WATCH: Lebanese citizens vent their ire by TORCHING bank, army vehicle, as at least 1 protester shot dead
rt.com | 2020-04-28
A protester has been shot and killed in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, as the country's financial and economic crisis worsens under the additional pressure of the coronavirus pandemic. | The Lebanese pound has collapsed amid soaring inflation and unemployment worsened by the shutdown of the economy, exacerbating the pre-existing financial crisis which has plagued the country since October. | #ÿߟÑÿ≠ŸÖÿ±ÿßÿ° – #ÿ®Ÿäÿ…
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Oppose the Attack on Food Not Bombs & Expansion of Police Power
posted, modified by Norse | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
This flyer was distributed at the Friday protest urging the City to immediately open motels in place of the toxic congregate shelters currently housing vulnerable homeless people in crowded conditions violating CDC recommendations.
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Government Must Pay $12 Billion to Obamacare Insurers, Supreme Court Rules
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-28
Insurance companies are entitled to recoup $12 billion from the federal government in unpaid Obamacare claims, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in an 8-1 vote. | The companies were shielded under the "risk corridor" provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which promised compensation for companies that incurred losses in the marketplaces created by the law. | The original remuneration period lasted three years, but Congressional Republicans capped payments between 2015 and 2017, which the insure…
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Secret 'COVID-19 Manhattan Project' Led by Billionaires Seeking to Influence Trump Admin
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Last month Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey called for the bold and urgent launch of what he called "a Manhattan Project-type approach" to fight the coronavirus pandemic given the enormity of the health and economic impact, increasingly even harming US defense …
globalresearch.ca/secret-covid-19-manhattan-project-led-billionaires-seeking-influence-trump-admin/5711114
"A Plague On Both Your Houses"
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
Trump's discussion of injecting UV light and disinfectant into the body to treat COVID-19 during his daily briefing was, of course, a new low. The man, whom his secretary of state Rex Tillerson once famously described as "a moron," is obviously a toxic mix of stupidity and arrogance. So this morning MSNBC, the unofficial DNC…
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'They're Right In Your Town' Tribute to Health Care Workers
Colleen Peluso | thenation.com | 2020-04-28
'They're Right In Your Town' Tribute to Health Care Workers…
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Democrats Poised to Propose Medicare for Those Who've Lost Health Coverage
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-28
Democratic lawmakers are expected to announce a proposal this week for expanding Medicare to cover millions of people who lost their employer-sponsored health coverage due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to health care advocates on Capitol Hill. Meanwhile, public support for a Medicare for All universal health care system has surged during the COVID-19 outbreak. | An estimated 9.2 million workers likely lost health coverage sponsored by employers over the past month as workplaces shuttered d…
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Democrats Poised to Propose Medicare for Those Who've Lost Health Coverage
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-28
Democratic lawmakers are expected to announce a proposal this week for expanding Medicare to cover millions of people who lost their employer-sponsored health coverage due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to health care advocates on Capitol Hill. Meanwhile, public support for a Medicare for All universal health care system has surged during the COVID-19 outbreak. | An estimated 9.2 million workers likely lost health coverage sponsored by employers over the past month as workplaces shuttered d…
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NSAIDS and heart disease: Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-28
They're common over-the-counter pain medications that are used millions of times. But on this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, Dr. Rekha Mankad explains why caution should be used when taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. To listen, click the link below. NSAIDS and heart disease…
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UN chief urges governments to use pandemic to 'rebuild our world for the better'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-28
UN chief António Guterres has said the coronavirus pandemic has exposed how fragile societies are but that if governments work together on common challenges, including the climate crisis, it can be an opportunity to "rebuild our world for the better". | Speaking at a two-day international meeting on climate breakdown, the secretary-general said the only effective response to the worldwide health emergency is "brave, visionary and collaborative leadership". | "The same leadership is needed to address the looming existential threat of climate disruption," Guterres said, noting that the past decade was the hottest s…
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We Need Healing From Our Oil-Addicted Society
Lucia Santina | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
Economic stimulus in response to our pandemic should stop funding fossil fuel companies with bailouts. Instead, we should prioritize welfare to rebuild our society with a sustainable approach to health so that crisis "relief" doesn't continue to fail the public or exacerbate the existential crises of climate change. When I think of fossil fuels, I…
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Relief Is Funneled to the Wealthy. We Need a Financial Infrastructure Overhaul
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-28
The coronavirus
Serbia cautiously eases lockdown, plans to restart public transport
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Serbia will resume bus and rail services and allow commercial flights as part of its cautious easing of the nationwide lockdown as the rate of coronavirus infections slows, health authorities said on Tuesday. | Passenger air transport, suspended in March when Serbia introduced a state of emergency and closed its borders, will be possible from May 18, epidemiologist Branislav Tiodorovic told reporters. Commuter transport in major cities, including the capital Belgrade, will be restored in the first half of May, along with rail and bus services. Shopping malls, cafes and restaurants will also reopen on the condi…
