Solidarity in the Age of Coronavirus: What the Arabs Must Do
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-04-10
Let COVID-19 be that opportunity that will allow all nations, especially in the Middle East, to take a stance against war, hunger and disease, to share their wealth and to extend the hand of solidarity to Africa and our historic allies throughout the world…
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Mayo Clinic Q&A: Plan for healthy meals, fewer trips to the grocery store during pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-10
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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Tips for connecting to Mayo Clinic using Patient Online Services
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-10
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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As Trump attacks health experts, World Health Organization warns against early return to work
wsws.org | 2020-04-10
President Trump threatens cutting funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) for their criticism of his policy of scaling back the response to the pandemic.
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Cuban Medical Science in the Service of Humanity
Helen Yaffe | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
By 21 March, Cuba had sent healthcare professionals to 37 countries to collaborate in combating the pandemic. Italy received 53 Cuban medics who had previously worked in West Africa during the deadly Ebola outbreak of 2014. Cuba also stepped into the breach in mid-March when a cruise ship with over 600 mostly British passengers and…
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68,192 infected by, 35,465 recover from Covid-19 in Iran
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TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA)
Last Chance to Save the Euro?
Marshall Auerback | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
After a faulty start to the coronavirus pandemic, the European Union members appear to be getting their act together, as they all appear to have abandoned ruinous slash-and-burn austerity policies (including budget cuts to health care, education and other social services) in order to cope with the onset of a global depression. At least that's…
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COVID-19 SF DPH Healthcare Workers Under Attack, Health & Safety, Racism & Retaliation
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-04-10
The COVID pandemic is being used to violate union contracts and retaliate against whistleblowers. This pandemic is also hitting Black workers and their families even more heavily. There is also no enforcement by Governor Newsom's Cal-OSHA which has fewer than 200 inspectors for 18 million workers.
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Lack of ventilators in UK means patients left to die
wsws.org | 2020-04-10
"Doctors have to explain to patients over 70, with no underlying health issues, that the doctor has to make a decision to sign a do-not-resuscitate order, because there are no ventilators"–NHS doctor…
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Congress Needs a Plan to Confront the Coronavirus. I Have One
Elizabeth Warren | zcomm.org | 2020-04-10
Government action is essential to save lives and to rescue our economy. Front-line workers, including health care, transit, farm, grocery, domestic and delivery workers, are putting their lives on the line to keep America functioning…
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The American Funhouse
Thomas S. Harrington | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
Within the last few weeks, in conversations I have had with well-educated American friends about the progression and treatment of the Corona virus, I have heard more than one comment about how we needed to take into account the obviously dubious quality of the Italian Health care system when seeking to understand the matter, a sentiment…
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: CDC recommends wearing cloth masks in public
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-10
To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that Americans wear wearing cloth masks in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain. The CDC considers cloth masks an additional, voluntary public health measure. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Gregory Poland, a …
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Social and economic catastrophe intensifies as 6.6 million Americans file for unemployment
wsws.org | 2020-04-10
Emergency measures are necessary as the health crisis produced by the coronavirus pandemic develops into the greatest economic crisis in the United States since the 1930s.
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Mayo Clinic expert says be diligent, patient when COVID-19 guidelines change
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-10
Guidelines to help slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are in place across the U.S. Dr. Stacey Rizza, an infectious diseases specialist at Mayo Clinic, says it's important to be diligent in following the current health guidelines and recommendations, especially as they continue to change. "I want to remind everyone that sometimes we …
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Fears of MILLIONS becoming infected soon in war-torn Yemen as first Covid-19 case recorded
rt.com | 2020-04-10
The first confirmed Covid-19 case has been recorded in war-torn Yemen as the devastated nation braces for the pandemic to hit. A local health official has warned that up to 90 percent of the population could become infected. | The first case of the disease was recorded in the large eastern Hadhramaut Province, the country's emergency committee to combat Covid-19 announced on Friday. The patient is in stable condition and is receiving treatment, the officials said. | Yemen has been devastated by a bloody civil war, which began after the Houthi rebel movement toppled President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, who went int…
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Is. This. It?
