(2021-08-17). Headlines for August 17, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Defends U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan After Taliban Capture Kabul , Advocates Demand U.S. and Other Nations Open Doors to Afghan Refugees, Tropical Storm Adds to Haiti's Misery Two Days After Massive Earthquake Kills Over 1,400, Immigrant Advocates Denounce Biden Administration for Deporting Haitian Refugees, U.S. Will Recommend COVID Booster Shots After 8 Months, Despite Global Vaccine Inequity, Johnson & Johnson Ships Millions of Vaccine Doses from South Africa to Europe, U.S. Coronavirus Hospitalizations Soar, with Record Infection Levels in Five States, Republican Governors Erect New Barriers to COVI…
(2021-08-17). Faculty members and supporters at Youngstown State University protest to demand CDC protocols be implemented. wsws.org As the start of the fall semester looms, faculty at YSU demand basic safety measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
(2021-08-17). Cyclosporiasis Action Plan Aims to Reduce Food Contamination. jamanetwork.com In response to increasing foodborne illness outbreaks linked with the Cyclospora cayetanensis bacterium, the FDA and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed an action plan focused on detection, prevention, and education.
(2021-08-17). A Systematic Review of Filtering Facepiece Respirator Reprocessing. jamanetwork.com To the Editor Dr Schumm and colleagues recently provided a detailed review of decontamination methods for disposable filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs). We wish to update readers of JAMA on the most recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommendations about use of decontaminated FFRs. Disposable FFRs are intended for single use. In March 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided guidance on limited reuse of FFRs in health care settings as part of crisis capacity conservation strategies. The FDA believes there is now an adequate supply of respirators for health care personnel…
(2021-08-17). CDC Records Show 12,791 Dead and 682,873 Injuries Following COVID-19 Experimental Shots. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-17). 13-year-old in Mississippi dies of COVID-19 days after school reopens. wsws.org Mkayla Robinson died of COVID-19 a day after testing positive, making her the fifth child in the state known to have succumbed to the disease.
(2021-08-17). Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Scientific Journals—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We thank Drs Duggan, Breathett, and Routen and colleagues for their comments and recommendations on our guidance for reporting race and ethnicity in medical and science journals. We received numerous comments from others and have further revised this guidance. Updates on the reporting of sex and gender, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, and persons with diseases, disorders, or disabilities will follow.
(2021-08-17). African American Women More Likely to Die of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. jamanetwork.com African American women with nonmetastatic triple-negative breast cancer were more likely to die of their disease than their White counterparts, according to a recent analysis. African American patients also were less likely to receive standard treatments, which partially explained their increased mortality risk.
(2021-08-17). How COVID-19 delta variant is impacting younger people. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The number of COVID-19 infections, mostly with the delta variant, continues to rise, especially in parts of the U.S. where vaccination rates are low. Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician at Mayo Clinic Children's Center, says younger people are among those being infected with the highly contagious virus. "The most important thing we can do to protect kids under 12 years of age, who are not yet eligible to be vaccinated themselves, is to…
(2021-08-17). Romila Thapar, Irfan Habib Decry Hindutva Attempts To Distort India's History. orinocotribune.com 
By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya — Aug 13, 2021 | Thapar said that a false narrative is being spread, including through the education system, by India's present authorities, while Habib held that a false history was akin to a disease for the country. | The event, titled 'In Defence of History', was attended by Habib, economist Prabhat Patnaik, Indian History Congress (IHC) president Amiya Kumar Bagchi, historian Aditya Mukherjee and CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury. | During her speech, Thapar said that attempts were being made to legitimise "the currently popular, distorted history to defend political ide…
(2021-08-17). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Overtreating an underactive thyroid. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The thyroid gland creates and produces hormones that play a role in many systems throughout the body. When your thyroid makes too much or too little of these important hormones, it's called thyroid disease. And thyroid disease is common. "We know that about 10% of people have some degree of thyroid dysfunction," says Dr. Juan Brito Campana, a Mayo Clinic endocrinologist. There are several different types of thyroid disease, including hyperthyroidism, or overactive thyroid; hypothyroidism…
(2021-08-17). Benefits of kids wearing masks in school. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Children are heading back to the classroom and many parents have questions about their kids wearing face masks to protect them from COVID-19. Are they safe? How do masks help my child? Is my child really at risk of getting COVID-19? Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician at Mayo Clinic Children's Center, answers these questions and offers insights into the benefits of everyone over age 2 wearing masks when in public settings or around unvaccinated people….
