Shawn Mack (2021-03-25). Is a mental health crisis the next pandemic? nationofchange.org Whether your share of damage from the pandemic is visible out in the open or not, you need to credit yourself for putting up with it.

teleSUR (2021-03-25). Problems in US Society Exposed as COVID-19 Cases Top 30 Million. telesurenglish.net The United States surpassed 30 million COVID-19 cases and 545,000 deaths on Wednesday, which highlights a catastrophic failure resulting from lack of national leadership, disrespect for science, and inadequacy of public health infrastructure. | RELATED: | Currently, President Joe Biden is trying hard to reverse the pandemic's tragic trajectory left over by Donald Trump's approach. Biden's team has, among other…

Telesur (2021-03-25). Video: China's COVID-19 Health Passport. globalresearch.ca This is a report by TeleSur which points to the fact …

Swiss Policy Research (2021-03-25). Facts About COVID-19. globalresearch.ca "The only means to fight the plague is honesty." (Albert Camus, …

U.S. Right to Know (2021-03-25). Does Weed-killing Chemical "Paraquat" Cause Parkinson's Disease? Multiple Law Suits in the U.S. globalresearch.ca Multiple lawsuits are pending in the United States alleging the …

_____ (2021-03-25). Venezuelan Women Endure The 'Sanctions' With Their Bodies. popularresistance.org On February 20, the New York Times published an article titled "Venezuelan Women Lose Access to Contraception, and Control of Their Lives." This article attempts to distort reality, as it completely ignores the siege and aggressions the Venezuelan people currently subjected to. | For greater context, we should note that in 2012, Venezuela granted completely free access to safe and quality contraceptives, reaching a coverage of 22.16% in the national public health system. Access was nearly universal both due to the purchasing power of Venezuelans at the time and because both private and public health networks were…

Megan Redshaw (2021-03-25). U.S. Health Officials Accuse AstraZeneca of Misrepresenting Efficacy Data. globalresearch.ca In a "

A Guest Author (2021-03-25). Bessemer workers 'fighting against the capitalist ransom of their happiness and health'. workers.org The following remarks were given at a March 20 Harlem, N.Y., rally in solidarity with Amazon workers who are organizing a union in Bessemer, Ala. My name is Clarissa Hernandez and I'm with the Workers Assembly Against Racism — WAAR! Everyone should know that we owe most major progress we . . . |

MEE staff (2021-03-25). Covid-19: US announces $15m aid package for Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza. middleeasteye.net Covid-19: US announces $15m aid package for Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza | The funds will address 'most urgent, life-saving humanitarian needs', including emergency food assistance for communities struggling under pandemic | Thu, 03/25/2021 – 18: 26 | Elderly Palestinians wait to receive doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on 24 March (AFP)…

teleSUR (2021-03-25). Cuba Shares Vaccine Candidates Milestones with Sao Paulo Forum. telesurenglish.net Cuban health authorities and scientists presented the country's results in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and its goal of immunizing the entire population by 2021. | The Minister of Health, José Angel Portal, highlighted that the results obtained to date are favorable and praised both the health personnel's work and the management of science and innovation. | RELATED: | For his part, the president of the Busi…

_____ (2021-03-25). End Vaccine Apartheid. popularresistance.org The latest in a series of proposals brought by India and South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO), backed by over 100 countries, to temporarily suspend COVID-19 vaccine patents was blocked by western powers, namely the United States, United Kingdom, and the European Union. The patents that give monopoly rights over the manufacture and sale of drugs like the COVID-19 vaccines are protected globally by The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), signed in 1994 by the WTO.

MEE, agencies (2021-03-25). Suez Canal: Traffic suspended as ship stranded like 'beached whale'. middleeasteye.net Suez Canal: Traffic suspended as ship stranded like 'beached whale' | Company trying to free ship says operation could take weeks with owner facing millions of dollars in insurance claims | Thu, 03/25/2021 – 08: 15 | Stranded container ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, is seen after it ran aground in the Suez Canal (Reuters) | The Suez Canal temporarily suspended…

MEE, agencies (2021-03-25). Suez Canal: Ship stuck like a 'beached whale' as rescue efforts continue. middleeasteye.net Suez Canal: Ship stuck like a 'beached whale' as rescue efforts continue | Company trying to free ship says operation could take weeks with owner facing millions of dollars in insurance claims | Thu, 03/25/2021 – 08: 15 | The ship is blocking transit in both directions through one of the world's busiest shipping channel (AFP/Planet Labs) | Efforts to dislodge the 400m long container vessel…