Missy Comley Beattie | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
One way to intro this piece is to mention the funeral home next door to my building. Another way to intro this piece is to remind you that I've been a germophobe for years. So much so that at one time my children discussed having me committed. Many of the health protocols now recommended I…
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Wood Pellet Plant in Mendocino County Threatens Public Health
Bradley Allen | indybay.org | 2020-04-10
Community members assert ongoing and uncorrected hazardous pollution being emitted from the Mendocino Forest Products wood pellet production plant in Calpella, Mendocino County, California.
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Mayo Clinic Minute: Blood donations in demand
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-10
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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US reports nearly 1,800 coronavirus fatalities in 24 hours, as death rate slows after 2 days of back-to-back records
rt.com | 2020-04-10
Nearly 1,800 people died in the US after contracting coronavirus on Thursday, a tally by Johns Hopkins University indicates. The overall US death toll stands at just over 16,500 as it continues to lead the world in cases. | The US, which according to various projections is nearing the peak of its outbreak, registered 1,783 deaths from the virus in a single day, according to data aggregated by the university. | While some models
Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 update
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-10
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 is Manufactured Chaos
Wim Laven | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
In late December of last year, the Chinese announced an epidemic in Wuhan. The autocratic Chinese government should have made that outbreak known at least three weeks earlier. Over here, the increasingly autocratic Trump dithered, misunderstood, failed to act, dismissed the threat as nothing, and let coronavirus win. This poor excuse for an official finally lets us know on…
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Trump gloats over ABC 'fake news' as medical intelligence refutes shock report, denies warning Washington of Covid-19 in November
rt.com | 2020-04-10
A bombshell ABC News report that claimed US military intelligence warned the White House about a looming coronavirus outbreak was denied by the service itself, giving President Trump an opportunity to gloat at his accusers. | The story, released on Wednesday, claimed the National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI) reported in November that a possible "cataclysmic event" was in the making in China's Wuhan city. The NCMI
COVID-19: Mayo Clinic expert answers questions about masks after CDC updates its recommendation
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-10
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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Capitalism, the State Religion
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
With Old Testament locusts and plagues re-emerging for the late capitalist era, one could be forgiven for imagining that an avenging God has been awakened. As the virus winds its way into the nooks and crannies of modernity, innocents are being sacrificed at the altar of 'the economy' while the lunatic circus in the New…
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Wet Markets and Wild Longings
Lee Hall | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
I went to a Red Cross site to give blood this week, but was told to leave without donating. Turns out I'm in a "deferral" category, having spent more than three months in Britain between 1980 and 1996. It's related to mad cow and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. I might have eaten spinal cord or brain tissue from infected cattle. I became vegan in England, so this whole thing is richly ironic for me. If we were all vegan, mad cow disease wouldn't be a thing. Nor, presumably, would COVID-19.
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World coronavirus cases surge past 1.6 million
wsws.org | 2020-04-10
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have published new guidelines that provide the justification to force tens of millions of workers back to work, even as the global death toll from COVID-19 approaches 100,000.
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Science Saturday: The importance of antibody testing in addressing COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-10
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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COVID-19 expert answers questions about the do's and don'ts of social distancing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-10
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 named national site for Convalescent Plasma Expanded Access Program
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-10
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How does COVID-19 affect the heart?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-10
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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India Combats Covid-19: Bollywood Actor Siddhant Thanks Frontliners, Mumbai Police in Rap Tribute
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-10
New Delhi (Sputnik): The COVID-19 positive cases in India have surged to 5,709 as of 10 April and the death toll has reached 199, as per data released by the Federal Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. While the country is under a Coronavirus lockdown, its doctors, nurses, sanitation workers and policemen are busy shielding their countrymen.
