(2021-07-07). Cape Verdean Authorities Prevent Alex Saab from Receiving Medical Attention. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, June 6, Cape Verdean authorities prevented Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab's doctor from visiting him, which is a flagrant violation of the diplomat's human rights and a risk to his life, given his health condition. | This was informed by the Saab's legal defense team, explaining that Cape Verdean police had prevented medical personnel from entering the building where the Venezuelan diplomat is under house arrest, although the medics had complied with all the requirements necessary for permits to visit Saab, as demanded by the authorities of the African country. | It should be noted that on January 21,…
(2021-07-07). How One Union Uses Kitchen Table Economics to Advance Medicare for All. zcomm.org Working out how much they are paying for health insurance for themselves, makes it clear how much they would save with Medicare for All…
(2021-07-07). International Alert Message about COVID-19. United Health Professionals. globalresearch.ca We are more than 1,500 members (including professors of medicine, intensive care physicians and infectious disease specialists) from more than 30 countries. The lockdown has not only killed people, it has destroyed physical and mental health, economy, education and other aspects of social life.
(2021-07-07). Consumer Sentiment and Economic Recovery During Periods of Economic Relief Spending and Stimulus. cepr.net During the COVID-19 pandemic, declining consumer confidence in the economy, which continued to contract as late as November and December of 2020, played a significant role in leading to the economic recession. Concerns about the health of the economy in the future can have drastic impacts on the economy today. When households are faced with …
(2021-07-07). COVID variants 'winning the race against vaccines' warns WHO chief. news.un.org Variants like Delta are "currently winning the race against vaccines" said the World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday, pinning the blame squarely on a lack of equitable vaccine production and distribution.
(2021-07-07). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Summer travel and people not in your bubble during COVID-19 pandemic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org "The reason we have the COVID-19 delta variant, the reason we have the delta plus variant is because of unimmunized people who get infected," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. He adds that 99.2% of the recorded COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are in people not vaccinated against the virus. This is why he cautions folks who may be traveling this Fourth of July holiday and…
(2021-07-07). Reported cases of myocarditis in younger men following COVID-19 vaccination are rare; vaccination remains important. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers are taking a close look at rare cases of inflammation of the heart muscle, or myocarditis, in young men who developed symptoms shortly after receiving the second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines. Several recent studies suggest that health care professionals should watch for hypersensitivity myocarditis as a rare adverse reaction to being vaccinated for COVID-19. However, researchers stress that this awareness should not…
(2021-07-07). What holiday travelers need to know about COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The July Fourth holiday is a time when many people travel or host summer parties. While the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is on the decline, health experts say with stagnating vaccination rates and the circulation of the more contagious Delta variant, the nation is not out of the woods yet, and everyone should still be cautious if they're planning a trip or getting together in large groups. "Anyone planning to have a…
(2021-07-07). Why Daniel Hale Deserves Gratitude, Not Prison. commondreams.org It is imperative that the G20 finance ministers' meeting in Venice this week act to provide the COVID-19 vaccines needed to achieve worldwide comprehensive adult immunization by early 2022. Given current production, this should not be a problem, so long as a global plan is quickly implemented.
(2021-07-07). How College COVID Vaccine Mandates Put Students in Danger. globalresearch.ca …
(2021-07-07). 30 pct of U.S. adults refuse vaccination against COVID-19: poll. ecns.cn A recent poll revealed that 30 percent of U.S. adults have not gotten a vaccine against COVID-19 and have no plan to get one, posing questions for the country's recovery from the pandemic, the U.S. television network American Broadcasting Company (ABC) has reported.
(2021-07-07). Censored COVID Vaccine Victims Demand Answers in Private Facebook Group. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-07). Covid-19 and the Falsification of Death Certificates: The CDC's "More Often Than Not" Clause. globalresearch.ca Introduction: | At the outset of the pandemic, the CDC had been instructed to change the methodology regarding Death Certificates with a view to artificially inflating the numbers of "Covid deaths". According to "The 2003 …
(2021-07-07). Christian Democratic candidate for German chancellor demands people learn to "live with the virus" wsws.org Armin Laschet lined up squarely behind the right-wing extremist Alternative for Germany, which has been demanding the abandonment of all public health measures to contain the pandemic.
(2021-07-07). US Black and Latino communities often have low vaccination rates—but blaming vaccine hesitancy misses the mark. nationofchange.org Homogenizing peoples' reasons for not getting vaccinated diverts attention away from social factors that research shows play a critical role in health status and outcomes.
(2021-07-07). Friday 7/9: Protect Monterey County Worker Healthcare Rally. indybay.org 1441 Schilling Place, Salinas, CA 93901…
(2021-07-07). Iceland's Four-Day Work Week Experiment Billed 'Enormous Success'. sputniknews.com In the course of the experiment that lasted several years and covered around 1 percent of the country's workforce, Icelanders were allowed to reduce their working week to 35 hours, without losing their pay. In response, workers said they felt less stressed and burnt-out and that their health improved, as did the balance between work and leisure.
