(2021-09-30). Headlines for September 30, 2021. democracynow.org As Government Shutdown Looms, Biden's Legislative Agenda Hangs in the Balance, Second Alaska Hospital to Ration Care Amid Surge in Unvaccinated COVID Patients, YouTube to Ban Anti-Vaccine Misinformation, CDC Urges Pregnant People to Get Vaccinated, Protesters Target Moderna CEO and Top Biden Aide, Demanding Vaccine Equity , U.N. Warns Tigray Blockade Leading to Famine, Dire Medical Shortages for Millions, Pentagon Knew U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul Missed Target, Hit Civilians Weeks Before Public Admission, Ecuador Prison Riot Claims 116 Lives , North Korea Says It Tested New Hypersonic Missile, La Palma Residents L…
(2021-09-30). West Nile virus cases reported across the US. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Female Culex mosquito, courtesy: CDC Cases of West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne illness, have been reported across the U.S. It's the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."We are currently seeing high levels of West Nile virus infection across many parts of the United States, including a higher number than normal of people with neuroinvasive disease ‚Äï the most severe form of infection,"…
(2021-09-30). CDC issues 'urgent' advisory calling on 'pregnant people' to take Covid jabs, citing spike in deaths & pregnancy complications. rt.com 
The US' top health agency has issued an "urgent" alert imploring "pregnant people" to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, pointing to a recent record surge in deaths among those with child and possible birth defects linked to the virus. | A Wednesday
(2021-09-30). Educators and workers in United States support call by UK parents for school strike. wsws.org Educators, students and other workers throughout the United States are supporting UK parent Lisa Diaz's call to keep children home on October 1 to protect their lives from the spread of the deadly disease.
(2021-09-30). Consumer Health: What do you know about rheumatic diseases? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org September is Rheumatic Disease Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about four common rheumatic diseases: ankylosing spondylitis, gout, juvenile idiopathic arthritis and lupus. Ankylosing spondylitis Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory disease that can cause some of the small bones in your spine to fuse. This fusing makes the spine less flexible and can result in a hunched-forward posture. If ribs are affected, it can be difficult to breathe deeply. Ankylosing spondylitis…
(2021-09-30). COVID-19 Vaccines Are Taking a Toll on Mental Health, Causing Brain Damage and Neurological Disease. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-30). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Asthma management planning can prevent asthma attacks. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Asthma is a condition where your airways narrow and swell and may produce extra mucus. This can make breathing difficult, and trigger coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath. Asthma is one of the most common long-term diseases in children, but adults can have asthma, too. Symptoms of asthma include: Shortness of breath.Chest tightness or pain.Wheezing when exhaling, which is a common sign of asthma in children.Trouble sleeping caused by shortness of breath, coughing or wheezing.Coughing…
(2021-09-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease brought on by tobacco. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a progressive group of lung diseases, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, that make it hard to breathe. Millions of people around the globe die each year because of COPD, and nearly 16 million people in the U.S. have a form of the disease. The No. 1 cause of COPD in developed countries is tobacco smoking, according to Dr. John Costello, consultant pulmonologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London. Watch: …
(2021-09-30). COVID Queries: Delta breakthrough infections. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Q: Even people who have been vaccinated are getting sick with the delta variant, so why should I bother getting the shot? A: COVID-19 vaccines remain the best defense against COVID-19. By and large, it's the patients who have not been vaccinated who are getting the most severe disease from the delta variant. "There isn't a vaccine that is 100% effective at preventing illness," says Martin Herrmann, M.D., medical director of Mayo Clinic Health System…
(2021-09-30). The Social Security Disability Insurance Trust Fund Bounces Back. Have Workers? cepr.net The financial health of the Disability Insurance Fund may have improved, but individuals may be suffering due to an inability to receive the benefits to which they are or should be entitled.