(2021-08-17). Mayo researchers develop algorithm to predict rheumatoid arthritis disease activity. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Individualized Medicine and Division of Rheumatology have developed a first-of-its-kind machine learning algorithm that can predict rheumatoid arthritis disease activity in a patient. The algorithm analyzes biochemical metabolites ‚Äï the product of the body's metabolism ‚Äï in blood. Close up of rheumatism/arthritis medical examination. "Having fast, reliable and scalable measures for predicting the clinical course of disease activity is an important unmet need for patients with rheumatoid arthritis," says Jaeyun Sung, Ph.D., a computational biologist within the Center…
(2021-08-17). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: It's like a Code Red hospital alert. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases is underway in the U.S. The delta variant continues to spread, the lambda variant is showing up, and some people are refusing to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or wear face masks. "My message today is a hospital term and that's Code Red," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "It is Code Red in the U.S. and for the globe regarding…
(2021-08-17). Rare Lyme disease-causing bacteria spotted on routine blood films. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Eye on Innovation features exciting advances taking place at Mayo Clinic Laboratories. This monthly series shines a spotlight on recently developed tests and highlights how Mayo Clinic translates ideas and discoveries into testing resources that improve diagnosis and care for patients across the globe. ______________________________________________ It's long been known that Lyme disease is caused by bacteria transmitted through the bite of an infected black-legged tick (otherwise known as the deer tick). The understanding for many years was…
(2021-08-17). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: How Mayo hopes to slam the door when COVID-19 comes knocking. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The COVID-19 pandemic has brought public awareness to vaccines and how vaccines work. A vaccine is any agent that causes the immune system to remember a specific disease-causing entity, thereby preventing future infections. In the case of COVID-19, that's a coronavirus. At Mayo Clinic, decades of research have led to development of a new vaccine platform — a single-cycle adenovirus nasal vaccine — that is now being tested in a phase 1 clinical trial for COVID-19….
(2021-08-17). Ending Structural Racism in the US Health Care System to Eliminate Health Care Inequities. jamanetwork.com Racial and ethnic inequities in the US health care system have been unremitting since the beginning of the country. In the 19th and 20th centuries, segregated black hospitals were emblematic of separate but unequal health care. Racism resulted in hospitals refusing to desegregate despite the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 until they were forced to under threat of losing federal funds from the newly enacted Medicaid and Medicare programs in 1966. For American Indian and Alaska Native persons, health care has always been and remains to be segregated. Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted long-sta…
(2021-08-17). Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Scientific Journals. jamanetwork.com To the Editor The recent Editorial "The Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals," is timely, given the well-described racial and ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes, in part due to long-standing disparities in health. We concur with the key arguments of Ms Flanagin and colleagues but believe there are 2 areas that require further consideration.
(2021-08-17). Trends in Gestational Diabetes at First Live Birth by Race and Ethnicity in the US, 2011-2019. jamanetwork.com This cross-sectional analysis uses data from the National Center for Health Statistics to quantify annual rates of gestational diabetes in individuals at first live birth among Hispanic/Latina, non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic White individuals in the US from 2011 to 2019.
(2021-08-17). Trends in Differences in Health Status, Access, and Affordability by Race and Ethnicity in the US, 1999-2018. jamanetwork.com This cross-sectional survey study examines 20-year trends in the racial and ethnic differences in self-reported measures of health status and health care access and affordability among US adults.
(2021-08-17). Climate Change is a Public Health Emergency. counterpunch.org The recent UN report on climate change alerts the world to the dramatic consequences to the environment that increasing global warming trends in our planet pose for our survival. One of these negative consequences is on people's health, particularly in developing countries that don't have the financial resources to deal with them. According to the
(2021-08-17). 'Texas doesn't give a damn about prisoners' lives'. workers.org 
"I think it's very stupid, even suicidal on their part, but at the same time, that's how Texas prison industries operate. They need their employees to keep the prison businesses up and operating. Profits are first, and the health of prisoners and employees are secondary," Freo Lampkin told Workers World. . . . |
(2021-08-17). Coronavirus health disaster in Los Angeles looms with reopening of country's second largest school district. wsws.org Like schools around the country, Los Angeles students have almost no options whatsoever for remote learning while the Delta variant tears through school populations leading to mass infections and deaths.
