Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in coronavirus outbreak epicenter Wuhan to supervise epidemic control efforts
rt.com | 2020-01-27
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has arrived in the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province, which is the ground zero of the 2019-nCoV novel coronavirus outbreak that has already infected more than 2,800 people and claimed 80 lives across the nation. | "At the instruction of China's Chairman Xi Jinping, [Li, who is] a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and the head of the working group, created due to the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus, has arrived in Wuhan to inspect and control the effort on fighting the epidemic," the State Council said in…
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Rising concerns over spread of the Wuhan coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-01-27
Medical services are being overwhelmed by the 2,744 confirmed cases and at least 80 reported deaths, as authorities in China and internationally attempt to contain the spread of the epidemic.
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Rising concerns over spread of the Wuhan coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-01-27
Medical services are being overwhelmed by the 2,744 confirmed cases and at least 80 reported deaths, as authorities in China and internationally attempt to contain the spread of the epidemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/27/coro…
UK Medical Director Does Not Deny Coronavirus May Be in Country, But Says Britain Is 'Well Prepared'
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-27
At least 2,700 cases of the previously unknown coronavirus, originating in China's Wuhan city, have already been confirmed in the East Asian country, while as many as 80 people have died from the infection. With thousands of people having travelled to and from China during the past month, global health authorities are on the alert.
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Auschwitz: IG Farben and the History of the "Business with Disease"
Dr. Rath Health Foundation | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
January 27, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops (27 January 1945). Rarely mentioned by the media, the I. G Auschwitz concentration camp was a private undertaking owned by I. G. Farben
5G Roll-out: A High Tech EMF Front in the War Against Humanity?
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
"The people from the insurance industry, they all said that for them it was not the question of whether this was dangerous or not, they knew it was dangerous. The only question for them was who is going to pay …
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'I'm not worried': French coronavirus patient speaks out as death toll & global concerns continue to rise
rt.com | 2020-01-27
A French national of Chinese origin, who has contracted the deadly virus and is hospitalized in Bordeaux, says he is "not worried" about his affliction. The total number of infections has surpassed 2,000 while 56 people have died. | France has become the first European country where cases of the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) have been confirmed. So far, three people have been diagnosed with the deadly disease
Richard Branson didn't need a trade deal to royally screw over the NHS
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-01-27
Boris Johnson spent the general election promising us that the NHS wasn't on the table in any post-Brexit trade deal with the US. But while there was evidence that this wasn't true, he also doesn't need a trade deal to screw over the NHS. Because it's already happening with Richard Branson's Virgin Healthcare. | As the Mirror reported, Branson has swept up…
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Leading By 9 in New Iowa Poll, Sanders Says His Campaign Is 'Worst Nightmare' of Trump and Billionaire Class
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-27
"We got Wall Street nervous. We got the insurance companies nervous. We got the drug companies nervous. We got the fossil fuel industry nervous. We got the military-industrial complex nervous." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Selected Articles: Virus Pandemics
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
Lying is a money making activity and lies are commodities. There is a profitable global market for media and public figures committed to spreading disinformation. | Needless to say, "Telling the Truth", on the other hand, Is Not a Money-Making Proposition. …
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Slovenian prime minister announces resignation
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-27
Slovenia's prime minister on Monday announced his resignation and called for early general elections. Marjan Sarec served as premier in a minority government set up after general elections in 2018.He said his reason for resigning was the current government's inability to "pass some important laws."He is expected to present his resignation letter to the parliament during the day.Finance Minister Andrej Bertoncelj also announced last Friday that he resigned from office due to different views on health insurance.Sarec's minority government, consisting of five center-left parties in Slovenia, was established in Septe…
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US Confirms 5 Cases of Virus, China Calls It a Grave Situation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-26
The United States has five confirmed cases of the new virus from China, all among people who traveled to Wuhan at the center of the outbreak, health officials said Sunday. | RELATED: | Coronavirus Death Toll Rises to 56 in China, 2,200 Infected | Two new cases were reported in Los Angeles, California and the other in Maricopa County, Arizona. The three previously reported cases were a patient in Orange County, California; a man in his 30s in Washington state; and a woman in her 60s…
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Chinese coronavirus spreads with no visible symptoms as death toll grows to 80, nearly 2,800 infected worldwide
rt.com | 2020-01-26
The death toll from the 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak in China has reached 80, with hundreds of new infections detected. Meanwhile, US public health officials have confirmed new cases of the disease in Los Angeles and Arizona. | With 24 new deaths reported in Hubei Province
Only One Lab in China Can Safely Handle the New Coronavirus
Nicoletta Lanese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-26
As an escalating viral outbreak unfolds in China, only one lab in the country meets the required biosafety standards needed to study the new disease. | The lab happens to sit in the center of Wuhan, the city where the newly …
globalresearch.ca/only-one-lab-china-safely-handle-new-coronavirus/5701733
Lobbying Spending in 2019 Nears All-Time High as Health Sector Smashes Records
Karl Evers-Hillstrom | commondreams.org | 2020-01-25
The health sector spent a record $594 million on lobbying last year, up nearly 5 percent from 2018. (Photo: TaxRebate.org.uk/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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UN heath agency: Time is now to 'act as one' in fighting infectious coronavirus
news.un.org | 2020-01-25
Following confirmed cases of the Novel coronavirus in Europe, the United Nations health agency released a statement on the need for the international community to work together as one to combat the infectious disease.