(2021-09-30). High Recorded Mortality in Countries Categorized as "Covid-19 Vaccine Champions". The Vaccinated Suffer from Increased Risk of Mortality compared to the Non-vaccinated. globalresearch.ca Since the beginning of the health crisis, the French government has claimed that early treatment was ineffective. It has imposed major restrictions on our freedoms, in particular on doctors' prescriptions,[1] | It has also promised that vaccination would achieve collective immunity, …
(2021-09-30). Mayo Clinic leads biorepository core for new nationwide research on long-term symptoms of COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic research is dedicated to finding solutions for patients who were infected with COVID-19 and the many affected by the long-term symptoms of COVID-19 ‚Äï what the National Institutes of Health (NIH) refers to as "long COVID" or post-acute sequelae. In response to great unmet patient need, the NIH launched a new research initiative to understand why some people who were infected with COVID-19 don't fully recover, or develop new or returning symptoms after…
(2021-09-30). Tuesday 10/12: Community Living Options & Choices for the Mental Health Disabled w/ Disability Rights CA. indybay.org Online webinar…
(2021-09-30). Consumer Health: What is the flu? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Fever, upset stomach, diarrhea, sore throat, chills, coughing, sneezing and headache all can make you feel miserable. And when you're not feeling well, it sometimes can be hard to know exactly what's wrong and how you can help yourself feel better. With flu season approaching, this is a good time to look at the symptoms of what is — and is not — the flu. Common cold A runny or stuffy nose, sneezing, congestion, headache…
(2021-09-30). Flu vaccine appointments across Southeast Minnesota. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org OWATONNA, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Health System will offer flu vaccination appointments to patients 6 months and older across Southeast Minnesota, starting Oct. 18. Patients can self-schedule a flu vaccination appointment through Patient Online Services or the Mayo Clinic App. Patients will be able to schedule an appointment by phone, beginning Oct. 4. Self-scheduling flu vaccine appointments is recommended, as this prevents wait times on the phone and preserves resources for COVID-19 care. Now more…
(2021-09-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: Are plant-based burgers better for you? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Plant-based burgers have soared in popularity over the past couple of years. Are these meat alternatives healthier for you than the real thing? Introducing more plant-based foods in your diet is a good thing, says Katherine Zeratsky, a Mayo Clinic registered dietitian nutritionist, but pay attention to the ingredients. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute. youtu.be/9cBAjhTIg-g Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 58) is in the downloads at the end of…
(2021-09-30). Mayo Clinic Healthcare and Bupa UK Insurance announce new agreement. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic Healthcare, the London facility of acclaimed healthcare provider Mayo Clinic, and Bupa, the UK's leading health insurer, have announced a new two-year agreement to deliver care to Bupa's customers. Mayo Clinic Healthcare, 15 Portland Place, London The agreement enables Bupa's UK health insurance customers to access care at Mayo Clinic Healthcare, including consultations, diagnostics, endoscopy, MRI and CT services at the clinic in Portland Place, London. Mayo Clinic Healthcare also provides a secondary…
(2021-09-30). Heart rhythm disorders: Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert shares 5 things it's important to know. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org World Heart Day is Sept. 29 LONDON — Heart rhythm disorders are one of the most common cardiac problems. Arrhythmias cause the heart to beat too fast, too slow, or irregularly. People can be born with them or develop them during their lives. Elijah Behr, M.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, shares five developments in the prevention, detection and treatment of arrhythmias. What cardiologists now know about arrhythmias and COVID-19: "We know…
(2021-09-30). Selected Articles: Health Officials Know Vaccines Don't Stop Transmission but Talk About 'A Pandemic of the Unvaccinated'. globalresearch.ca 
By If this were a "pandemic of the unvaccinated," it would be the u…
(2021-09-30). A Time of Plague in an Era of Corruption, Mistrust and Irrationality. counterpunch.org Over the past couple years of this pandemic, it has been breathtaking to see the depth of the rabbit hole so many have fallen into. And that many of them purport to be on the left is both fascinating and terrifying. For far too many people, masks requirements, vaccine mandates or any kind of public
(2021-09-30). Rich countries prolong the pandemic: what Biden must do. mronline.org 
Most rich countries have opposed most developing countries' request to temporarily suspend World Trade Organization (WTO) intellectual property (IP) rules to more quickly contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Expectations were high as Biden had supported a patent waiver, albeit only for vaccines.
(2021-09-30). DRC receives a batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines. ecns.cn The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday received a batch of Chinese Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines offered by the Chinese government at the N'djili Airport in the capital city Kinshasa.
