Pharma Companies Win Case Against Drug Price Transparency
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-14
One of the Trump administration's promises leading up to 2020 is to reduce prescription drug prices, but the plan has stalled after a big court loss, and other blows to Trump's grand healthcare plan. Wendell Potter discusses the implications…
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Skull of Death: Mass Media, Inauthentic Opposition, and Eco-Existential Reality in a Pre-Fascist Age of Appeasement
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-12
Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair | Alongside and consistent with other privilege- and power-serving missions, so-called mainstream corporate media's role is to keep the populace focused as best it can on relatively trivial matters and diverted from the most urgent topics of our time. | Kamala Harris Wants to Kill Your Health Insurance | Two Sundays ago, in a fit of masochistic media research, I watched some cable news talking heads do their weekly news roundups. CNN had a panel of know-it-all neoliberals who reflected on the Democratic Party's first two presidential debates. Everyone agreed that Kamala Harris had…
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Djokovic says 'plant-based' diet helps him to 'recover well' and defeat allergies
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-12
Tennis player Novak Djokovic puts his good health and swift injury recovery times down to his plant-based diet. | The world number one says: I do eat plant-based. I think that's one of the reasons why I recover well. I don't have allergies that I used to have any more. | And I like it. | Over the course of the championships, activists have repeatedly chalked the words "Novak Djokovic is vegan" on the pavement around Wimbledon station. | But the 32-year-old insists: | I don't like the labels, to be honest. I do eat plant-based (food), for quite a few years already. | But because of the misinterpretations of labels…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/07/12/djokovic-says-plant-based-diet-helps-him-to-recover-well-and-defeat-allergies/

Pathologizing Kids, Pharma Style
Martha Rosenberg | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-12
Millions of kids today are on meds for conduct disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, mixed manias, social phobia and, of course, ADHD. But according to data from IMS health in a Wall Street Journal article, just as many kids are being treated for non-psychiatric conditions that were often considered…
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UN's Guterres condemns ongoing airstrikes on Syria's hospitals, medical workers
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-12
Reports that airstrikes have hit several health facilities in north-west Syria have been strongly condemned by the UN Secretary-General.
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Weekend Read: Jim Crow's fingerprints are on Florida's new voting law
splcenter.org | 2019-07-12
Voting is not a privilege but a right that is essential for a healthy, well-functioning democracy.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/12/weekend-re…

"Strategic Extremism": How Republicans and Establishment Democrats Use Identity Politics to Divide and Rule
T.J. Coles | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-12
As we know, both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party are bought, sold, and paid for by big business. For that reason, both have a history of avoiding the issues that are common to Americans of all political persuasions. Addressing such issues would undermine the profits of big business. They include free healthcare, living…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/12/strategic-ex…

Calif. mental health clinicians to Kaiser Permanente: Let us care for patients
Marilyn Bechtel | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-12
After a three-week voting process, some 4,000 mental health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente facilities throughout California have rejected the health care giant's latest contract proposals by an overwhelming 88%, signaling a new phase in their long struggle to assure prompt and effective treatment for their patients. As they announced their decision June 11, the clinicians …
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North America's Opioid Addiction Problem and the Institutional Machinery Keeping It Alive
Julian Vigo | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-12
I recently watched the 2017 documentary, Heroin(e), directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon which focuses upon three women–a fire chief, a judge, and a missionary–battling West Virginia's opioid epidemic. Set in Appalachia's Cabell County, this film examines the financial and real-life costs of reviving addicts in what very much seems to be an endless cycle of IV…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/12/north-americ…

DP World workers take strike action over conditions
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-12
Up to 2000 waterfront workers at DP World container terminals across Australia went on strike to oppose the multinational company's attacks on working conditions. The strikes began on July 8 and continued through the week, with workers in Brisbane, Fremantle and Sydney striking for 48 hours and for 96 hours in Melbourne. | The industrial action by members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) was taken in opposition to the use of automation, outsourcing, cuts to income protection insurance and dishonest bargaining by the company, which is using change provisions in existing agreements to secure outcomes it can…
greenleft.org.au/content/dp-world-workers-take-strike-action-over-conditions

