(2022-05-03). Lasting brain impacts of severe COVID-19 equivalent to 20 years of ageing. imperial.ac.uk The lasting mental impacts of severe COVID-19 on areas like memory, attention, or problem solving, may be equivalent to 20 years of ageing.
(2022-05-03). New Zealand reports first Omicron BA.4 variant. ecns.cn Two other sub-variants of Omicron, the BA.2.12.1 and the BA 2.12.2, have also been detected in two returnees for the first time in New Zealand from travelers arriving in April, said the ministry.
(2022-05-03). Shanghai has steady decline in cases. ecns.cn Shanghai announced on Sunday that it achieved phased results of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control thanks to the joint efforts from all over the country and the city's residents in the past month.
(2022-05-03). Australia: NSW teachers' strike—form rank and file committees, prepare political struggle against government! wsws.org Among teachers, health workers, aged care staff and broader sections, there is a mood of opposition and a desire to fight back. These oppositional sentiments do not find the slightest expression in the official federal election campaigns of the major parties or the media.
(2022-05-03). Biden and Congress attack postal workers' health care with phony reform. wsws.org Falsely billed as a means of stabilizing the agency's finances,…
(2022-05-03). SEIU international intervenes to impose contract on Muskegon nurses. wsws.org The international union seized control of the local union under a trusteeship order and immediately announced a tentative deal with Trinity Health Mercy hospital.
(2022-05-03). Shanghai reports 274 confirmed, 5,395 asymptomatic local COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn China's Shanghai reported 274 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 5,395 local asymptomatic cases on Monday, the municipal health commission said Tuesday.
(2022-05-03). HKSAR gov't continues to provide free COVID-19 testing service for elderly, targeted groups. ecns.cn The Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced on Saturday that it continues to provide free COVID-19 nucleic acid testing service for eligible persons of high-risk or high-exposure targeted groups and all elderly people aged 60 or above.
(2022-05-03). Xi stresses healthy development of capital in China. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Friday called for efforts to regulate and guide the healthy development of capital in China in accordance with the law and give play to the positive role of capital as an important factor of production.
(2022-05-03). Newly developed COVID vaccine approved for clinical trials in China. ecns.cn Shanghai-based high-tech biotechnology company, Stemirna Terapeutics, has domestically developed a COVID-19 vaccine based on mRNA technology and has been recently approved for clinical trials.
(2022-05-03). Cuba reporta 109 nuevos casos de COVID-19 y 179 altas. cubadebate.cu Al cierre del lunes 2 de mayo, se encuentran ingresados 2 769 pacientes, sospechosos 1 991, en vigilancia 26 y confirmados activos 752 (de ellos 745 con evolución clínica estable). Se realizaron 3 882 muestras para la vigilancia epidemiológica en el día, de las cuales 109 resultaron positivas, no hubo fallecidos y se dieron 179 altas.
(2022-05-03). Conoce el origen de celebración de la Cruz de Mayo en América Latina. telesurtv.net Varias naciones de América Latina celebrarán la conmemoración religiosa y cultural aún bajo medidas preventivas sanitarias establecidas por la pandemia de la Covid-19.
(2022-05-03). New York City raises COVID-19 alert level to medium. ecns.cn New York City (NYC) on Monday adjusted up its COVID-19 alert level from low to medium, indicating the presence of medium community spread of COVID-19.
(2022-05-03). Beijing reports 41 new local COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn Beijing reported 41 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and nine asymptomatic cases between 3 p.m. Sunday and 3 p.m. Monday, local authorities have said.
(2022-05-03). Beijing's makeshift hospital put into use. ecns.cn Beijing has officially started to use the Xiaotangshan Hospital, which was used solely for SARS patients in 2003 and COVID-19 cases in 2020, on Sunday, in a bid to contain the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the city, said a senior official of the municipal government.
(2022-05-03). Shanghai enterprises on track to resume operations. ecns.cn Enterprises in Shanghai are on a steady track to resume operations and the city's smaller businesses stand to receive more government support to withstand this round of COVID-induced lockdown.
(2022-05-03). Beijing ups restrictions to contain latest COVID-19 flare-ups. ecns.cn The Chinese capital city of Beijing intensified restrictive measures against COVID-19 on Saturday to best reduce cross-infection as high mobility is expected during the five-day Labor Day holiday starting from Saturday.