(2021-09-30). Quebec bans far-right anti-vaccine protests at hospitals to cover up its own criminal mishandling of the pandemic. wsws.org Workers must respond to the provocations of the far right by employing their own methods of class struggle—by mobilizing independently to fight capitalist austerity and the ruling elite's drive to keep the "economy open" amid a deadly pandemic.
(2021-09-30). Open for Military Business: Ebola Research at Canada's Only BSL-4 Lab. counterpunch.org On July 5 2019, Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng were removed by Canadian police from the Canadian National Microbiology Lab (NML) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their security clearances were also retracted, allegedly over "administrative issues." Qiu is an expert in Ebola and was in charge of the NML's pathogen and vaccine division. Cheng is
(2021-09-30). 'Don't be Bullied' About Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine Shots Say Billboards in Several States. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-30). Hospital Nurse Whistleblowers on Vaccine Injuries: "Deadly Strokes, Bizarre Rashes, Cardiac Arrest, Blood Clots in the Legs, Neurological Symptoms" globalresearch.ca Author Edmond B. Paré…
(2021-09-30). United Airlines Set to Terminate 593 Workers for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-30). Covid-19 "Vaccine": How the Spike Protein Hurts the Heart. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-30). WHO chief points to 'horrifying inequity' in terms of access to coronavirus vaccines. tass.com According to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, more than 75% of vaccines have gone to high-and upper-middle income countries…
(2021-09-29). Big Money's War on the Build Back Better Plan. otherwords.org Right now, corporations and the ultra-rich are spending millions to derail President Biden's Build Back Better plan. Behind the scenes, they're hard at work to keep our elected officials from helping our country recover from the pandemic. | Poll after poll tells us that Biden's plan is full of things people want: lower drug costs, greater access to health care, a green economy, and restorative investments in our communities.
(2021-09-29). With Health Care At Stake, Our Voices Should Count. otherwords.org My life has been hard, but I've always worked even harder. I want to share a bit about where it's gotten me — and what it might mean for you if you struggle like I have. | I grew up in a family without much money. When I dropped out of high school, my options were limited to minimum wage jobs. | That wasn't enough to pay the bills to begin with, but things got worse when a dishonest employer shorted me on hours and wages. When I took $9 that was owed to me — just so I could eat — I ended up with a criminal record. That killed my dream of going to nursing school. | These things happen all the tim…
(2021-09-29). In OtherWords: September 29, 2021. otherwords.org It's crunch time for the Democrats' jobs and infrastructure package, also known as the reconciliation bill or the Build Back Better plan. | There's a big debate in Congress right now between members who support a more ambitious package a handful of moderates and conservatives trying to pare it back. But there's not much debate among the American people, as Sondra Youdelman explains this week. In fact, the bill's main provisions — more health and child care, green jobs, lower drug prices, and the like — are really, really popular. So is the idea of funding them by reversing big tax cuts for the wealthy…
(2021-09-29). Venezuela Reiterates Commitment to Strengthen United Nations. orinocotribune.com "World collaboration is needed more than ever due to the economic recession prompted by the pandemic," the Venezuelan chancellor said. | Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Felix Plasencia met United Nations Secretary Antonio Guterres in New York to reiterate his country's commitment to strengthening this multilateral organization. | "Political collaboration is needed more than ever due to the economic recession and health crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic," Plasencia said, stressing that the government of President Nicolas Maduro currently holds dialogues with the opposition in Mexico to reach agreements…
(2021-09-29). Freedom Prevails: COVID Data Shows 'Public Health' Mandates Only Harm People. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-29). First Available Data Shows Countries Are Using Special Drawing Rights to Stabilize Their Economies and Address the Pandemic. cepr.net On August 23, 2021, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) allocated $650 billion worth of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to its members to add liquidity to the global economy during the unprecedented health and economic crises caused by COVID-19. SDRs, which are an international reserve asset, can be exchanged for hard currency or donated among member …