Melbourne's safe injecting facility under spotlight
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-12
Since its opening mid-last year, Melbourne's safe injecting room in North Richmond has received significant media attention. | The consensus is that the facility is saving lives and reducing substance use on the streets. | North Richmond Community Health, which is operating the facility as a two-year pilot project, has reported that 650 overdoses have been successfully reversed. | Yet community concern persists that the facility is centralising Melbourne's drug scene, with North Richmond being described as a "honey pot" for drug traffickers. | North Richmond Community Health medical director Nicholas Clark says t…
greenleft.org.au/content/melbournes-safe-injecting-facility-under-spotlight

Mass measles vaccination campaign begins in Ebola-hit DR Congo province
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-11
Health workers have started a massive measles vaccination campaign in north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a region that's in the grip of the second deadliest Ebola virus outbreak on record.
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"Unconscionable & Unacceptable": Rep. Barragán Decries Detention of Migrant Children in Prison Cells
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-11
Yazmin Juárez, the Guatemalan mother whose child died from a lung infection after being held in an ICE detention center, testified before members of a congressional panel Wednesday. She shared the story of her daughter, 19-month-old Mariee, who died last year shortly after being released from the South Texas Family Detention Center in Dilley, Texas. Juárez filed a $60 million lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Patrol and the Department of Health and Human Services. The House subcommittee convened to examine the treatment of refugees in U.S.
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Wednesday's Daily Brief: Guterres in Kenya, Prisoners sick in Iran, #GlobalGoals, Myanmar, Ukraine updates, and new space partnership
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-10
This Wednesday's UN top stories are: latest global terror warnings; political prisoners denied health access in Iran; high-level discussions on Sustainable Development Goals; continued abuse of Rohingya in Myanmar; Odessa killings in Ukraine; and partnering with NASA.
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Racism: Milwaukee's Public Health Emergency
Isiah Holmes | progressive.org | 2019-07-10
One of the most segregated cities in the United States takes on racism as a health issue.
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How the Climate Crisis Is Pushing Central Americans Out of Their Homes Toward the U.S
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-10
As the U.S. continues to crack down on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, we look at one of the underreported driving factors leading people to flee their home countries: the climate crisis. John Carlos Frey, author of "Sand and Blood: America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border," spent time with Central American climate refugees traveling in a caravan toward the United States. He says, "If this drought continues, we're looking at all-out famine from Central America. …That's one of the major reasons why they're coming. … The government doesn't even acknowledge the fact that there is a climate c…
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Groundbreaking cancer-fighting drugs now included in updated UN list of essential medicines
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-09
The UN health agency, WHO, announced on Tuesday that dozens of new drugs have been added to the list of essential medicines that every country should have, including new cancer treatments that can be swallowed rather than injected.
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Medicare for all means radical change, not just reforms
Esteban Guevara | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-06
Healthcare, along with education, jobs, and affordable housing, are essential human rights indispensable for everyone.
liberationnews.org/medicare-for-all-mean…

House Casts Historic Vote to Repeal Authorization for Endless War
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2019-06-19
Washington, D.C. — June 19, 2019 — In response to the House of Representatives passing H.R. 2740 (Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020), which includes language to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) eight months after …
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Myanmar: "Fleeing My Whole Life": Older People's Experience of Conflict and Displacement in Myanmar
amnesty.org | 2019-06-18
This report examines older people's experience of conflict and oppression in Myanmar. The report also analyses how and why humanitarian assistance has failed to meet many older people's rights and needs, including related to health, sanitation, food, water, and participation. Accountability for the Myanmar military's atrocities should include a focus on the specific crimes committed against older women and men, and draw on older people's unique communal knowledge and memory. For their part, donor governments, UN agencies, and humanitarian organizations must better ensure that assistance is inclusive, non-discrimi…
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California Seeks to Strip Doctors of Authority to Grant Kids Medical Exemptions for Vaccinations
Foundation for Economic Education | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-17
With approximately 6,700,000 children enrolled in public and private schools in California, Senate Bill 276 could have far-reaching implications. (FEE) — Imagine taking your two-month-old daughter in for her scheduled vaccines. Imagine watching as she begins to convulse soon after receiving her shots and then continues to experience seizures over the next few days. You might …

California Seeks to Strip Doctors of Authority to Grant Kids Medical Exemptions for Vaccinations