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: Staying healthy while teleworking
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-28
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: With social distancing guidelines in place due to COVID-19, I've been working from home for a few weeks, and I can tell it's already taking a toll on my health. I feel more tired and less motivated to exercise and eat well, even though I have more time for both. What should …
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Why a Mayo Clinic expert has grave concerns about second wave of COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-28
As states look toward beginning to reopen their economies, health experts are warning of a possible second wave of COVID-19 that could emerge later this year and make for an even more dire health crisis. Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic COVID-19 expert, offers his insight on the effect of a potential second wave of …
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Black Oakland Demands in Light of COVID-19 and Rates of Black Death
APTP | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
Across the country, Black People are being infected and dying at disportionate rates from COVID-19. In order to respond effectively to the needs of the Black community our elected officials, health experts, advocates and organizers must take a look at the ways in which the descendants of slaves, Black, African and African-Americans are most impacted by this virus through a racial and class lens.
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We Need Healing From Our Oil-Addicted Society
Lucia Santina Ribisi | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
Click here to support Redwood Forest Defense Economic stimulus in response to our pandemic should stop funding fossil fuel companies with bailouts. Instead, we should prioritize welfare to rebuild our society with a sustainable approach to health so that crisis "relief" doesn't continue to fail the public or exacerbate the existential crises of climate change.
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Workers Memorial Day: OSHA failing to protect people during pandemic
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-28
WASHINGTON– Donald Trump's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is deliberately failing to force firms nationwide to protect their workers
'Unprecedented' number of DNR orders for learning disabilities patients
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-28
By Rebecca Thomas
COVID-19 death toll hits 5,877 in Iran: official
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-28
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA)
Canada's Trudeau spearheads reckless back-to-work drive in alliance with hard-right provincial governments
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
Although the pandemic continues to rage largely unchecked and none of the health measures needed to stop a "second wave" are in place, Canada's governments are pushing for a quick "reopening" of the economy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/trbk…
Covid-19: Oxford University Vaccine Proves Effective in Monkeys
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
The Jenner Institute at Oxford University in the United Kingdom successfully tested a vaccine against COVID-19 in Rhesus macaques, scientists revealed on Monday. | RELATED: | Cuba: In Test Phase Vaccine That Activates Innate Immune System | The results of the research will be released next week, a month after testing the drug on six Rhesus macaques. | The vaccine was given to the six monkeys at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Montana. | The…
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Matt Hancock asked for apology by son of doctor who died after PPE warning
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-28
Matt Hancock has been asked for a public apology by the son of a doctor who died after warning the government about a lack of PPE.On Tuesday morning the health secretary took part in a live radio phone-in with Nick Ferrari on LBC, taking questions from members of the public.The first question came from Intisar Chowdhury, the son of Dr Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, who died earlier this month with Covid-19.Five days before he was admitted to hospital, Dr Chowdhury wrote a Facebook post asking Boris Johnson urgently to provide every NHS worker with personal protective equipment (PPE).Dr Chowdhury died on April 8 with Covi…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/04/28/matt-hancock-asked-for-apology-by-son-of-doctor-who-died-after-ppe-warning/
Royal Bournemouth Hospital management and Royal College of Nursing attack frontline nurse for exposing PPE shortages
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
The WSWS has received a reply from a frontline nurse to the Bournemouth Echo 's article, along with comments from other health care workers at the hospital.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/bour…
'What's the US hiding?' Beijing slams Washington's Covid-19 response & 'desperate' attempts to pin blame on China
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Beijing has called on Washington to address the concerns of its own citizens about the US response to the Covid-19 pandemic, while condemning American politicians for shifting blame for the crisis squarely onto China's shoulders. | Asked to comment on a series of American media reports on the US government's slow and often inept response to the health crisis on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang relayed some of the questions raised by the reporting, asking whether Washington may have swept information about the virus under the rug. | "Recently there have been many voices in the United States that q…
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Nicaragua: VP Rosario Murillo Grateful for UNICEF Donation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
Nicaraguan Vice President, Rosario Murillo, recognized Monday UNICEF's donation to the Central American nation during the COVID-19 outbreak. The UN body sent 1,659 health kits to schools and other scholastic institutions as they combat the COVID-19 crisis. | RELATED: | Why the West Hates Sandinista Nicaragua | According to Murillo, both UNICEF and the Nicaraguan Education Ministry will hold a virtual meeting to discuss distance education's challenges during social isolation due to the COVID-19 si…
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Public Health and Private Profits Under COVID-19 Pandemic
Prabir Purkayastha | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
During an interview with Jonas Salk, the creator of the polio vaccine, CBS newsman Edward R. Morrow asked who owned the patent for the vaccine. "Well, the people, I would say," said Salk. "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?" This is what drives science and scientists like Salk: that science must be for the public good and not the private profit of companies.
