(2020-12-27). Older people and health staff first in line as EU rolls out Covid-19 vaccine. laprensalatina.com (Update 1: Adds France, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria) Madrid Desk, Dec 27 (efe-epa).- The European Union on Sunday began its coordinated rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 with nations giving priority to older people and healthcare staff. Araceli Hidalgo, a 96-year-old resident of Los Olmos care home in Guadalajara, became the first person in …
(2020-12-27). New York healthcare provider probed for 'fraudulently' obtaining & distributing Covid-19 vaccine. rt.com 
New York police are investigating Parcare Community Health Network on suspicion that it fraudulently obtained Covid-19 vaccine doses and broke rules reserving the first round of shots for medical workers and care-home residents. | Parcare may have transferred wrongfully obtained doses from the Hudson Valley to facilities in other parts of state and diverted them to members of the public, rather than to those currently eligible to be inoculated, State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said on Saturday. "We take this very seriously," he said, and the state Health Department will assist State Police in the crimin…
(2020-12-27). Selected Articles: Warning: COVID Vaccines! Huge Risks, Huge Injuries — Huge Compensations? globalresearch.ca 
By The Covid cases here are thankfully small but the lock-downs apply all the same with the closure of busin…
(2020-12-27). Politicians Failed Us In 2020. popularresistance.org Even as 2020 took turns for the worst, the seeds of justice and liberation extended their roots. | For decades to come, 2020 will be remembered for the failures of politicians and capitalism. In a selfish bid to "save the economy" and rally his base ahead of the election, President Trump and his allies spread disinformation about COVID-19 and threw common-sense public health measures into the meatgrinder of partisan politics. Predictably, the United States became one of the world's worst hot spots for COVID-19, exposing every crack and fault line in society. As of this writing, the death toll is nearing 300,000.
(2020-12-27). Over 5,500 new COVID-19 cases reported in Iran. yenisafak.com Iran's Health Ministry on Sunday reported new cases of COVID-19 and virus-related deaths as efforts continue to contain the disease.Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said in a statement that 119 more people died in the last 24 hours and 5,502 new cases had been identified.Lari said the death toll increased to 54,693, and the number of cases to a total of over 1.2 million.She said as many as 5,212 patients were in critical condition, while recoveries numbered 951,860.In the country with a population of 83 million, more than 7.4 million tests have been administered to date.Lari also indicated that 108 dis…
(2020-12-27). Tuesday 12/29: COVID-19 Vaccine & the Black Community: Safety, Efficacy & Dispelling Fear. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2020-12-27). Big Pharma Propaganda and the COVID-19 Vaccine: The U.S. Government's Legacy of Human Experimentations. globalresearch.ca It is important to focus on the history of experimental vaccines. | This article reviews the Tuskegee Syphilis Study in Macon County, Alabama that began in 1932 as well as other US government experiments that infected sick and vulnerable people with …
(2020-12-27). Israeli minister orders jails not to vaccinate Palestinian security prisoners. middleeasteye.net 
Israeli minister orders jails not to vaccinate Palestinian security prisoners | Order defies health ministry guidelines that prisoners should be part of second group of Israelis to be vaccinated | Sun, 12/27/2020 – 15: 26 | Public Security Minister Amir Ohana's statement did not single out Palestinian inmates, but there are no non-Palestinian security prisoners in Israel (AFP) | Israel's P…
(2020-12-27). World must be ready for the next pandemic, UN says on first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness. news.un.org The United Nations is commemorating the first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness on Sunday, underscoring the need to learn lessons from the coronavirus pandemic, and urging greater investments in preparedness, to confront future health emergencies.
(2020-12-27). Medical Doctor Warns that "Bacterial Pneumonias Are on the Rise" from Mask Wearing. globalresearch.ca First published in October 2020 | "A group is suing Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum and Tulsa Health Department Executive Director Bruce Dart, saying the city's mask mandate is harmful to healthy people," reports
(2020-12-27). Inclusive Vaccine Trials Are Vital, But Let's Not Boost Biological Views of Race. truthout.org The novel coronavirus and its devastating effects have starkly exposed U.S. racial and ethnic health disparities. Yet, despite ample
(2020-12-26). Saudi Crown Prince Triggers Surge in Registrations for COVID-19 Vaccine – Report. sputniknews.com Mohammed bin Salman became the first Saudi citizen to be inoculated against coronavirus in a televised broadcast on Friday, after the Kingdom's health ministry confirmed the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was safe and efficient.
(2020-12-26). Fatemieh mourning ceremony held in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) —The mourning ceremony of the martyrdom of Hazrat Zahra (SA), the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), was held on Friday night in Tehran's Husseiniyeh of Noor al-Reza through observing health protocols.
