Prisons: Breeding Grounds for Disease. Julian Assange's Life in Danger
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
The US gulag prison system is the world's largest by far, the largely unreported in the mainstream shame of the nation. | Official numbers significantly understate the true number of incarcerated inmates annually. | According to a Prison Policy Initiative analysis, nearly …
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Updates from Santa Cruz's Struggling Benchlands Meal & Santa Barbara's Peter Marin
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2020-04-08
Santa Barbara activist Peter Marin blasts Santa Barbara's "Let 'Em Die: " Lack of Services. Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs activist Keith McHenry Calls for More Volunteers, Warns Local Authorities Violate CDC Safeguards for Those Outside…
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Six ways home-based cardiac rehab keeps patients safe, healthy during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? COVID-19 presents evolving challenges to health care, in part because it is a new viral disease. People do not have natural immunity and a vaccine hasn't yet been developed. Patients with heart disease are at increased risk of cardiac-related complications and death, and are more likely to develop severe complications from COVID-19. …
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Scientists find how Covid-19 tricks its way into the human body
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-08
The virus that causes Covid-19 acts like a "wolf in sheep's clothing" by using sugars to trick its way into the human body, according to new research.Scientists at the University of Southampton have created a model of the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes Covid-19 which reveals how it disguises itself to enter human cells undetected.But they found that the virus is not as heavily protected as some others such as HIV.The team, led by Professor Max Crispin, says the model will provide "crucial and encouraging" information for scientists creating a vaccine.Prof Crispin explained that the Sars-CoV-2 virus has a larg…
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 update
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
On today's Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, shares the latest information on the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Poland discusses antibody testing, immunity, and how the scientific and research communities are collaborating to fight this disease. Click the player below: Mayo Clinic Q&A is available …
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COVID-19 expert explains what soap does to SARS-CoV-2 virus
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
Health experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continue to drive home the message that excellent hand-washing is the most effective way to prevent illnesses, such as COVID-19. Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and director of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, explains what soap does to SARS-CoV-2, and other viruses …
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COVID-19: Mayo Clinic expert answers questions about masks after CDC updates its recommendation
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending people wear nonmedical cloth masks while in public to decrease the risk of COVID-19 transmission from person to person. The cloth masks should: Fit snugly but comfortably against the side of the face.Be secured with ties or ear loops.Include multiple layers of fabric.Allow for breathing …
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Video: How COVID-19 Death Certificates Are Being Manipulated. Montana Physician Dr. Annie Bukacek
Dr. Annie Bukacek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
Dr. Annie Bukacek is a longtime Montana physician with over 30 years experience practicing medicine. Signing death certificates is a routine part of her job. | In this brief video, Dr. Bukacek blows the whistle on the way the CDC is …
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Canada's health minister promotes "herd immunity," after admitting government's coronavirus failure
wsws.org | 2020-04-08
Health Minister Hajdu acknowledged that if Canada's hospitals lack vital equipment it is because the government has been "underfunding" healthcare "for decades."
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Mayo Clinic Q&A: Plan for healthy meals, fewer trips to the grocery store during pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: During the COVID-19 outbreak, I'm trying to limit trips to the grocery store. But I want to continue to eat healthy meals. What foods should I consider stocking up on, knowing that I probably won't be buying anything fresh for a couple of weeks? ANSWER: Most people are in the habit of …
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Sri Lanka: Billions to big business as government prepares new attacks on working people
wsws.org | 2020-04-08
No meaningful government funds have been provided for personal protection equipment for health workers, ventilators for patients or kits for mass coronavirus testing.
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Trump threatens to cease US funding of WHO
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-08
US President Donald Trump has threatened to cease sending US funds to the World Health Organisation (WHO), claiming that the international body "missed the call" on the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. | Trump told reporters the WHO had "called it wrong" on the virus and that the organisation was "very China-centric" in its approach, seemingly suggesting that the WHO had gone along with Beijing's efforts months ago to minimise the severity of the outbreak. | The WHO has praised China for its transparency on the virus, even though there has been reason to believe that more people died of Covid-19 than the country'…
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Pandemics, History, Science, Public Health, COVID-19 & Lessons For Today With Dr. Rutherford
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-04-08
WorkWeek interviews Dr. George Rutherford who is a professor at UCSF and is a world expert on pandemics.