(2021-07-07). Workers speak out at NHS protests. wsws.org NHS FightBack members spoke to some of those attending last Saturday's protests to defend the National Health Service on its 73rd anniversary.
(2021-07-07). NHS "Day of Action": How the UK unions and pseudo-left demobilise health workers. wsws.org The ruling class has already taken its cue from the unions' dismal failures and betrayals. Health workers must urgently draw their own conclusions and take up the struggle for rank-and-file committees to organise a fightback.
(2021-07-07). Unions betray Sri Lankan health workers' strike. wsws.org The supplementary medicine and paramedical services workers who participated in the latest strike expressed their disgust at the role of the unions in isolating the strike.
(2021-07-07). The looming famine in Tigray is an avoidable catastrophe. zcomm.org The ruination of a once-thriving area of Ethiopia is the result of war and its associated crimes. The world needs to wake up…
(2021-07-07). Know your HIV status: Get tested. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org June 27 is National HIV Testing Day, a reminder to get tested and know your HIV status. Many people who have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, aren't aware they have it. Early diagnosis allows for early treatment options that may delay the progression to AIDS. The Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends …
(2021-07-07). Mayo Clinic first to use next generation 4D ICE imaging to help patients with structural heart disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic recently became the first to use a next-generation 4D intracardiac echo (ICE) device in patients to guide heart procedures such as left atrial appendage closure, mitral valve repair and treatment of tricuspid valve regurgitation. The technology can also help physicians perform procedures without putting patients under general anesthesia. An echocardiogram is a noninvasive test that uses sound waves to produce detailed images of the heart's size, structure and function, as well as detailed images of…
(2021-07-07). Consumer Health: The importance of sunscreen, sunglasses and protective clothing for adults and children. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org July is UV Safety Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about protecting 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, and increases your risk of developing skin cancer, wrinkles and age spots. Children are especially vulnerable because they tend to spend more time outdoors and can burn easily. Here are four ways you can…
(2021-07-07). Science Saturday: New technique to study 'microcancers' and screen cancer-fighting drugs. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A team from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Grainger College of Engineering and Mayo Clinic have developed a new technique for creating "microcancer" cell cultures. It allows researchers to form hundreds of microcancers in a high-throughput format using a small, microfabricated chip, enabling direct measurement of cell health or response to drugs. It also allows …
(2021-07-07). Are sunglasses necessary? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Children spend a lot of time outside enjoying going to the pool, taking part in sports or just outdoor playtime. Likely, they are outside with sunscreen to protect their skin. But a question that sparks a lot of interest from parent centers around eye protection and sunglasses. Mayo Clinic Health System providers say children receive …
(2021-07-06). Doctor: "Voting Rights Are Health Care Rights" commondreams.org "In almost every swing state, we have someone running for secretary of state who has been fearmongering about the 2020 election or was at the insurrection."
(2021-07-06). The Covid Outbreak: "Biggest Health Scam of the 21st Century." Report by 1500 Health Professionals. globalresearch.ca We say : STOP disproportionate measures to fight SARS-CoV-2 (lockdown, blocking the economy and education, social distancing, wearing of masks for all, etc.) because they are totally unjustified, are not based on any scientific evidence and violate the basic principles of evidence-based medicine.
(2021-07-06). WHO Warns Again Lifting COVID-19 Restrictions. telesurenglish.net The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday about the risks of reopening too soon and lifting COVID-19 restrictions despite more transmissible variants triggering outbreaks worldwide. | RELATED: | "All of the countries of the Americas, we still have nearly one million cases a week, and the same in Europe…with half a million cases a week. It's not like this thing has gone away. It isn't over," the WHO emergency exp…
(2021-07-06). Equitable distribution of vaccines, equipment only way out of pandemic: WHO chief. news.un.org Equitable distribution of equipment and medicines to fight COVID-19 is the only way out of the global crisis, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, in remarks to a meeting of the advisory group making the case for investing in these tools.