(2021-08-17). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Increasing fiber intake for constipation relief. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I experience constipation almost weekly, and eating bran flakes every day isn't helping. Are fiber supplements safe to use regularly and long term? Is there anything else I can do? I'm a 53-year-old woman and otherwise in excellent health. ANSWER: When consumed at recommended levels, dietary fiber is widely recognized to have health benefits, including relief of constipation. Adult women 50 and younger should consume at least 25 grams of fiber a day. Women…
(2021-08-17). Consumer Health: Summer sun safety. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org August is Summer Sun Safety Month, which makes this a good time to learn the signs of sun damage and remember the ways you can protect yourself and your family from the harmful effects of ultraviolet, or UV, radiation from sunlight. Exposure to UV radiation from the sun damages your skin. Children are especially vulnerable because they tend to spend more time outdoors and can burn easily. This slideshow includes images of several conditions caused…
(2021-08-17). The People vs. Medical Tyranny? Resistance on a Global Scale Grows Against Mandatory Vaccinations, Health Pass Requirements and Face Masks. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-17). Mayo Clinic Orthopedics and Sports Medicine to offer walk-in sports injury clinics on Saturdays. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Orthopedics and Sports Medicine will provide a Saturday morning injury clinic for Rochester-area middle school, high school and college athletes injured during recent sports activities. This includes all athletes from schools in Southeast Minnesota, Western Wisconsin and Northern Iowa. The clinic will be open each Saturday between Sept. 4 and Oct. 16 from 8 a.m. to noon on the third floor of Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center at Mayo Clinic…
(2021-08-17). Should COVID-19 vaccinations be mandatory? greenleft.org.au As a health worker and a trade unionist who supports a rapid mass rollout of the vaccines, I do not agree that employers should be allowed to force workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, argues Zita Henderson.
(2021-08-17). The Medical Horror Story Nobody Knows. zcomm.org Our health care system is even worse than you think…
(2021-08-17). Association of Race and Ethnicity and Medicare Program Type With Ambulatory Care Access and Quality Measures. jamanetwork.com This observational study uses data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey from 2015 to 2018 to compare differences in rates of enrollment, ambulatory care access, and ambulatory care quality for minority beneficiaries vs White or multiracial beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage vs traditional Medicare plans.
(2021-08-17). Australia: Delta variant spreads through aged care facilities in Sydney. wsws.org The government has refused to make any commitment to ensuring that the vaccine is made available to aged care staff or that there are staff to replace employees who become infected.
(2021-08-17). Mayo Clinic preparing for COVID-19 vaccine boosters when approved. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Are you wondering about booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine? You are not alone. "While the emergency use authorizations for COVID-19 vaccines do not yet allow for people to receive a booster vaccine, we will be prepared," says Dr. James Watson, chair of Mayo's Clinic COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation and Distribution Work Group. The workgroup is closely monitoring booster vaccine development and recommendations and creating a process to administer booster vaccines once they are approved by…
(2021-08-17). Real Science: Covid-19 Vaccine FAQ. dissidentvoice.org 
There seems to be a consensus that if someone swims against the tide, it means they have not done serious deliberation. In my case, this perception is diametrically opposed to the truth. Hence, I will present one last article on the topic of Covid-19 vaccines and do my best to answer some of the more …
(2021-08-17). Association of Myocarditis with Pfizer's BNT162b2 Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccine in a Case Series of Children. globalresearch.ca Question: …
(2021-08-17). 57 Top Scientists and Doctors Release Shocking Study on COVID Vaccines and Demand Immediate Stop to All Vaccinations. globalresearch.ca First published on May …
(2021-08-17). This Week in Fascism #117: Violence Explodes as Proud Boys Unite with Far-Right Churches and Anti-Vaxxers. itsgoingdown.org cover photo: @AlissaAzar Welcome fellow antifascists! Across the so-called United States, far-Right and fascist forces have embedded themselves within the growing tensions surrounding Trumpian opposition to 'Critical Race Theory,' masking, and vaccines. Already we've seen street clashes break out in Salem, Portland, and Los Angeles involving the Proud Boys and other far-Right gangs. In Los…
(2021-08-16). Jayapal Says There's Nothing 'Moderate' About Tanking Medicare Expansion, Climate Action. commondreams.org U.S. soldiers reportedly fired warning shots into the air and used smoke grenades to disperse crowds of desperate Afghans.