Navy Contaminates Local Groundwater and Sewer System in Maryland
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-17
The U.S. Navy has contaminated the groundwater at Maryland's Patuxent River Naval Air Station (NAS) with 1,137.8 parts per trillion (ppt) of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), according to a report published last July by the engineering firm CH2M Hill. PFAS have been associated with a variety of cancers and are known to jeopardize human reproductive health. The contamination was not reported on the…
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New Poor People's Campaign demands redirecting military dollars to domestic needs
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-17
WASHINGTON–Unveiling a comprehensive alternative to business as usual, the New Poor People's Campaign opened its mass D.C. gathering with a detailed budget and domestic policy plan to cut the military budget almost in half and redirect those dollars to domestic needs: Health care, public schools, better housing, well-paying jobs and "a green infrastructure." The "moral …
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Drugs deaths linked to people facing considerable adversity, study finds
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-17
The majority of drugs deaths occur among people who have experienced considerable adversity in their lives, often from a young age, research has found. | In a report focused on drug deaths in Tayside last year, published by the local health board, 62 out of 78 people (79.5%) who died as a result of using drugs were recorded as having experienced at least one adverse event during their lifetime. | The study also found that just under half (46.1%) of the total number of drug death casualties had been in prison or had been on remand at least once in adulthood. | A majority of those who died from drug consumption wer…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/06/17/drugs-deaths-linked-to-people-facing-considerable-adversity-study-finds/

Monday's News Brief: World population, Desertification Day, ocean protection, Nigeria, Yemen and Gaza
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-17
To start this week, we cover: food aid diversions in Yemen; 9.7 billion of people on earth by 2050; Law of the Sea Convention; World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought; triple suicide bombing in Nigeria; and a solar power plant for health care in Gaza.
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Where the Wild Things Were: Abbey's Road Revisited
Geoff Dutton | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-17
While a healthy number of extreme outdoorists still pride themselves on packing as little gear as possible to escape from civilization, most Americans prefer to bring as many comforts of home as possible (including phones, satellite TV, and internet) when they park their overstuffed vehicles and bodies at campsites. It's yet another depressing symptom of how utterly well-wrapped we are in our thickening technological cocoons. Even atop Mt. Everest, it's quite impossible to get away from it all.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/17/where-the-wi…

Democracy Faces a Global Crisis
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-17
If you're a supporter of Donald Trump — or Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil or Matteo Salvini in Italy — you probably think that democracy has never been in better health. Recent elections in these countries didn't just serve to rotate the elite from the conventional parties. Voters went to the polls and elected outsiders who…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/17/democracy-fa…

eSwatini bans live pigs imports from countries hit by African swine fever
David Ochieng Mbewa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-17
FILE PHOTO: Pigs are seen on a farm. REUTERS/Ryan Woo/File Photo | The Kingdom of eSwatini on Monday banned imports of live pigs from countries that test positive for African swine fever (ASF). | The move comes in the wake of a report of an outbreak of the disease in neighbouring South Africa nearly two months ago. | The country's director of veterinary and livestock services Xolani Dlamini told a local daily (Swazi Observer) that the movement of pigs between farms will be strictly controlled and a system put in place to track and identify the animals. | "Importations are only from slaughterhouses and establishme…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/17/eswatini-bans…

Because 'This Is a Public Health Crisis,' Pennsylvania Gov. Urged to Investigate Link Between Fracking and Childhood Cancers
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-17
"Fracking presents clear threats to our drinking water, our air quality, and to the health and safety of residents in these sacrifice zones." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
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Death toll from Tripoli conflict nears 700: WHO
David Ochieng Mbewa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-17
A man walks as he checks his destroyed house after an airstrike launched by Khalifa Haftar forces in the Tajoura area, east of Tripoli, Libya June 15, 2019. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed | The death toll from the armed conflict in the Libyan capital Tripoli has risen to 691, according to the World Health Organisation. | The WHO says 41 civilians are among those killed in the conflict between forces of the United Nations-backed government of Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj and those of Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army. | The WHO says a further 4,012 people have been injured, 135 of whom are civilians. | On Saturday…
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Protesters in Sudan are shocked, angry, sad but unbowed as protests head for sixth month
amnesty.org | 2019-06-17
On 3 June, the Sudanese people's hopes for a peaceful transition to a government of their choice were crushed mercilessly 52 days after former president Bashir Al Omar was overthrown. | What should have been joyful Eid celebrations turned out to be a nightmare of unexplainable proportions. | For weeks, protesters – everyday people like healthcare professionals, lawyers and doctors – had been on the streets, peacefully calling for a transition of power to a civilian government. Young men and women were leading the chants. The sit-in had become a hub for hope and freedom after the deposition of Omar Al-Bashir. | As…
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Suicide rates for doctors and young physicians among highest in the US population
wsws.org | 2019-06-17
Doctors are often hesitant to seek treatment, due to the stigma associated with mental health problems.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/17/doct…