(2021-09-29). Years Of Local Opposition Defeats PennEast Pipeline. popularresistance.org Environmental and public health advocates on Monday celebrated the demise of a proposed fracked gas pipeline across Pennsylvania and New Jersey after PennEast decided to cease development because of difficulties acquiring certain state permits. | "This is a huge victory. Today, water, the environment, and people spoke louder than fossil fuels," said Jim Waltman, executive director of the New Jersey-based Watershed Institute, in a statement. "We congratulate and thank the many local, state, and federal officials of both parties and thousands of residents for their determined opposition to this unnecessary and dest…
(2021-09-29). Why Are Americans Being Coerced to Submit to Injection with a Dangerous Substance that Is Known Not to Protect Against COVID but to Cause Death and Serious Health Injuries? globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-29). Lying Through Their Teeth: Health Officials Know Vaccines Don't Stop Transmission but Talk About 'A Pandemic of the Unvaccinated'. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-29). Venezuelan Women & LGBTQ Movements March to National Assembly & Demand Legalization of Abortion (Statement). orinocotribune.com 
This Tuesday, September 28, Venezuelan feminist and LGBTQ organizations, women and other individuals grouped in the Green Route initiative (#RutaVerde) marched from Plaza Morelos to the Federal Legislative Palace to demand the legal and social decriminalization of abortion in Venezuela (#AbortoLegalYaVzla). | Specifically, demonstrators demanded the "immediate repeal of Articles 430, 431, 433 and 434 of the Penal Code," those that criminalize the interruption of pregnancy in practically any situation. In reality, as explained in a statement by social movements, abortion constitutes "a public health and human righ…
(2021-09-29). Now Is the Time, Finally, for Congress to Stand Up for Working Families. commondreams.org "We will do whatever it takes to ensure the passage of the Women's Health Protection Act and urge senators on both sides of the aisle to vote 'yes' without delay."
(2021-09-29). What is To Be Done About Work? counterpunch.org In 2020-21, Covid-19 threw millions of people out of work, dispatched the more privileged among us to white collar "home offices," and made life on the job a lot more dangerous and difficult for those suddenly deemed "essential" as health care workers, retail clerks, or meat packers. The resulting disruption of existing workplace arrangements—from commuting patterns to face-to-face meetings and on-site supervision—has been the subject of endless newspaper commentary and social media discussion, as pandemic conditions persist or abate. Thanks to the Delta variant, we're now prisoners of a wide-ranging…
(2021-09-29). Public Health Advocates Target Top Biden Aide, Moderna CEO in Protest Demanding Vaccine Equity. commondreams.org This reconciliation bill is being opposed by every Republican in Congress as well as the drug companies, the insurance companies, the fossil fuel industry, and the billionaire class. They want to maintain the status quo in which the very rich get richer while ordinary Americans continue to struggle to make ends meet. Well, I disagree.
(2021-09-29). This Is How We Win on Affordable Health Care Now. commondreams.org There is no "the environment"—we are the environment. As we treat each other, so we treat the world.
(2021-09-29). The Utterly Baseless Case for Recusal of Biden Antitrust Nominee, Jonathan Kanter. commondreams.org A "public option" for health insurance is broadly popular with Americans.
(2021-09-29). Thousands of health workers strike in Sri Lanka. wsws.org Nurses, paramedics, midwives, public health inspectors, attendants and office staff joined the stoppage, defying the government's draconian "essential services law."
(2021-09-29). Health care workers and nurses around the US call for safe staffing ratios. wsws.org In the wake of school reopenings in the US, the latest wave of COVID-19 has seen a surge of protests and strikes by health care workers against the horrific consequences of the government's handling of the pandemic.
(2021-09-29). Danny Glover Under Cover for Big Pharma and Insurance Companies. zcomm.org Liberals would point to Bernie and Danny and NPIC as the best the our corporate system has to offer. | That of course means that change will come from somewhere else…
(2021-09-29). Whistleblower Lawsuit! Government Medicare Data Shows 48,465 Dead Following COVID Shots — Remdesivir Drug Has 25% Death Rate! globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-29). Bombshell Testimony: Top Scientists at Vaccine Hearing Reveal Injections Killing More People Than Saving. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-29). COVID Paid Leave To Expire As Corporate Dems Stonewall. dailyposter.com 