(2020-12-26). Netflix's "Tiny Pretty Things" challenges the idea that bulimia is only a white woman's disease. salon.com The soapy teen ballet series is high on melodrama, but its eating disorder plot rings true to life…
(2020-12-26). The New York Times Hasn't Heard About China's Vaccines. cepr.net That is the implication of a major piece on how the coronavirus vaccines are leading to greater worldwide inequality, since the rich countries have reserved the vast majority of the 2021 supplies of vaccines of the leading U.S.-European vaccines. While this is in fact a serious problem, as my co-authors and I have noted, China …
(2020-12-25). PDF of December 24 issue. workers.org 
Download the 12-page PDF. Georgia Senate runoff Redbaiting derails people's needs Youth in vanguard; Russell Maroon Shoatz; The real 2020 heroes; Amazon union drive in Ala.; Five hottest years; Vaccine chaos; Editorial: Too little, too late GLOBAL: Amauta in Peru; 'Soft coup' attempt in Cuba; BLM in France. TEAR DOWN . . . |
(2020-12-25). Meet the pseudo-left imperialists fighting against universal healthcare. thegrayzone.com Over the past week comedian Jimmy Dore has single handedly exposed a collection of self-styled leaders of progressive media as imperialist hacks joined at the hip with the Democratic Party and NATO. This video report originally appeared at Behind The Headlines. It's no coincidence that the pundits who are circling the wagons around AOC and seething at a comedian for pushing for a Medicare For All floor vote are also a bunch of pseudo-left imperialists. They've positioned themselves as guard …
(2020-12-25). Chile Begins COVID-19 Vaccination of Healthcare Workers. telesurenglish.net Chile on Thursday began to vaccinate against the new coronavirus, after the arrival of the first 10,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. | RELATED: | Chile's President Sebastian Pinera and Health Ministry officials were on hand for the vaccination of the first five healthcare workers from intensive care units in the capital Santiago, who were vaccinated at the city's Metropolitan Hospital. | Zulema Riquelme, a 46-year…
(2020-12-25). WARNING: Covid Vaccines! dissidentvoice.org Did you know that the US Government since 1988 paid as of 1 December 2020 more than 4.4 billion dollars to vaccine-injury victims? It's your money, Taxpayers money. This is Health Services and Service Administration Vaccine Injury Compensation Data The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), was set up in 1988 to compensate for the …
(2020-12-25). What's Not Being Said About the Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine. "Human Guinea Pigs"? globalresearch.ca The Pharma giant Pfizer use an experimental technology known as gene editing, specifically mRNA gene-editing, something never before used in vaccines. Before we rush to get jabbed in hopes of some immunity, we should know more about the radical experimental technology and its lack of precision.
(2020-12-25). Demonstrators besiege California prison HQ: 'Mass releases now!'. workers.org 
Sacramento, Calif. Dec. 17 — Under the banner "From Balloons to Bullhorns," an angry group of protesters converged on the steps of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to demand mass releases of incarcerated people due to the COVID-19 epidemic. The vigil and rally organized by Sistas With Voices . . . |
(2020-12-25). 'Holidays Can't Be Jolly If Your Family Is Not Safely Housed': Progressives Urge CDC to Extend Eviction Moratorium. commondreams.org "Allowing tens of millions of people to be evicted in the dead of winter in the middle of a resurgence of Covid-19 cases and deaths is unconscionable." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-12-25). Saudi crown prince receives first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. middleeasteye.net 
Saudi crown prince receives first dose of Covid-19 vaccine | Health ministry says it hopes to have enough vaccine to cover 70 percent of population | Fri, 12/25/2020 – 21: 44 | MBS is one of several world leaders to have received their first dose of the vaccine (AFP) | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Friday, a week after health author…
(2020-12-25). The Coming Battle Over Vaccines. counterpunch.org With the new COVID-19 vaccine available, Dr. Anthony Fauci says Americans can begin to achieve herd immunity by next summer. Herd immunity occurs when so many people are immune to the virus that it can't spread, because an infected person won't have anyone left to spread it to. Yet as of November, four in ten
(2020-12-25). Recidivist Criminal and Constitutional Outlaw Trump Rushes to Pardon Criminal Lawbreakers. commondreams.org Trump and future presidents cannot be allowed to brazenly dishonor justice and undermine the rule of law. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-12-25). Justice for All Essential Workers. counterpunch.org Each day the pandemic brings new mixtures of hope and dread: new reports on the vaccine rollout, new and dire accounts of surging cases and deaths. And threading through this skein of news reports is an ongoing story of persisting injustice: economic and racial inequality, deep inequalities of risk. You don't need to look far
(2020-12-25). New Year Vaccine. thenation.com New Year Vaccine…
(2020-12-25). Dr. Wodarg and Dr. Yeadon File Application for Suspension of All SARS CoV-2 Vaccine Studies and Call for Co-signing the Petition. globalresearch.ca On December 1, 2020, the ex-Pfizer head of respiratory research Dr. Michael Yeadon and the lung specialist and former head of the public health department Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg
(2020-12-24). US Airports Are Portals for Disease Spread. Venezuela Shows Another Way. zcomm.org People in the United States do have a lot to learn from Venezuelans and from people in many other countries that are handling the pandemic well…
(2020-12-24). Reject the SEIU sellout: Mobilize the working class to defend HCA nurses in southern California! wsws.org With the pandemic spreading out of control and California hospitals strained beyond capacity by the flood of nearly 20,000 COVID-19 patients, including at least 3,500 in ICUs, nurses in Southern California have taken a stand to demand safe staffing levels and protections that are critical to save the lives of health care workers and patients alike.
