(2022-10-01). Australia ends COVID isolation requirements: Business hails "freedom," medical experts warn of mass deaths. wsws.org The end of any infection control by the federal Labor government means that current COVID deaths, already at record levels, will be dwarfed by the mass casualties to come.
(2022-10-01). [World Report] Lasker Awards 2022. thelancet.com Scientists were honoured for work on integrins, the development of non-invasive tests for Down syndrome, and tracking COVID-19 infections. Talha Burki reports.
(2022-10-01). State Attorney General Urged to Investigate Sutter Health's Use of CARES Act Money. indybay.org DALY CITY — San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa announced that he has sent a letter to California Attorney General Rob Bonta urging him to investigate Sutter Health's use of federal CARES Act dollars. The not-for-profit health care giant received $853 million in CARES Act funding, yet closed the Mack E. Mickelson therapy pool, the only warm water rehabilitation facility of its kind on the Peninsula. | "The federal CARES Act of 2020 was passed for the express purpose of keeping vital medical and community resources like the Mickelson therapy pool open during the COVID pandemic," Canepa said. "Yet despit…
(2022-10-01). Taiwan to cancel home quarantine requirement for arriving travelers. ecns.cn Starting on Oct. 13, travelers arriving in Taiwan will no longer be required to submit themselves to home quarantine and will instead undergo seven days of self-initiated prevention after arrival, the island's disease monitoring agency has announced.
(2022-10-01). [Perspectives] Rhea Boyd: paediatrician advocating for health equity. thelancet.com Rhea Boyd describes herself as a paediatrician, a public health advocate, and a scholar who works at a paediatric clinic, as the Director of Equity and Justice for The California Children's Trust, and as a co-developer of The Conversation: Between Us About Us, a campaign that provides credible information about COVID-19 vaccines to Black and Latinx communities across the USA.
(2022-10-01). Fall surge of COVID-19 begins across Northern Europe. wsws.org A new wave of COVID-19 infections is beginning to accelerate across Northern Europe. With the prediction of a severe flu season, combining these deadly pathogens will significantly affect the population's health.
(2022-10-01). Sunday 10/30: Film: Plague at the Golden Gate Screening and Panel Discussion. indybay.org San Francisco Main Library | 100 Larkin St | San Francisco, CA 94102…
(2022-10-01). [Perspectives] Biopower, racism, and yellow fever. thelancet.com The COVID-19 pandemic has forced all of us to think anew about the power of disease and public health in our lives. The pandemic has influenced the world of politics and government, and reshaped regional built environments to accommodate the threat of disease. Historians of medicine are familiar with how the response to disease reveals a particular society's values and preferences—who it values and who can be disposed of. Achille Mbembe has called this "biopower": who are considered worthy of protection and whose lives are considered expendable.
(2022-10-01). US pediatric hospitals face massive crisis due to COVID and other respiratory viruses. wsws.org The full reopening of K-12 schools with no masking or other mitigation measures in place has caused a surge of multiple respiratory viruses.
(2022-10-01). Munich Oktoberfest emerges as COVID superspreader event in Germany. wsws.org While a new COVID wave is gathering pace in Germany, the federal and state governments are dismantling the last remaining mitigation measures and promoting a "live with the virus" strategy.
(2022-10-01). [Correspondence] A healthy future for children and adolescents. thelancet.com The Lancet Series on optimising child and adolescent health and development shows that we are still failing our youngest. The Series presents a powerful agenda for action but overlooks environmental threats which cause over a quarter of child deaths,1 including 570‚Äà000 deaths from respiratory infections attributable to air pollution.
(2022-10-01). [Editorial] Polio eradication: falling at the final hurdle? thelancet.com The past 3 years have seen remarkable developments in the effort to eradicate polio. In 2019, global eradication of type 3 poliovirus was declared. In 2020, Africa was classified as free from endemic polio. Wild poliovirus was confined to pockets of Afghanistan and Pakistan. But optimism is receding. Polio has returned to many parts of the world, and the upcoming replenishment to fund the eradication initiative comes amid geopolitical crises and global economic difficulties. The final stages of eradication have long been stuttering.
(2022-09-30). BRICS Nations Call for More Cooperation on Disaster Management. infobrics.org The BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — have pledged to boost cooperation on disaster management against the backdrop of exacerbating climate change, increasingly frequent natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic…
(2022-09-30). Integrity Optional. Lies and Dishonor Plague America's War Machine. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-30). Lies and Dishonor Plague America's War Machine. commondreams.org Despite the lies, the U.S. war machine has suffered no consequences for their mendacity and malfeasance.
(2022-09-30). Australian Research Reveals How COVID-19 Damages Heart. telesurenglish.net A new research led by Australia's University of Queensland (UQ) discovered how COVID-19 damages the heart. The study found that while both COVID-19 and influenza are severe respiratory viruses, they appeared to affect cardiac tissue very differently. | RELATED: | The research used actual cardiac tissues collected during autopsies from seven COVID-19 patients from Brazil, two people who died from influenza, and six control patie…
(2022-09-30). Venezuela to Export Medicine to Colombia. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, September 27, The Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Promotion (VCEPI), Johann àÅlvarez Márquez, held a meeting with the Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry (Cifar) to discuss the commencement of the process of exporting medicine to Colombia. Antibiotics, analgesics, and anti-inflammatories are some of the products that will be exported. | àÅlvarez Márquez reported that at this time the national government, collaborating with the private sector, is ready to cover the national production of medicine, protect the pharmaceutical industry, and export Venezuelan products of excell…
(2022-09-30). For Haitian Asylum Seekers, Biden Is The More Effective Evil. popularresistance.org For many 2020 voters of Presidential candidate Joe Biden and Vice-Presidential candidate Kamala Harris, their historic electoral win would symbolize a drastic change from the vituperative language and callous policies that came to define the chaotic and destructive Trump years. Whether it was the Trump administration's criminalization of asylum seekers, separation of mother and child at the border through their cruel "zero tolerance" strategy, reduction in refugee resettlement, or use of xenophobic rhetoric before racializing a viral disease like COVID-19 that would stoke rampant Sinophobia, a more "compassionate…
(2022-09-30). Jameel Institute announces initiative to increase global pandemic preparedness. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's Jameel Institute has announced plans for a major new global initiative to prepare for future pandemics.
(2022-09-30). No to another school year of mass infection and death! Mobilize Canada's education workers to fight for the global elimination of COVID-19! wsws.org Governments in every province, from John Horgan's New Democrats in British Columbia to the hard-right Ford Tories in Ontario, reopened schools at the beginning of this month after dismantling all remaining COVID public health measures.
(2022-09-30). Breaking: Leaked Video Reveals Serious Side-Effects Related to the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Covered Up by the Israeli MOH. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-30). Jarbas Barbosa da Silva es elegido director de la OPS. telesurtv.net Barbosa ocupaba el cargo de subdirector de la OPS, donde ha liderado los esfuerzos de la organización para aumentar el acceso equitativo a las vacunas contra la Covid-19.
(2022-09-29). The right-wing record of the "Quebec First" CAQ government. wsws.org The Coalition avenir Québec's (CAQ) first-ever term in office was marked by a disastrous response to the COVID-19 pandemic, brutal anti-worker measures and the promotion of virulent Quebec chauvinism.
(2022-09-29). Famous Pro-Vaccine Doctor Suspects Pfizer Booster Shot Sent His Cancer Into Overdrive. globalresearch.ca