2022-10-02: News Headlines

San Francisco Public Library (2022-10-02). 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…

____ (2022-10-02). 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.

Zachary Stieber (2022-10-02). FDA Withholding Autopsy Results on People Who Died After Getting COVID-19 Vaccines. globalresearch.ca

Mark Steele (2022-10-02). Fifth Generation (5G) Directed Energy Radiation Emissions In the Context of Contaminated Nanometal Covid-19 Vaccines with Graphite Ferrous Oxide Antennas. globalresearch.ca

Warm Water Wellness (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…

Talha Burki (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.

WSWS (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.

The Lancet (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.

WSWS (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.

Aarathi Prasad (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.

Nina Renshaw, Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, Arvind Kumar, Labram Massawudu Musah, Jane Burson (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.

Melf-Jakob Kàºhl, Thandile Gondwe, Aggrey Dhabangi, Titus K. Kwambai, Amani T. Mori, Robert Opoka, C. Chandy John, Richard Idro, Feiko O. ter Kuile, Kamija S. Phiri, Bjarne Robberstad (2022-10-01). [Articles] Economic evaluation of postdischarge malaria chemoprevention in preschool children treated for severe anaemia in Malawi, Kenya, and Uganda: A cost-effectiveness analysis. thelancet.com PDMC under implementation conditions is cost-saving. Caregivers receiving PDMC at discharge is a cost-effective delivery strategy for implementation in malaria-endemic southeastern African settings.

Richard M Mizelle (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.

WSWS (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.

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