(2021-07-06). Unvaccinated Americans Make Up 99% of Current COVID Deaths, Fauci Tells NBC. truthout.org 
Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading expert on infectious diseases and President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, stated over the weekend that vaccines were working to help eliminate the threat of COVID-19 to the general public, citing statistics on deaths currently associated with the virus to prove his point. | Since the pandemic began,
(2021-07-06). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Summer travel and people not in your bubble during COVID-19 pandemic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org "The reason we have the COVID-19 delta variant, the reason we have the delta plus variant is because of unimmunized people who get infected," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. He adds that 99.2% of the recorded COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are in people not vaccinated against the virus. This is why he cautions folks who may be traveling this Fourth of July holiday and…
(2021-07-06). What holiday travelers need to know about COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The July Fourth holiday is a time when many people travel or host summer parties. While the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is on the decline, health experts say with stagnating vaccination rates and the circulation of the more contagious Delta variant, the nation is not out of the woods yet, and everyone should still be cautious if they're planning a trip or getting together in large groups. "Anyone planning to have a…
(2021-07-06). Reported cases of myocarditis in younger men following COVID-19 vaccination are rare; vaccination remains important. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers are taking a close look at rare cases of inflammation of the heart muscle, or myocarditis, in young men who developed symptoms shortly after receiving the second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines. Several recent studies suggest that health care professionals should watch for hypersensitivity myocarditis as a rare adverse reaction to being vaccinated for COVID-19. However, researchers stress that this awareness should not…
(2021-07-06). Israel faces new coronavirus outbreak due to the Delta variant. wsws.org The Israeli Health Ministry data show that the Pfizer vaccine is now 64 percent effective against preventing COVID-19 infection, whereas before the rise of the Delta variant in Israel it was 94.3 percent effective.
(2021-07-06). Cuba's Vaccine Triumph (Interview). orinocotribune.com 
Kawsachun News spoke exclusively to the Ambassador of Cuba in Bolivia, Danilo Sánchez Vázquez, about the COVID-19 vaccines his country is developing and the context for Cuba's success in the field of biotech and public health. We also discussed Cuba's economic model and the enormous difficulties foisted upon the country due to the decades-long economic United States economic blockade. | How many vaccines is Cuba developing and how effective are they? | We are working on five vaccine candidates, but I'd like to start by saying that Cuba has been developing vaccines from long before the start of the Covid pandemic,…
(2021-07-06). French Government Considers Making COVID Vaccine Mandatory for Everyone Aged 24-59. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-06). Medical unit of Chinese peacekeeping forces administer vaccines to UNIFIL members. ecns.cn The medical unit of the 19th batch of Chinese peacekeeping forces to Lebanon administer the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines to 1,918 members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Beirut, Lebanon on July 5, 2021.
(2021-07-06). Official COVID-19 death toll worldwide reaches four million. wsws.org If excess death estimates are used, COVID-19 would top 7.5 million, and would rank as the third-leading cause of death across the globe, following stroke and heart disease.
(2021-07-06). Australian governments push for end to COVID restrictions as Sydney Delta outbreak grows. wsws.org Amid a significant outbreak of the virus, the focus of governments is on ending lockdowns and other essential public health measures for all time.
(2021-07-06). Headlines for July 6, 2021. democracynow.org WHO Warns Against Dropping Public Health Measures as Delta Coronavirus Variant Spreads , President Biden Says Getting Vaccinated Is "Most Patriotic Thing You Can Do", U.N. Says 400,000 in Ethiopia's Tigray Region Are in Famine, with 1.8 Million on the Brink, U.S.-Trained Honduran Ex-Military Officer Found Guilty of Participating in Murder of Berta Cáceres, Tropical Storm Elsa Makes History as Worsening Climate Crisis Bakes Northern Hemisphere, "Eye of Fire" Erupts from Ruptured Pipeline Near Gulf of Mexico Oil Platform, Black Community in Memphis Defeats Oil Pipeline That Threatened Water Supply, Jessica Reznicek…
(2021-07-06). The Dark Art of Vaccine Diplomacy. latinorebels.com Sixteen months into the pandemic and five months since pharmaceutical giants began pumping out vaccines, Central America remains vastly undervaccinated.
(2021-07-06). Keep the Mask On. counterpunch.org "People cannot feel safe just because they had the two doses….They still need to protect themselves. Vaccine alone won't stop community transmission. People need to continue to use masks consistently, be in ventilated spaces, hand hygiene, the physical distance, avoid crowding. This still continues to be extremely important, even if you're vaccinated when you have
(2021-07-06). The Heat: U.S. politics. america.cgtn.com 
U.S. President Joe Biden is pushing Americans to get vaccinated, as the country misses the July 4th vaccine goal.
(2021-07-06). 'Vaccine Equity Is Urgent,' Say Experts as Delta Variant Ravages Poor Nations. commondreams.org "The public sector is ripe for being a pioneer of shorter working weeks, and lessons can be learned for other governments," said one analyst.
(2021-07-06). U.S. 'procrastination' on vaccine sharing. ecns.cn
(2021-07-06). Vaccine Billionaires and Human Guinea Pigs. dissidentvoice.org How do you make a potentially dangerous and ineffective drug appear like a miracle of modern science? You could, for instance, enrol only certain people in clinical trials and exclude others or bring the study to a close as soon as you see a spike in the data that implies evidence of effectiveness. There are …
(2021-07-06). The Failure of "Vaccine Passports" globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-06). mRNA Vaccine Inventor Erased from History Books. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-06). Friday 7/9: Protect Monterey County Worker Healthcare Rally. indybay.org 1441 Schilling Place, Salinas, CA 93901…
