023-09-28). Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding Post COVID mRNA "Vaccine." A Review. expose-news.com Vaginal bleeding after COVID mRNA "vaccination" is an issue that has not been well studied, says Dr William Makis, a Canadian physician who has expertise in Radiology, Oncology and Immunology. Dr Makis …
(2023-09-28). 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.
(2023-09-28). Regulators ignore the safety and ethical issues of gene-edited crops and livestock. expose-news.com Not all genetic technologies used in veterinary medicine fall under the categories of "mRNA vaccines" or "mRNA gene therapies." There are other terms to look out for. There are several DNA and …
(2023-09-28). Dengue vaccine tests successful for 1st time in epidemic-hit Bangladesh. tribune.com.pk 
(2023-09-29). Gallbladder Cancer: Why Are COVID-19 mRNA Vaccinated Getting These Types of Turbo Cancers? globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-28). COVID mRNA Injury Series: Vaginal Bleeding After COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-28). Unexpected Vaginal Bleeding and COVID-19 Vaccination in Nonmenstruating Women. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-28). Nigeria Suffers Most Severe Diphtheria Outbreak. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday raised the alarm and urged for widespread vaccination against the background of the most severe diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria.
(2023-09-30). Correspondence] Arcturus (XBB.1.16) COVID-19 subvariant emergence in Indonesia. thelancet.com The COVID-19 pandemic is still a problem for the global community. New subvariants, primarily descended from omicron (B.1.1.529) sublineages, are continuously emerging and making this scenario harder to control due to their immune evasion capacity.1…
(2023-09-29). Return to Bosnia-Herzegovina: Night Train Across Melania's Slovenia. counterpunch.org This is the third part in a series about Bosnia-Herzegovina thirty years after its civil wars. During the two years of the pandemic, I did not return to Sarajevo, although our informal band of brothers in Geneva shipped thousands of books there amid the global gloom. A New Life for the European Enlightenment One collection
(2023-09-30). Correspondence] COVID toes, newborn blue toes, and prepartum SARS-CoV-2 infection — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Ya Bin Zhou and Zi Gang Xu for their interest in our Clinical Picture1 and their critical considerations.
(2023-09-30). Correspondence] Striving to afford free health care in Greece during COVID-19. thelancet.com Greece is fortunate to have a public health-care system that provides free access to highly expensive investigations and treatments. However, the reality of understaffing and underfunding within the health-care system means that patients' relatives often have to accompany them day and night to assist with practical needs, such as dressing, eating, and the use of the lavatory. These dedicated, informal caregivers provide these services without any compensation or formal education, sacrificing their own physical, emotional, and social wellbeing.
(2023-09-30). Correspondence] Natural SARS-CoV-2 infection-induced immune protection against re-infection. thelancet.com In their remarkable systematic review and meta-analysis,1 the COVID-19 Forecasting Team showed that past infection-induced protection against re-infection from pre-omicron variants was very high for at least 40 weeks, that protection was substantially lower and shorter for the omicron BA.1 variant, and that protection from severe disease was high for all variants. The authors establish a strong COVID-19 milestone (pre-empted in some perspective papers from 2020 to 2021)2,3 that is a giant leap for global health epidemiology and clinical practice.
(2023-09-30). Correspondence] Community COVID-19 response in WHO's European region. thelancet.com The Risk Communication, Community Engagement, and Infodemic Management (RCCE-IM) unit of the WHO European region read the Correspondence by Ruth Kutalek and colleagues1 with interest. COVID-19 showed that RCCE-IM is an integral component of the emergency cycle, from preparedness to recovery. The authors rightly highlight that community engagement with civil society organisations (CSOs) deserves greater acknowledgment and investment to ensure sustainability in the long term, particularly in Europe.