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Trump threatens to stop funding WHO as coronavirus spreads
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-08
TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA)
Iran coronavirus cases flattening off: WHO
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-08
TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA)
Even Germans fall for multi-million-dollar scam over masks… as WHO says they DON'T save healthy users from Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-04-08
Local authorities in Germany have been left red-faced after unknown fraudsters 'sold' them a nonexistent batch of face masks. The World Health Organization (WHO), meanwhile, says the item is mostly useless against Covid-19. | Face masks have become a precious commodity amid the global health crisis, with countries snatching shipments from under each other's noses, prices skyrocketing and many opting for homemade variants. Loath to miss an opportunity for profit, however, criminal minds have found ways to dip into the burgeoning market of face protection gear as well. | North Rhine-Westphalia, the most densely-…
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Texas ban seeks to overturn legal abortion
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2020-04-08
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The 'unprecedented challenge' of fighting COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
The ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic has heavily burdened front-line health care providers. "Our nation and our medical community is facing an unprecedented challenge," says Dr. Elie Berbari, chair of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Mayo Clinic. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Berbari discusses how Mayo Clinic is minimizing exposure to …
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Italy closes 'unsafe ports' to migrant ships over coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-04-08
Italian ports cannot be considered safe because of the coronavirus epidemic, the government said, adding that it will not let charity migrant boats dock. | The decision was taken late on Tuesday after a ship operated by the German non-governmental group Sea-Eye picked up some 150 people off Libya and headed towards Italy, Reuters reports. | "For the entire duration of the national health emergency caused by the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Italian ports cannot guarantee the requisites needed to be classified and defined as a place of safety," the decree said. | The national emergency is set to expire on July…
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Autonomous shuttles help transport COVID-19 tests at Mayo Clinic in Florida
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? For the first time in the U.S., autonomous vehicles are being used to transport medical supplies and COVID-19 tests at Mayo Clinic in Florida. At a time when health care resources and staff are stretched thin, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) has partnered with Beep and NAVYA to use autonomous vehicles to …
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Mayo Clinic Minute: Blood donations in demand
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
Healthy adults are being asked to make an appointment to donate blood to help meet the ongoing demand for blood products. Dr. Justin Kreuter, a transfusion medicine specialist at Mayo Clinic says donating blood is safe, and one blood donation can potentially save up to three lives. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/ASSzPwnf2ow Journalists: Broadcast-quality …
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California regulators approve new fracking permits during COVID-19 epidemic
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-04-08
The increase in oil and gas drilling permits in recent years, including fracking operations
People die as capitalists profit from pandemic crisis
| workers.org | 2020-04-08
By Lucy Cruz April 3
7 out of 10 Dead Patients Are Men in the European Countries
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-08
The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday reported that 75 percent of some 52,000 deaths from COVID-19 in Europe are male and a 95 percent were over 65 years of age. | RELATED: | Italy Reached the Peak of COVID-19 Infections | Many of the deceased had previous health problems that were complicated by contracting the coronavirus. Over 60 percent suffered from cardiovascular disease, 29 percent diabetes, and 21 percent kidney disease, the WHO regional director Hans Kluge said. | While the COV…
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World Health Organization warns against premature ending of social distancing measures
wsws.org | 2020-04-08
The warnings come as the number of deaths worldwide approaches 82,000 and the number of officially confirmed cases burst past 1.4 million.
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Healthy and Unhealthy Fear in the Age of Coronavirus
Kim C. Domenico | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-08
Perhaps because I have so much of it, I am fascinated by the subject of fear. One part of me, the "scaredy-cat" side, when its activated "dies a thousand deaths," making me I suppose half a coward. I honestly think I'm not alone in being thus half a coward, but I am relatively alone in…
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ILWU Seattle Workers & Boss Worked on Contaminated SSA Seattle Terminal
WorkWeek | indybay.org | 2020-04-08
Seattle ILWU longshore workers were forced to work with a sick SSA manager who might have been infected with Covid-19 and were not informed of the health and safety dangers.
