Noam Chomsky Is the Antidote to Trump's Facism
Ilana Novick | truthdig.com | 2020-01-28
In addition to the obvious terrors
China's Coronavirus Outbreak Reminds Me of the Irish Polio Epidemic I Survived
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-28
China is responding to the spread of the coronavirus in Wuhan much as countries have always reacted to life-threatening epidemics. At every level of society and government, fear of death
Coronavirus Outbreak, a Global Public Health Emergency?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
In late December, the World Health Organization (WHO) noted cases of a new virus strain unseen before. | Days later, Chinese authorities confirmed a new coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan City, a contagious respiratory illness. | On Tuesday, a WHO alert cited a …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-outbreak-global-public-health-emergency/5702060
Lobbies' Greatest Ally in the Effort to Sabotage Health Care Reform
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-28
The insurance industry's efforts to block changes to our medical system would not be so successful without working in tandem with media.
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China's PM calls for 'resolute fight' against coronavirus outbreak as death toll climbs to 106 with over 1,700 new cases
rt.com | 2020-01-28
The death toll from China's coronavirus outbreak has risen to 106, with the authorities in Hubei province, at the heart of the crisis, saying on Tuesday it killed 24 more people. Over 4,500 cases have been confirmed nationwide. | The death toll from the respiratory disease, caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), climbed to double digits on Tuesday. The health commission in the Hubei province, where it originated, confirmed that 100 people have died from the deadly virus, which brings the total number of deaths within China to at least 106. The majority of the new lethal cases, 24, were reported in Hubei…
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Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop Is a Product of Our Crappy Health Care System
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-28
Would you rather be a patient or a consumer? Buying your way to even crackpot health gives the illusion of autonomy.
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Authorities in southern Germany confirm 1st case of new virus from China
rt.com | 2020-01-28
The Health Ministry in the southern state of Bavaria has confirmed Germany's first case of the new coronavirus which emerged in central China. Officials said late Monday that the man from Starnberg, south of Munich, is "in a clinically good condition." | They said the man is being medically monitored and isolated, AP reports. Persons who were in close contact with the man are being informed about possible symptoms and hygiene measures. The ministry added that it considers the risk to the general population in Bavaria to be "low." | Germany is the second European country to report a confirmed case of the virus.
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Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop Is a Product of Our Failed Health Care System
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-28
Would you rather be a patient or a consumer? Buying your way to even crackpot health gives the illusion of autonomy.
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Budget Deficit to Break $1 Trillion Despite Strong Economy
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-28
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The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak and the global threat of infectious diseases
wsws.org | 2020-01-28
The outbreak in China has exposed the vulnerability of contemporary society to new strains of infectious disease, dangers for which no capitalist government has adequately prepared.
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Death Toll Tops 100 in China as New Coronavirus Cases Emerge
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-28
The Chinese authorities reported Tuesday that the death toll from the coronavirus epidemic rose to 106 and the cases of people infected with the viral disease rose to 4,515 nationwide. | RELATED: | China's Death Toll from Coronavirus Nearly Doubles in 48 Hours | In the most recent report, Chinese authorities said on Tuesday the death of another 25 people was reported by the coronavirus called 2019-nCoV or coronavirus from the Wuhan seafood market. | Of the total new deaths, 24…
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'Trojan Horse': New nanoparticle can prevent heart attacks by 'eating' artery blockages FROM THE INSIDE
rt.com | 2020-01-28
US scientists have developed a "Trojan Horse" nanoparticle that eats away at the fatty deposits which cause heart attacks and strokes from the inside out. | These fatty deposits, or plaques, are made up of cholesterol, fatty substances, cellular waste and other material. | The new nanoparticles are designed to selectively target a particular immune cell type and then deliver a drug payload which causes the cells to engulf and consume this accumulated material on blood vessel walls, thus removing the diseased or dead cells at the core of the plaque. | In other words, they cause the plaques to eat themselves fro…
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'Trojan Horse': New nanoparticle can prevent heart attacks by 'eating' artery blockages FROM THE INSIDE
rt.com | 2020-01-28
US scientists have developed a "Trojan Horse" nanoparticle that eats away at the fatty deposits which cause heart attacks and strokes from the inside out. | These fatty deposits, or plaques, are made up of cholesterol, fatty substances, cellular waste and other material. | The new nanoparticles are designed to selectively target a particular immune cell type and then deliver a drug payload which causes the cells to engulf and consume this accumulated material on blood vessel walls, thus removing the diseased or dead cells at the core of the plaque. | In other words, they cause the plaques to eat themselves fro…
rt.com/usa/479400-scientists-trojan-hors…
Brexit: Rocky year of economic transition ahead
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-28
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson' scenario on EU-U.K. trade relations after Brexit are "politically and economically absurd" for the European Union, Pascal Canfin, chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), told journalists at a briefing Monday.After nearly three years of deadlocked negotiations and severe turmoil in British politics, last October the European Union and the U.K. finally agreed on the terms of the withdrawal agreement. Following the British parliament's approval, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council head…
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African Union says coronavirus not confirmed on continent
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-28
Surveillance and screening on the novel coronavirus is being enhanced across Africa as reports of the existence of the virus on the continent remain yet unconfirmed, a senior African Union (AU) official said Tuesday.Diseases Control and Prevention director John Nkengasong told reporters in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa that "rumors" would likely circulate around suspected coronavirus cases, without rejecting the risk of Africa importing the virus given the continent's strong links with China.Concerns have mounted after reports emerged on a suspected coronavirus case in Ivory Coast on Monday."It is very possib…
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Number of Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in Singapore Rises to 7 – Health Ministry
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-28
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Two more cases of a new strain of coronavirus have been registered in Singapore, bringing the total number of those infected to seven, the city-state's Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Japan Registers First Case of Coronavirus in Man With No Travel History to China – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-28
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Japan's Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Katsunobu Kato said, as cited by the Kyodo News agency, that two new cases of the coronavirus infection had been detected in Japan.
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Coronavirus Peak to Hit China in 7-10 Days – China's National Health Commission
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-28
BEIJING (Sputnik) – The new strain of coronavirus was originally reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan last December. Despite efforts to contain the disease, cases have already been reported in various countries across the globe.
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No Coronavirus in India, All Precautions Being Taken: Health Minister
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-28
New Delhi (Sputnik): The new Coronavirus that broke out in the Chinese city of Wuhan has already left at least 106 people dead in China, according to statistics released on Tuesday. The data further reveals that about 4,500 people have contracted the virus so far, most of them living in China.
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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 …
globalresearch.ca/5g-roll-out-a-high-tech-front-in-the-war-against-humanity/5701941
UN health agency team in China to strengthen coronavirus response through partnership
news.un.org | 2020-01-27
The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) is in China to discuss the novel coronavirus outbreak with senior Government officials.
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What Barry Commoner's Four Principles of Ecology Has to Do With China's Coronavirus
Pete Salmansohn | commondreams.org | 2020-01-27
Wet markets are an established and ingrained part of Chinese community and culture, and thus it is no surprise that diseases are now jumping from animals to humans and humans to humans. (Photo by Edward Wong/South China Morning Post via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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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…
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…
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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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. …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-disease-business-gmo/5701962
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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UN health 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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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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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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