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Mayo Clinic partners with state of Minnesota, University of Minnesota on breakthrough COVID-19 initiative
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-28
Mayo Clinic joined Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcom, the University of Minnesota, and other health system leaders to announce a breakthrough initiative to provide rapid, widespread testing for COVID-19 in Minnesota. The goal of this statewide strategy is to test all symptomatic people, isolate confirmed cases to limit the …
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Care home deaths will be published daily as well as hospital toll from Wednesday
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-28
The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in care homes and other settings will be published daily as well as the hospital death toll, the health secretary said.Matt Hancock said that, in an effort to "bring as much transparency as possible" to the death figures, "from tomorrow we will be publishing not just the number of deaths in hospital each day, but the number of deaths in care homes and the community too"."This will supplement the ONS [Office for National Statistics] and CQC [Care Quality Commission] weekly publication and all add to our understanding of how this virus is spreading day by day, and it will hel…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/04/28/care-home-deaths-will-be-published-daily-as-well-as-hospital-toll-from-wednesday/
Lebanon: one person killed in protests over price hikes
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-28
A Lebanese protestor on Tuesday succumbed to his wounds he sustained in clashes between army forces and demonstrators in Tripoli city, said a health NGO.The Islamic Medical Association identified the protestor as Fawaz al-Samman. It also said 22 protestors and five soldiers were injured in the clashes that took place late Monday at Al-Nour Square during which live bullets, rubber bullets and molotov cocktails were used.Despite the spread of the novel coronavirus, Lebanese protesters took to the streets late Monday in a number of cities to protest deteriorated living conditions and spiraling food prices amid the c…
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Germany: IG Metall and works council force Volkswagen workers back despite coronavirus danger
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
Production is starting up again at Volkswagen ' s main plant, the largest car factory in Europe with 63,000 employees , as the company plays roulette with the health and lives of its workforce.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/volk…
Egypt's president extends 3-year state of emergency by 3 months amid virus & security fears
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ordered a three-month renewal for the long-running state of emergency in the country on Tuesday, citing health and security concerns. Egypt has been under a state of emergency since April 2017, when twin church bombings claimed by an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) affiliate group killed dozens of people. | The new extension comes as the government battles to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the Arab world's most populous country. | The Health Ministry has so far recorded 4,782 coronavirus cases among the population of 100 million. Of those, 337 have d…
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A cautious reopening, but gatherings still off the cards: How Europe is lifting its lockdown
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Across Europe, leaders have made tentative steps toward easing their countries' coronavirus lockdowns. However, a return to total normality has been all but written off for the year. | The Austrian government announced on Tuesday that the spread of the coronavirus has slowed to a point where restrictions can now be lifted. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober said that Austrians may freely leave their homes from May 1, with public gatherings to follow in the near future. Though social distancing rules will still apply, businesses like hairdressers will reopen, followed two weeks later by cafes and restaurants, and…
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Key Point on Those Going Back to Work: Low-Paid Workers Tend to Be in Poorer Health
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-04-28
Jim Tankersley had a very good piece in the NYT pointing out that those being forced back to work as the economy reopens are mostly lower paid workers, who don't have the option to telecommute and disproportionately people of color. One important point that was left out is that these workers are also more likely …
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Two New York City health care workers commit suicide within 48 hours
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
The two suicides bring the number of health care workers who have died because of the pandemic in New York state alone to at least 55.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/emts…
Relief Is Funneled to the Wealthy. We Need a Financial Infrastructure Overhaul
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-28
The coronavirus
Black Workers Unite, Covid-19 & Black Workers Under Attack On Front Lines In City of SF
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
San Francisco Black Workers Unite covered a panel on the health and safety conditions of Black city workers in San Francisco. They discuss the systemic racism, health and safety violations and retaliations against whistleblowers…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/27/1883266…
We Need Healing From Our Oil-Addicted Society
Lucia Santina Ribisi | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
Economic stimulus in response to our pandemic should stop funding fossil fuel companies with bailouts. Instead, we should prioritize welfare to rebuild our society with a sustainable approach to health so that crisis "relief" doesn't continue to fail the public or exacerbate the existential crises of climate change. When I think of fossil fuels, I…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/we-need-heal…