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Harvey Weinstein Exits Quarantine After Surviving COVID-19 Despite Poor Health – Report
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-10
It was reported in mid-March that discarded Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who is now serving a 23-year sentence at the Wende Correctional Facility after being charged with sexual assault and rape, has contracted coronavirus and had been placed in self-isolation.
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Health Care in Many EU Nations Proves Inefficient Amid Pandemic – Council of Europe
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-10
MOSCOW (Sputnik) -Health care systems in many European Union member states have proven unprepared to the emergency and should, therefore, be strengthened to comply with the European common standards, Council of Europe Secretary-General Marija Pejcinovic Buric said on Friday.
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Russian Genomic Engineer Has Theory About When COVID-19 Patient Zero Was Infected
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-10
As the planet continues to reel from the health-related and economic ramifications of the new coronavirus, scientists have continued their search to find out more about the first case of the virus's transmission to a human being.
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Fifty COVID-19 Cases Confirmed on Board France's Charles de Gaulle Aircraft Carrier
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-10
This comes as France's death toll from the new coronavirus infection has exceeded 12,000, according to the country's health ministry.
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Rossiya Segodnya, COVID-19 News Centre Launch Joint Project About Doctors Fighting Disease
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-10
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Rossiya Segodnya International News Agency, the Russian information centre on the coronavirus and the stopcoronavirus.rf website are launching a special project to share stories of doctors and medical staff who are fighting the disease on a daily basis.
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COVID-19 tally rises in Morocco, Lebanon, Palestine
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-10
Morocco, Lebanon, and Palestine confirmed new cases and deaths from the novel coronavirus on Friday.The death toll in Morocco is up to 105 after eight more fatalities over the past 24 hours, while 57 new cases have raised the total to 1,431, according to the country's Health Ministry.The ministry said the number of recoveries has reached 114 after six more patients were discharged from hospitals.Lebanon's Health Ministry confirmed one fatality over the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 20.The total cases rose to 609 after 27 more people tested positive for COVID-19.The ministry said 28 of the total patient…
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COVID-19 tally rises in Morocco, Lebanon, Palestine
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-10
Morocco, Lebanon, and Palestine confirmed new cases and deaths from the novel coronavirus on Friday.The death toll in Morocco is up to 105 after eight more fatalities over the past 24 hours, while 57 new cases have raised the total to 1,431, according to the country's Health Ministry.The ministry said the number of recoveries has reached 114 after six more patients were discharged from hospitals.Lebanon's Health Ministry confirmed one fatality over the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 20.The total cases rose to 609 after 27 more people tested positive for COVID-19.The ministry said 28 of the total patient…
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Africa: COVID-19 deaths rise to 608, cases near 12,000
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-10
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa has reached 11,943 with at least 608 deaths reported, the World Health Organization's Africa office said on Friday.South Africa is the leading country with the highest number of COVID-19 patients at 1,934 followed by Algeria at 1,666 and Cameron with 730 cases.Algeria has the highest number of deaths standing at 235, followed by Egypt at 103. Other countries which have reported many fatalities from the virus include Morocco (96), Tunisia (24), DR Congo (20), Burkina Faso (19)i and South Africa (18), among others.Since appearing in Wuhan, China, last Decemb…
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Virus cases top 2,500 in Qatar, near 1,000 in Kuwait
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-10
The number of coronavirus cases in Qatar crossed 2,500 and Kuwait's tally moved closer to 1,000 on Friday.Qatar's Health Ministry said 136 more people tested positive for COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 2,512.The number of recoveries increased by 21 to 227, while the death toll remains at six as there were no new fatalities, the ministry said.In Kuwait, 83 new cases raised the total to 993, with the number of recoveries at 123.Only one COVID-19 patient has died in the country to date, according to the Health Ministry.Since appearing in China last December, the novel coronavirus has spread t…
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Turkish, Bulgarian presidents discuss COVID-19 measures
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-10
The two leaders brainstormed ways to collaborate during the health crisis, bilateral relations and regional issues, according to Turkey's Communication Directorate.Since appearing in Wuhan, China, last December, the novel coronavirus has spread to at least 185 countries and regions.Data compiled by the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University shows worldwide infections have surpassed 1.61 million, with the death toll over 97,000, while more than 364,600 people have recovered so far.