(2022-05-03). Shanghai sees continuous drop in COVID numbers. ecns.cn Shanghai has seen continued drops in the number of both confirmed and asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 as it is making all efforts to transfer and quarantine as many patients as possible.
(2022-05-02). Quebec educator speaks out against being forced back to work while infected with COVID-19. wsws.org Quebec school workers are being forced back to work on their fifth day of infection with COVID-19. That is, while still contagious with the debilitating and potentially fatal disease.
(2022-05-02). Air pollution smothers industrial cities across Mexico. america.cgtn.com 
The health agency says fossil fuels are a major cause. The problem is playing out in a devastating way in Mexico.
(2022-05-02). Sharp rise in cost of living, high unemployment portend renewal of class conflict in Chile. wsws.org Police repression is already taking hold under the Boric administration against hunger riots and looting, school occupations, road blockades by truck owner-operators, and striking port and health workers.
(2022-05-02). Those Who Face Record Heat Wave in India and Pakistan Did Not Create the Crisis. truthout.org We speak with a leading Indian climate scientist about the punishing heat wave that produced the hottest weather ever recorded in April for India and Pakistan. Temperatures have climbed above 110 degrees Fahrenheit, causing power outages, school closures, crop damage and health warnings. Scientists link the early onset of the region's intense summer to the climate crisis and say more than 1 billion people may be impacted by more frequent and longer heat waves. "We are expected to and already seeing longer and more intense heat waves that are more frequent across the Indian subcontinent because of anthropogenic cl…
(2022-05-02). 'You've Got To Shut It Down': Lessons From Wisconsin's 2011 Worker Uprising. popularresistance.org Wisconsin – With the passage of Act 10 in 2011, also known as the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill, Republican Gov. Scott Walker declared war on the labor movement in general and on public sector workers specifically. Act 10 was a hammer blow that essentially stripped collective bargaining rights from public sector workers, made it much more difficult for workers to organize, and forced unions to take massive concessions on healthcare, retirement benefits, and much more. Soon after, in 2015, Walker signed legislation that turned Wisconsin into a "right to work" state, issuing another blow to unions in a state once he…
(2022-05-02). "Enough is enough!" Statements of sympathy pour in from nurses in response to suicide of a California nurse. wsws.org The World Socialist WebSite has received an outpouring of messages from nurses which paint a picture of the impossible conditions nurses and healthcare workers face on a daily basis.
(2022-05-02). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.
(2022-05-02). Venezuela Defeating COVID-19: Only 27 Deaths in April. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, May 1, 2022 ( During the month of April only 27 COVID-19-related deaths were reported across Venezuela. The pandemic has claimed more than six million deaths worldwide, including the tragic loss of over one million lives in the United States alone. Brazil has registered over 663,000 COVID-related deaths,…
(2022-05-02). Occidente y su conflicto de objetivos. globalizacion.ca La invasión rusa de Ucrania se produjo en un mal momento para la economía mundial. Uno podría imaginar que tan inoportuna iniciativa contribuye a la vulnerabilidad existente ante la lenta recuperación económica pos-COVID-19. | Sin embargo, durante 2019 en los ámbitos…
(2022-05-02). Feria Nacional de Artesanía Arte para Mamá abre sus puertas otra vez el próximo jueves. cubadebate.cu La Feria "Arte para mamá" regresa, del 5 al 25 de mayo, tras una pausa de dos año por el azote de la COVID-19. En la Estación Cultural Línea y 18 se desarrollará el tradicional evento, un regalo de la cultura cubana a todas las madres en la Isla. Además de las ofertas de muebles, calzado, textil, orfebrería y cerámica, ha sido organizada una programación cultural.
(2022-05-02). The CIA Democrats and their media courtiers celebrate the "end" of the COVID pandemic. wsws.org Some 2,600 corporate journalists, capitalist politicians and Hollywood celebrities were packed into a Washington ballroom despite the worst global pandemic in 100 years.
(2022-05-02). Mainland medical supplies against COVID-19 arrive in Hong Kong orderly. ecns.cn Anti-pandemic medical supplies from the Chinese mainland have arrived in Hong Kong in good order and have been distributed to people in need through various channels.