(2020-12-24). Incarcerated People Should Get Priority Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine. It's the Smart and Human Thing to Do. aclu.org Governor Jared Polis of Colorado — otherwise a trailblazer when it comes to criminal legal reform — recently
(2020-12-24). The Heat: Climate Change Challenges for 2021. america.cgtn.com 
In 2020, the world reeled from the worst public health crisis in a century and extreme weather events brought on by climate change. So, what challenges lie ahead in 2021?>
(2020-12-24). No Co-Sponsor of 'Medicare for All' Has Lost Reelection in the Past Decade. zcomm.org Every single Congressional co-sponsor of these bills in the House and Senate who were up for reelection beat their Republican opponents in 2020. And in 2018. And in 2016…
(2020-12-24). 'The Courts Are a Sham': New Hampshire Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Rights of Nature, Healthy Climate Arguments. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-12-24). Veterans Wonder: Will Biden's VA Pick Halt Slide Toward Privatization? counterpunch.org Advance media speculation about Joe Biden's choice for Secretary of Veterans Affairs reflected the common assumption that, per usual, a military veteran would get the job. Instead, Biden has nominated Denis McDonough, a 51-year old veteran of the Obama White House who never served in the military and also lacks any background in health care administration–a relevant qualification because the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates the largest public hospital system in the country.
(2020-12-24). Racist practices at the SF Health Service System will no longer be tolerated: Remove Mitch. indybay.org SF Bay View Editor Malik Washington reports on systemic racism in the SF Health Service System…
(2020-12-24). [Research Paper] Safety and immunogenicity of INO-4800 DNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: A preliminary report of an open-label, Phase 1 clinical trial. thelancet.com INO-4800 demonstrated excellent safety and tolerability and was immunogenic in 100% (38/38) of the vaccinated subjects by eliciting either or both humoral or cellular immune responses.
(2020-12-23). Labor creates all value, including vaccine value. peoplesworld.org 
As I watched the rollout of the first COVID-19 vaccines on television recently, I thought of that old line, "Labor creates all value." Above all, it is labor power—mental labor and muscle labor—that is producing safe, effective vaccines in quantities sufficient to vaccinate the 340 million people of the United States. People mistakenly credit Karl …
(2020-12-23). Medicare for All Would Save Hundreds of Billions of Dollars Annually. zcomm.org The most exhaustive study on Medicare for All just came out. Its conclusion: a single-payer system would guarantee health insurance to all people while reducing overall health spending by hundreds of billions of dollars every year…
(2020-12-23). Arkansas Politicians' Relentless Push to End Abortion Access, and Humiliate and Shame Abortion Patients. aclu.org This week, the ACLU is back in court working to protect the constitutional right to abortion in Arkansas. In 2017, the state legislature passed four anti-abortion laws to severely restrict access to abortion. If allowed to take effect, these laws would ban the only method of abortion provided in Arkansas after approximately 14 weeks in pregnancy; require that patients' partners or others be notified of their abortion; force the health care center to report teenage patients' abortion to local police where there is no reason to suspect a crime; and force physicians to request a vast number of medical records for…
(2020-12-23). [Research Paper] Benznidazole decreases the risk of chronic Chagas disease progression and cardiovascular events: A long-term follow up study. thelancet.com In a long-term follow-up, BZN treatment was associated with a decreased incidence of CD progression from ICF to the cardiac form and also with a decreased risk of cardiovascular events. Therefore, our results indicate that BZN treatment for CD patients with ICF should be implemented into clinical practice.
(2020-12-23). [Research Paper] Parent-adolescent relationships and their associations with adolescent suicidal behaviours: Secondary analysis of data from 52 countries using the Global School-based Health Survey. thelancet.com Despite the potential benefits of parents-adolescent relationships on suicidal behaviours among adolescents, research on these topics are importantly limited by lack of comprehensiveness, difficulties in cross-country comparisons, and limited generalisability, among others. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of various aspects of parents-adolescent relationships and suicidal behaviours by sex and region, and to investigate their associations.