No need to extend Covid-19 home quarantine: Austria to let people out from May 1 and allow gatherings soon
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Austrians will soon be able to walk with no restrictions and gather in groups of 10, as coronavirus measures will be gradually lifted starting next month. | The easing of the self-isolation measures was announced by Health Minister Rudolf Anschober, who said that the spread of the novel coronavirus remains quite slow and the forecast for the upcoming month looks "very good." He also said that the nation has coped with the epidemic "very well," all thanks to the population, which "made it possible." | The minister then said that going out will be permitted again starting from May 1, although a "minimal distance…
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What is contact tracing, and why is it important in fight against COVID-19?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-28
Contact tracing is one of those terms associated with the COVID-19 pandemic that has seemingly become a part of our everyday language. But it's a public health strategy that's been used for years to combat communicable diseases. Contact tracing is the process of finding out who has recently been in close contact with a person …
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Iran taking final step toward malaria elimination
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-28
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA)
Public Health and Private Profits Under COVID-19 Pandemic
Prabir Purkayastha | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
During an interview with Jonas Salk, the creator of the polio vaccine, CBS newsman Edward R. Morrow asked who owned the patent for the vaccine. "Well, the people, I would say," said Salk. "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?" This is what drives science and scientists like Salk: that science must be for the public good and not the private profit of companies.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/122145/
Black Workers Unite, Covid-19 & Black Workers Under Attack On Front Lines In City of SF
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
San Francisco Black Workers Unite covered a panel on the health and safety conditions of Black city workers in San Francisco. They discuss the systemic racism, health and safety violations and retaliations against whistleblowers…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/27/1883266…
COVID-19 From the Front Lines
Leslie Gregory | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
Some of us in the frontlines of health care have been trying to convince CDC to declare racism as a threat to public health. We think our proofs are strong. Nearly five years ago, when we started the Racism is a Public Health Threat campaign in Portland, Oregon at Race Talks PDX, hosted by long-time community justice…
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Brazilian nurses go on strike in Manaus amid collapse of health care system
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
The strike was a cry of desperation; in addition to the lack of PPE, nurses have not been paid their salaries, in some cases for up to eight months.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/mana…
Why are more men dying from COVID-19 than women?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-28
Men appear to be hit harder by COVID-19 than women. Early data from China and the World Health Organization (WHO) show that more men than women are dying from COVID-19. Other countries like Spain and Italy also are seeing higher death rates among men. But why might that be? Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/wh…
Building resilient cities, post-coronavirus necessity
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-28
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA)
Putin Extends National Paid Leave to May 11
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday extended the national paid leave introduced to contain the spread of COVID-19 to May 11. | RELATED: | China Issues Warning to U.S. Military Ship in Disputed Waters | "We are now facing a new, perhaps the most intense stage in the fight against the epidemic. The risks of getting infected have reached a climax. The threat, the mortal danger of the virus persists, and this can affect everyone," Putin said in a televised address to the nat…
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Putin prolongs nationwide paid leave and partial lockdown until May 11 as daily Covid-19 infections surge
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Russians will have to self-isolate until May 11, President Vladimir Putin has said, as the country braces itself for the peak of the Covid-19 epidemic, which has infected over 95,000 people nationwide. | The move, which Putin announced during a closely watched address, comes as the previous April 30 deadline was set to expire. That date was set on April 2, and involved a combination of partial lockdowns and paid holidays for all Russians working in non-essential roles. | The gradual removal of the coronavirus lockdown measures will begin from May 12, Putin said, giving the government a week to come up with rec…
rt.com/russia/487112-putin-extends-covid…
Haiti: Food Crisis Persists Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
Haiti's UN representative, Elisabeth Byrs, said there is a famine and food crisis possibility in the Caribbean nation due to the economic COVID-19 impact. | RELATED: | COVID-19 Is Exacerbating Food Crisis in Haiti: UN | Byrs requested immediate food aid to the World Food Program and stressed the COVID-19 emergency harmed food production. The UN representative expressed her concern about possible famines after the virus outbreak aggravated the severe social situation in Haitian territory…
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