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Coronavirus death toll exceeds 3,000 in Belgium
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-10
Belgium reported 494 new deaths from coronavirus, bringing the tally to 3,019, the Federal Public Service of Health announced on Friday.Over the past 24 hours, 325 more people lost their lives, marking the highest daily figure since the previous record of 283 cases reported a day before.During the last two weeks of March, 171 other victims passed away in elderly homes in Flanders, but the authorities could just confirm the cause.In total, 57% of the victims lost their lives in hospitals, while 40% in elderly centers.Also, 1,684 new infections were diagnosed, which raises the sum of COVID-19 patients to 26,667 sin…
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Bavarian town's 17th century vow has spared it from coronavirus, pastor says
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-10
The small Bavarian town of Oberammergau has yet to record any cases of the new coronavirus, and its pastor believes a 17th century promise could be the reason why.In 1633, at the height of the bubonic plague, residents of the little alpine town prayed that they would be spared and vowed that in return, they would perform a passion play every 10 years depicting the last weeks of Christ's life, his crucifixion and resurrection.Passion plays were common during the 16th and 17th centuries, but the Oberammergau Passion Play is now the only one still regularly being performed.For Pastor Thomas Groener, it is no coincid…
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Bangladesh Orders Lockdown in Rohingya Camps Over COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
Bangladesh authorities announced a complete lockdown on Wednesday after the number of COVID-19 infections in Bangladesh has doubled to more than 200 in the last five days, with 20 dead, with officials warning that containing the disease among more than 1 million tightly packed Rohingya Muslims will be a daunting task. | RELATED: | Mass Protests Spread in India After Citizenship Law Passes | "Entry and exit from Cox's Bazar district are prohibited from now on," ‚Äã…
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Colonialism & coronavirus: 800,000 Haitians may die of COVID-19
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-09
Gutted by US-allied, neoliberal governments which have controlled the country since 2004, Haiti's healthcare sector braces for a potential catastrophe….
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Bachelet Fears Repressive Extension of Measures by COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner, expressed Thursday her concern about some governments maintaining restrictive measures after COVID-19 global crisis as repressive policies. | RELATED: | Arab League Welcomes Yemen Ceasefire | "I am deeply concerned about the adoption by some countries of unlimited emergency powers, not subject to review," she said, adding that in some cases "the epidemic is being used to justify repressive changes to conventional legislation, which will remain in place long aft…
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What Governments Aren't Telling You about the COVID-19 Pandemic
RT | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-09
RT's On Going Underground speaks to legendary journalist and film-maker John Pilger about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He discusses the fact that the Conservative government was warned about shortages leaving the NHS vulnerable in pandemics 4 years ago, the damage privatisation has done to the National Health Service, budget cuts which have seen bed capacities …
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"Exposing U.S. Racism in a Stark New Way": COVID-19 Kills Disproportionate Number of Black Americans
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-09
We speak with family physician and epidemiologist Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones about how the coronavirus is taking a devastating toll on black Americans, who are disproportionately dying from the virus across the country as a result of entrenched racial inequality. Black Americans are more likely to have chronic health problems and less likely to have insurance. They also make up significant numbers of frontline workers that are still going to work amid the pandemic. Jones is the former president of the American Public Health Association. Her recent piece for Newsweek magazine is headlined "Coronavirus Disease Discri…
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FM spox expresses regret over Hungary's expelling 17 Iranian students
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-09
TEHRAN, Apr. 09 (MNA)
Pandemic Response Requires Post-Growth Economic Thinking
Richard Heinberg | commondreams.org | 2020-04-09
New Yorkers make some noise to show appreciation to healthcare workers due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in Manhattan, New York City, United States on April 8, 2020. (Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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