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Connecting Community: Keeping Healthy, Keeping Positive by Women's March (10am & 1pm)
Women's March | indybay.org | 2020-04-08
Online via Zoom @ 10 AM & 1 PM (2 separate sessions)…
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Still too early to ease Covid-19 lockdown, warn ministers
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-08
Ministers have cautioned it is still too soon to begin lifting the coronavirus lockdown, after Boris Johnson spent a second night in intensive care undergoing treatment for the disease.The prime minister's condition remains "stable", according to the latest bulletin from Downing Street issued on Tuesday evening.He is undergoing "close monitoring" at St Thomas' Hospital in London after his condition worsened on Monday.Johnson had been due to oversee a three-week review of the lockdown rules
UK: Health workers threatened for wearing PPE and reporting danger to their lives
wsws.org | 2020-04-08
The threats to health workers have been particularly directed at any use of social media platforms such as Twitter and Instagram.
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Tips for connecting to Mayo Clinic using Patient Online Services
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Telehealth is becoming more important as a way of delivering health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Video appointments are one form of telehealth that is seeing an increased usage. Patients also can take advantage of the telehealth offerings available through patient portals. Mayo Clinic's patient portal, Patient Online Services, offers its patients several …
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Iran coronavirus death toll climbs to 3,993 with over 64k infections
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-08
TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA)
Lockdown in France should be extended for weeks, chief medical adviser says
rt.com | 2020-04-08
France should extend its lockdown period for several weeks in order to contain the coronavirus epidemic, the chief of the medical council advising the government said on Wednesday. | Professor Jean-François Delfraissy, who heads the scientific council that advises the government about how to handle the epidemic, also said on France Info radio that as many as 17 million French people are seriously at risk from coronavirus. | The country went into lockdown on March 17, and the measure has already been extended once to April 15. On April 2, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the lockdown would probably h…
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Sweden using ice rinks and shipping containers as morgues overflow due to Covid-19 deaths
rt.com | 2020-04-08
Swedish authorities are resorting to refrigerated shipping containers, ice rinks and canteen fridges to store the nation's dead as the Covid-19 death toll rises and burials are postponed across the country. | Long weekends such as the Easter Holidays can cause a backlog but this has been exacerbated by the coronavirus epidemic and ensuing deaths and backlog at cemeteries, many of which are closed as a precautionary measure. | In both Gothenburg and Stockholm, hospitals have resorted to renting out ice rinks and refrigerated containers for use as temporary cold storage for the deceased, while Karolinska Univers…
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The COVID-19 Catastrophe: A Global Platform to Take Legal Action against the WHO and Corrupt Governments
Jose Francisco Fernández-Bullón | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
Although there seems to be a passive acceptance by citizens of the measures imposed due to the fake coronavirus epidemic, this resignation is largely the consequence of the absence of leaders leading an effective resistance against the disguised coup d'état. …
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Science Saturday: The importance of antibody testing in addressing COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
If there's one thing the world has learned so far in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, it's the important role of testing for the disease. The ability to know who has the virus and who doesn't provides critical information for people and entire regions. Early testing involved collecting cells from the back of the …
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 vs. the Flu
Lisa Lockerd Maragakis, M.D., M.P.H. | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
This comparative analysis by a prominent physician and scholar should reassure people. The media fear campaign tends to describe COV-19 as a dangerous and life threatening infection. | *** | Influenza (the flu) and COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus…
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COVID-19 expert answers questions about the do's and don'ts of social distancing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
Countries, states and cities are encouraging people to stay home and practice social distancing by implementing various restrictions to help curb the spread of COVID-19. Some areas have implemented certain restrictions, such as stay-at-home orders. The rules vary in different areas, which is why Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, an infectious diseases expert, says it's important that …
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Mayo Clinic expert puts grim COVID-19 projections into perspective
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
This week, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious diseases expert, shared sobering estimates that COVID-19 could kill 100,000 to 240,000 Americans. Top government scientists warn that the death toll could be even higher if Americans don't follow the strict guidelines put in place to slow the spread of the virus. Dr. Gregory Poland, a …
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How does COVID-19 affect the heart?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
The effects of COVID-19 on the lungs are well-known. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, more information is becoming available about the role the virus, called SARS-CoV-2, has on the heart. "Individuals with known cardiovascular disease are at an increased risk of more severe complications from respiratory viral illnesses, including the flu and COVID-19," says Dr. …
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Mayo Clinic named national site for Convalescent Plasma Expanded Access Program
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
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Camus' Plague, and Our Own
Ted Glick | zcomm.org | 2020-04-08
There are certainly plenty of people whose actions during this pandemic have been despicable. But they are vastly outnumbered by those who, during this difficult time, are performing admirably, some heroically…
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Amid Plague, Sanctions are Genocide
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-08
Sanctions have long been indefensible; now in the time of Covid-19, more so than ever. Nor are they some minor phenomena. Over a quarter of humanity lives under U.S. economic sanctions. That means millions of people lack untroubled access to food and medicines during a lethal pestilence. Thus in Iran, where the government fears millions of deaths from Covid-19, sanctions amount to genocide. Under ordinary circumstances, these embargoes are economic warfare. By putting Iran and Venezuela under economic siege even before the pandemic, the U.S. had murdered tens of thousands of those countries' citizens. Yet most Am…
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Could COVID-19 Kill Capitalism?