Brexit distraction at Westminster leaves children facing 'wretched' futures, says children's commissioner
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-17
Political efforts to improve the chances of vulnerable young people are being hampered by paralysis in Westminster and years focusing on Brexit, according to the Children's Commissioner for England. | "Westminster manoeuvring continues" and children's prospects remain "wretched": | Theresa May has set out plans for new teachers to receive training on how to spot the signs of mental health problems in youngsters. The package pledges to ensure people have…
thecanary.co/uk/2019/06/17/brexit-distraction-at-westminster-leaves-children-facing-wretched-futures-says-childrens-commissioner/

Nearly Three Million People in Bolivia Registered on SUS
plenglish.com | 2019-06-17
La Paz, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) About three million people are registered in the Unified Health System (SUS) in Bolivia, a regulation implemented since March 1 that guarantees free and quality medical care, an official source reported Monday.
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WHO director-general meets Museveni to discuss Uganda's Ebola response
David Ochieng Mbewa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-17
The World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus poses for a photo with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Entebbe. COURTESY: TWITTER/WHO | The World Health Organisation Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday held discussions on Uganda's response to the Ebola outbreak with officials from Uganda's Ministry of Health, the WHO's country branch and other partners following his arrival in the country from the Democratic Republic of Congo. | Ghebreyesus, like all travelers, had his temperature screened by a trained health worker, upon arrival, to ensure he was healthy eno…
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Nine civilians dead as Haftar's forces attacks Tripoli
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-16
A man walks as he checks his destroyed house after an airstrike launched by Khalifa Haftar forces in the Tajoura area, east of Tripoli, Libya June 15, 2019. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed | The air force of Libya's eastern-based army on Saturday targeted a military store of the rival UN-backed government in the eastern part of the capital Tripoli, killing nine people and damaging a nearby hospital, authorities said. | All the nine people killed are civilians, including two women and a child, said the Health Ministry's spokesman Fawzi Wanis. | The army said the airstrike was "accurate and targeted the largest ammunition stor…
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WHO panel decides not to declare international Ebola emergency
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-16
World Health Organization (WHO) officials and Ugandan health workers inform the community of Kirembo village, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, about Ebola vaccine, in Kasese district, Uganda June 15, 2019. REUTERS/James Akena | A World Health Organization panel decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo's Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Uganda this week, concluding such a declaration could cause too much economic harm. | Congo's epidemic is the second worst ever, with 2,108 cases of Ebola and 1,411 deaths since last August. This week, it reached Uganda, where…
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Study Linking US Sanctions to Venezuelan Deaths Buried by Reuters for Over a Month
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-15
(FAIR) — I emailed Stephanie Nebehay of Reuters on May 22 about her article, "Venezuela Turns to Russia, Cuba, China in Health Crisis" (5/22/19). Her article depicted the impact of US sanctions as an allegation that Venezuelan government officials are alone in making. The article stated: The opposition blames [medical shortages] on economic incompetence and corruption by the …

Study Linking US Sanctions to Venezuelan Deaths Buried by Reuters for Over a Month

Study linking US sanctions to Venezuelan deaths buried by Reuters for over a month
Joe Emersberger | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-15
I emailed Stephanie Nebehay of Reuters on May 22 about her article, "Venezuela Turns to Russia, Cuba, China in Health Crisis" ( 5/22/19). Her article depicted the impact of US sanctions as an allegation that Venezuelan government officials are alone in making. The article stated: The opposition blames [medical shortages] on economic incompetence and corruption by the leftist movement in power for two decades, but [President Nicolás] Maduro says US economic sanctions are…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/15/study-link…

WHO: Congo's Ebola Outbreak Not International Emergency
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-15
A special World Health Organization (WHO) committee has decided to not declare an international emergency of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Uganda this week, saying to do so would cause too much economic harm on the already poverty-stricken nation. | RELATED: | Ebola: 2,000 People Infected in Democratic Republic of Congo | "This is not a global emergency, it is an emergency in the Democratic Republic of Congo," Dr. Preben Aavitsland,…
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French hospital workers strike against Macron's health cuts
wsws.org | 2019-06-15
Hospital strikes against the deterioration of the health system that began in March in Paris are now spreading throughout France.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/15/fren…