(2021-08-16). Assassination, Earthquake, and Storms: Haiti's Plague Season. thenation.com Assassination, Earthquake, and Storms: Haiti's Plague Season…
(2021-08-16). US epidemiologist Michael Osterholm warns of impending catastrophe as children are sent into unsafe schools. wsws.org Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, warned on Sunday that the reopening of schools amid the spread of the Delta variant will fuel an explosive growth of infections that could overwhelm the health care system.
(2021-08-16). Baby Teeth, Collected Decades Ago, Can Show the Damage to Human Health of Nuclear Tests. warisacrime.org By Lawrence Wittner and Joseph Mangano In 2020, Harvard University's T. C. Chan School of Public Health began a five-year study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that will examine the connection between early life exposure to toxic metals and later-life risk of neurological disease. A collaborator with Harvard, the Radiation and Public Health …
(2021-08-16). US Daily COVID-19 Cases Could Exceed 200,000 in Coming Weeks. telesurenglish.net U.S. COVID-19 cases could break 200,000 a day as the latest surge of the virus driven by the Delta variant is "going very steeply upward with no signs of having peaked out," said National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins on Sunday. | RELATED: | "I will be surprised if we don't cross 200,000 cases a day in the next couple of weeks, and that's heartbreaking considering we never thought we'd be back in that…
(2021-08-16). France Has Gone to the Extreme with the "Health" Pass. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-16). What AIDS Activists Can Teach Us About The Covid Pandemic. popularresistance.org While health advocacy organizations have urged the federal government to learn from the HIV/AIDS crisis to more effectively respond to the Covid-19 pandemic, both within America and abroad, many HIV/AIDS organizers argue that the government has now failed twice in its responsibility to the nation's‚Äâ—‚Äâand the world's‚Äâ—‚Äâmost vulnerable people.
(2021-08-16). Local Market Shows The Strength Of The Nicaraguan People. popularresistance.org Going to the popular market in one of Nicaragua's Pacific towns is to feel the immense strength of the Nicaraguan people and to discover the real lives that exist behind the lies that the mass media tell about our country. I go to the market and see the stalls full of fresh vegetables and local fruits, I ask for some pieces of ginger and the young woman tells me proudly: "they are today's, they were cut today… smell them, they are fresh!". | What pride, when in a world where it is a luxury to consume fresh, local products, Nicaragua is full of healthy food for local people to enjoy. I carry on walking and a veg…
(2021-08-16). German federal and state governments escalate policy of mass infection by reopening schools and dismantling public health measures. wsws.org The threat of a renewed wave of mass death in Germany will increase over the coming weeks as millions of students return to school after the summer holidays.
(2021-08-16). Public gatherings banned in Sri Lanka amid COVID-19 resurgence. peoplesdispatch.org Health experts have warned that if the present trend continues, the number of new COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka could increase to 6,000 per day by mid-September…
(2021-08-16). Monday 8/16: SF City College: Defend Health & Safety of CCSF Students, Faculty & Staff HEAT Action. indybay.org In front of Conlan Hall, Ocean Campus CCSF…
(2021-08-16). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Miners at Minera Caserones in Chile owned by Lumina Copper have walked out over contract issues, while nurses in Alberta, Canada, staged a province-wide protest over health cuts.
(2021-08-16). Economic Update: Chile's Feminist Social Revolution. roarmag.org On this week's show, Prof. Wolff discusses the election of a socialist, African-American woman as new mayor in Buffalo, NY; US unemployment insurance's meager support for jobless; Teamsters target Amazon workers for union drive; veterans' suicides and the costs of US wars. | On the second half of the show, Wolff interviews Rodrigo Roa Fernandez, Chilean revolutionary activist on his country's new feminist movement, the Constituent Assembly and the new constitution. | You can support this show on
(2021-08-16). French pseudo-left party Lutte Ouvrière aligns with right-wing anti-vaccine protests. wsws.org The pseudo-left Workers Struggle party is covering up the role of far-right forces in demonstrations demanding the ending of coronavirus restrictions.