Zachary Conti (2021-03-25). IMF Announces $650 Billion in Emergency Reserves Needed to Confront Pandemic Crisis. indybay.org The International Monetary Fund announced $650 billion in emergency reserve funds are needed to confront the global coronavirus health and economic crisis.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-03-24). On 10th Anniversary of the U.S.-NATO attack on Libya: Powerful perpetrators have yet to face justice. mronline.org Three Powerful American Women—Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power and Susan Rice—Pushed Obama into Destroying the Wealthiest, Healthiest and Happiest Nation in Africa. | Newswire…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-24). Palestinian prisoner Maher Abu Rayan launches hunger strike against Israeli medical neglect. peoplesdispatch.org 43-year-old Maher Abu Rayan is serving a 25-year prison term and is suffering from multiple health issues as a direct result of the extremely violent fashion in which he was arrested in 2003…

Utibe Effiong (2021-03-24). Raising the minimum wage is a health issue, too. nationofchange.org Study after study has linked higher income to better health.

imperial.ac.uk (2021-03-24). COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy could lead to thousands of extra deaths. imperial.ac.uk Hesitancy around COVID-19 vaccines could lead to thousands of extra deaths over a two-year period, Imperial epidemiologists show.

RT (2021-03-24). Boris Johnson says forced vaccination for care home staff 'responsible', but demanding jab certs from pub-goers 'up to landlords'. rt.com Care-home bosses mulling mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for staff are acting responsibly, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said, although he refused to say whether pubs should bar punters who haven't been jabbed. | Johnson said on Wednesday the concept of vaccine certification "should not be totally alien to us" as he was asked by a committee of MPs about its use in care settings and the hospitality sector as the UK emerges from lockdown. | "We've seen what happened in care homes," the PM said, referring to the rapid spread of the virus in elderly residences, where Covid deaths accounted for as many as…

Peter Koenig (2021-03-24). Beware of RNA-based Vaccines. Potentially Serious Injuries. The Risk of Prion Disease. globalresearch.ca First published on March 1, 2021 | Remember "

Andrew Joseph (2021-03-24). Fauci and U.S. Officials Say AstraZeneca Released 'Outdated Information' from COVID-19 Vaccine Trial. globalresearch.ca This Report by Stat News focusses on statements by Anthony Fauci …

Dr. Sadaf Gilani (2021-03-24). Synthetic mRNA COVID Vaccines: A Risk-Benefit Analysis. globalresearch.ca First published in February 2021 | With a "vaccine" based on untested …

Dr. Simone Gold (2021-03-24). Video: Dr. Simone Gold — The Truth About the COVID-19 Vaccine. globalresearch.ca Dr. Simone Gold of America's Frontline Doctors shared information about the …

John W. Whitehead (2021-03-24). After a Year Under Lockdown, Will Our Freedoms Survive the Tyranny of COVID-19? globalresearch.ca "The remedy is worse than the disease."—Francis Bacon | One way or …

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2021-03-24). After a Year Under Lockdown, Will Our Freedoms Survive the Tyranny of COVID-19? dissidentvoice.org The remedy is worse than the disease. — Francis Bacon One way or another, the majority of Americans will survive COVID-19. It remains to be seen, however, whether our freedoms will survive the tyranny of the government's heavy-handed response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, now that the government has gotten a taste for flexing its …

Zachary Conti (2021-03-24). IMF Announces $650 Billion in Emergency Reserves Needed to Confront Pandemic Crisis. indybay.org The International Monetary Fund announced $650 billion in emergency reserve funds are needed to confront the global coronavirus health and economic crisis.

_____ (2021-03-24). Garment Workers Have Won Billions In Stolen Wages. popularresistance.org In March 2020, Amanda Lee McCarty was laid off from her job. | For years, she had been working in the fashion industry as a buyer and product developer. But as COVID-19 cases surged and lockdown orders were implemented across the world, retailers were faced with a dramatic plummet in consumer demand for clothing. McCarty, who had been the sole breadwinner in her family for most of her life, was left without a steady income or health insurance. | McCarty wasn't the only one in the global apparel industry whose future was thrust into uncertainty. | Thousands of miles away, in countries like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka an…