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-08
This is not your normal zoonotic pandemic virus. That would be the famous Black Plague of 1348 spread by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. It arrived in northern Italy from the Crimean Peninsula, and eventually reached all of Europe, killing off a third of the population. Recent archeology suggests the same plague had struck southern Sweden…
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Applications now open for fellowship research program in Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-08
Turkey launched a fellowship program for students to participate in vaccine and medicine research on the novel coronavirus, the country's technology and industry minister announced on Wednesday.Undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students, as well as postdoctoral researchers, will be able to apply to the Intern Researchers Fellowship Program (STAR), Mustafa Varank said on Twitter.The Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) said on its website that it supported research and development projects for protective products against the virus or products for diagnosis and treatment of the COVID-19 disease."
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President Erdogan hails 'healthcare army' fighting virus
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-08
Turkey's president on Wednesday praised the nation's "healthcare army" of nearly half a million medical staff and 360,000 support personnel fighting the coronavirus outbreak."No virus, no outbreak is stronger than Turkey," said Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a letter addressed to the Turkish people.Turkey is one of the countries best prepared for the outbreak thanks to civil service reforms made over the last 18 years, he said, referring to the years his Justice and Development (AK) Party has been in power."We're engaged in a national fight against coronavirus, which became a global epidemic," he added.Coronavirus has i…
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Netherlands: Virus cases pass 20,000, deaths near 2,300
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-08
A total of 969 new cases were confirmed in the country, raising the total to 20,549, according to the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment.Of the total, 7,735 patients are under treatment at hospitals, with 308 more admissions reported on Wednesday.The COVID-19 death toll moved to 2,248 after 147 more patients lost their lives.The institute, however, clarified that "not all of the hospital admissions or deaths occurred within the last 24 hours.""Since not all COVID-19 patients are tested, the actual numbers in the Netherlands are higher than the numbers stated here," it said.After appearing in…
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Dutch coronavirus cases rise by 969 to 20,549, 147 new deaths
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-08
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands rose by 969 to 20,549 as of Wednesday, health authorities said, with 147 new deaths.The country's total death toll from the disease is now 2,248, the Netherlands' National Institute for Health (RIVM) said in a daily update.
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Obesity is major COVID-19 risk factor, says French chief epidemiologist
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-08
Being overweight is a major risk for people infected with the new coronavirus and the United States is particularly vulnerable because of high obesity levels there, France's chief epidemiologist said on Wednesday.Professor Jean-Franàßois Delfraissy, who heads the scientific council that advises the government on the epidemic, said as many as 17 million of France's 67 million citizens were seriously at risk from the coronavirus because of age, pre-existing illness or obesity."This virus is terrible, it can hit young people, in particular obese young people. Those who are overweight really need to be careful,…
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Chinese Antibody Test Firm Wondfo Says Has Not Got Feedback From UK After Media Report Inaccuracy
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-08
Chinese coronavirus test kit manufacturer Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co said on Tuesday that it has not yet received feedback from the UK health department about its products but its exports comply with China and EU approvals, in response to UK media the Daily Mail's report on the quality of the test kits.
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