Tanzania at high risk of Ebola outbreak as 2 killed in Uganda: minister
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-15
World Health Organization (WHO) officials and Ugandan health workers inform the community of Kirembo village, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, about Ebola vaccine, in Kasese district, Uganda June 15, 2019. REUTERS/James Akena | Tanzanian Minister for Health Ummy Mwalimu warned on Saturday that the east African nation was at high risk of an outbreak of the Ebola after the virus killed at least two people in neighboring Uganda. | Following the reported outbreak of Ebola in Uganda, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with Mwanza regional authorities have deployed health staff to all entry p…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/15/tanzania-at-h…

Climate chaos protesters disrupt traffic with rush-hour roadblocks
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-14
Commuters faced disruption on Friday, as climate change campaigners blocked major London roads during rush-hour.Extinction Rebellion Lewisham "swarmed" roads in the south-east of the capital in an attempt to put pressure on the Government over air quality.Air pollution in the borough of Lewisham was found to be approximately six times higher than safe levels recommended by the World Health Organisation in 2017.Extinction Rebellion protesters demonstrate outside Lewisham station (Caitlin Doherty/PA)The recommended amount of PM2.5 particles, which can cause asthma and other respiratory problems, is 25 micrograms pe…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/06/14/climate-chaos-protesters-disrupt-traffic-with-rush-hour-roadblocks/

"The 5G Rollout Is Absolutely Insane." How Wireless Technologies Affect Human Cells. Dr. Martin Pall
Dr. Martin Pall | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-14
During the "Health in Buildings Roundtable" sponsored by the NIH & co-organized by the US CDC and several other organizations, Dr. Martin Pall from the Washington State University (WSU) concluded that the "5G rollout is absolutely insane". | In this short …
globalresearch.ca/dr-martin-pall-5g-rollout-absolutely-insane/5680544

Yemen: maternal and newborn health 'on the brink of total collapse', UNICEF alerts
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-14
After more than four years of grinding conflict in Yemen, healthcare for mothers and their babies is "on the brink of collapse", the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday, in a report that highlights the difficulties of childbirth and parenting in a war zone.
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The Climate Crisis is Also a Health Emergency
Olivia Alperstein | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-14
Rising global temperatures are intensifying the effects of extreme weather events across the United States and around the world. Wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, floods, and severe storms are becoming the norm, not the exception. Extreme weather events don't just hurt people with blunt force — they also spread disease and other serious health impacts. For…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/14/the-climate-…

Video: "The 5G Rollout Is Absolutely Insane." How Wireless Technologies Affect Human Cells. Dr. Martin Pall
Dr. Martin Pall | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-14
During the "Health in Buildings Roundtable" sponsored by the NIH & co-organized by the US CDC and several other organizations, Dr. Martin Pall from the Washington State University (WSU) concluded that the "5G rollout is absolutely insane". | In this short …
globalresearch.ca/dr-martin-pall-5g-rollout-absolutely-insane/5680544

Sanders, socialism, social democracy–What does it all mean?
C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-14
The word socialism is on everyone's lips these days. On the far right, President Donald Trump, worried about the threat of higher marginal tax rates and health care for all, roars that "America will never be a socialist country!" Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, outlines his vision of "democratic socialism" as the fulfillment of President Franklin Roosevelt's …
peoplesworld.org/article/sanders-sociali…

Justice delayed: Prosecutors throw out charges in Flint water crisis case
Chauncey K. Robinson | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-14
The Michigan Attorney General's office announced this week that they will dismiss all pending criminal cases connected to the Flint Water Crisis that were brought by the former Office of Special Counsel. Since 2014, the residents of Flint, Michigan, have been fighting for clean water and justice. For over three years, a health crisis has …
peoplesworld.org/article/justice-delayed…

Study Linking US Sanctions to Venezuelan Deaths Buried by Reuters for Over a Month
Joe Emersberger | fair.org | 2019-06-14
By Joe Emersberger Reuters ( 5/22/19) attributes the idea that US sanctions are causing a health crisis in Venezuela to Venezuelan Health Minister Carlos Alvarado. | I emailed Stephanie Nebehay of Reuters on May 22 about her article, "Venezuela Turns to Russia, Cuba, China in Health Crisis" ( 5/22/19). Her article depicted the impac…
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