(2023-09-30). Correspondence] Extra data to confirm waning protection of omicron (B.1.1.529) natural immunity. thelancet.com We read with interest the meta-analysis authored by the COVID-19 Forecasting Team.1 The authors report a high degree of protection (>80%) against re-infection and COVID-19 disease for ancestral, alpha (B.1.1.7), beta (B.1.351), and delta (B.1.617.2) variants, but a higher risk of re-infection and symptomatic disease from the omicron BA.1 variant than other variants. We have been reassured to learn that the findings of a previous meta-analysis on the topic have been substantiated.2…
(2023-09-30). Correspondence] COVID toes, newborn blue toes, and prepartum SARS-CoV-2 infection. thelancet.com We appreciate Christoph Hochmayr and colleagues1 sharing a case of a newborn baby with blue toes. However, we disagree with the diagnosis given for this case.
(2023-09-30). Correspondence] Cautionary notes on the COVID-19 re-infection study. thelancet.com The COVID-19 Forecasting Team's systematic review and meta-analysis indicated a high protective effect of past SARS-CoV-2 infection against re-infection with pre-omicron variants.1 As an interested reader of this study, I suggest a more cautious interpretation of the current findings due to potential sources of bias in the risk of re-infection assessment.
(2023-09-29). Florida Surgeon General Denounces COVID Jabs: "These are really terrible products" marktaliano.net READ MORE: |
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(2023-09-29). BRICS Offers Vision for New Global Order. infobrics.org With the world entering a post-COVID environment, each country is struggling to deal with severe economic challenges. Alongside these are the possibility, if not probability, of enhanced friction between nations due to insecure regional and global environments…
(2023-09-28). Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews resigns amid developing political crisis in Australia. wsws.org Andrews was a right-wing figure who played a central role in overturning the successful COVID mitigation measures that his government had been compelled to implement by mass popular demands.
(2023-09-29). UK government and education unions leave life threatening RAAC crisis unaddressed. wsws.org Educators and children face years in substandard buildings only fit for demolition, with schools neither structurally sound nor safe from the spread of COVID.
(2023-09-29). Millions travel across China as national holiday kicks off. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-09-30). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com GBD 2021 Diabetes Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet 2023; 402: 203—34—In this Article, institutional affiliations have been amended for Bing-Fang Hwang, Made Ary Sarasmita, and Ming-Chieh Li. These corrections have been made to the online version as of Sept 28, 2023.
(2023-09-30). Obituary] Anthony Bryceson. thelancet.com Authority on leishmaniasis and other tropical diseases. He was born in Kohat, Pakistan, on Nov 16, 1934 and died in Cairns, QLD, Australia, on July 19, 2023 aged 88 years.
(2023-09-29). Professor Azra Ghani takes the reins of renewed MRC Centre. imperial.ac.uk Professor Azra Ghani has been appointed Director of MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis securing funding for the next three years.
(2023-09-28). Leaked US Report Reveals Burnout, Racist Remarks Plague Alaska Troops. sputnikglobe.com An army Cohesion Assistance Team (CAT) review documented sexism, racist jokes and drinking as among the problems experienced by the newly-christened 11th Airborne Division. Resource shortages and a heavy workload were also cited.
(2023-09-28). Las Vegas-area hospitality workers vote by 95 percent to strike casinos at mass rally. wsws.org On Tuesday, thousands of workers gathered at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV to vote to strike major casino and resort operators, MGM, Caesars and Wynn/Encore.
(2023-09-29). The Science is Clear: Marijuana is Safer Than Tobacco. counterpunch.org Nearly twice as many Americans believe that smoking cigarettes is more hazardous to your health than smoking marijuana. They're right. Numerous studies assessing the long-term health impacts of cannabis smoke exposure belie the myth that marijuana is associated with the same sort of well established, adverse respiratory hazards as tobacco. For example, federally funded research at the University of California, Los Angeles
(2023-09-29). China's first suspended monorail line launched. ecns.cn China's first commercial suspended monorail line opened to the public on Tuesday in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, offering commuters a surreal experience like riding a futuristic vehicle in a sci-fi movie.
(2023-09-28). China's first suspended monorail line launched. ecns.cn China's first commercial suspended monorail line opened to the public on Tuesday in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, offering commuters a surreal experience like riding a futuristic vehicle in a sci-fi movie.