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Chinese New Year celebrations subdued amid a national lockdown to contain coronavirus
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-25
China's most festive holiday has got underway in the shadow of the outbreak of coronavirus, as the death toll surpassed 40.An unprecedented national lockdown that has kept people from travelling was expanded to more than 50 million residents, and authorities cancelled a host of Lunar New Year events.The National Health Commission reported a jump in the number of infected people to 1,287, with 41 deaths.The latest tally comes from 29 provinces and cities across China and includes 237 patients in serious condition.People wearing face masks walk under a canopy decorated for the Lunar New Year (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)A…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/01/25/chinese-new-year-celebrations-subdued-amid-a-national-lockdown-to-contain-coronavirus/
Death toll rising after earthquake in eastern Turkey
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-25
The death toll from a strong earthquake that rocked eastern Turkey has climbed to 21
The United States Is More Vulnerable Than Ever to Deadly Diseases
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-01-24
The United States Is More Vulnerable Than Ever to Deadly Diseases…
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The United States Is More Vulnerable Than Ever to Deadly Diseases
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-01-24
The United States Is More Vulnerable Than Ever to Deadly Diseases…
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Insurance Lobby Talking Points Don't Come With Warning Labels
Joshua Cho | fair.org | 2020-01-24
Ever since The Intercept ( 11/20/18) found several planning documents by the Partnership for America's Healthcare Future (PAHCF), a benign-sounding corporate alliance formed to prevent any kind of reform and prop up the dysfunctional US healthcare system's profits, corporate media have been reporting on…
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Haiti cholera outbreak 'stopped in its tracks'
news.un.org | 2020-01-24
After a nine-year long cholera outbreak in Haiti that killed close to 10,000 people, this week the country reached the milestone of an entire year free from any new cases of the deadly waterborne disease.
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#MarchForLies: Reproductive Justice Advocates Counter Trump's "Dangerous Rhetoric" at Anti-Choice March
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-24
As President Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to attend the annual March for Life on Friday, reproductive rights advocates used social media to counter his anti-choice message with the hashtag #MarchForLies, sharing accurate information about reproductive health and slamming Trump for his attacks on women. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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What are toxic 'forever chemicals' & should Americans be worried there are more of them in the water supply than we thought?
rt.com | 2020-01-23
American drinking water is far more contaminated than previously estimated
Health services for Syrian women caught up in war, foster safety and hope: UNFPA
news.un.org | 2020-01-23
Continued displacement from conflict-affected areas in northeast Syria leaves women and girls in urgent need of safe spaces, shelter and reproductive health services, according to a Flash Update this week from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
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Coronavirus: 'An emergency in China, but not yet a global health emergency'
news.un.org | 2020-01-23
The head of the UN health agency, WHO (World Health Organization), declared on Thursday that the respiratory disease Novel Coronavirus, is not yet an official Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), but warned that is an emergency in China.
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Smoke in the city: The dire health implications
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-23
climate emergency Meghan StreetIssue 1250 Australia bushfires Doctors for the Environment MelbourneJanuary 24, 2020Looking o…
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UN health emergency committee to re-convene on global threat posed by China coronavirus
news.un.org | 2020-01-22
Experts convened in Geneva by the World Health Organization (WHO) will meet again on Thursday to determine whether novel coronavirus is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
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Healthcare's a human right, not 'a privilege for the rich' UNAIDS argues at Davos
news.un.org | 2020-01-21
The UN agency devoted to ending AIDS as a public health threat is calling on top politicians and governments across the world to ensure the right to quality healthcare is upheld, and not just a privilege to be enjoyed by the wealthy.
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Arkansas Legislators' Attack on Abortion is Unconstitutional
Michele Goodwin | aclu.org | 2020-01-16
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled time and again that | reproductive privacy is "central to personal dignity and autonomy, [which] are | central to the liberty protected by" the Constitution. The Court has made | eminently clear that under the Constitution, the right of a pregnant person to | terminate a pregnancy prior to viability is a right so essential to our freedom | that our government cannot ban or impose an undue burden on its exercise. But | despite the long-standing clarity of this principle, reproductive health and rights | continue to come under blistering, unrelenting attack. | Nowhere is this cl…
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