(2022-03-28). The homicidal irresponsibility of the German government's coronavirus policies. wsws.org Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has recorded 20 million infections in Germany. This sad record was reached on Saturday.
(2022-03-28). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 update. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Last week marked two years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. While infection rates and hospitalizations in the U.S. continue to decline, there are some areas of concern globally. "China, Hong Kong, Ireland, the U.K. and Denmark are seeing surges back up again," explains Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "These countries, many of us experts believe, prematurely dropped mask-wearing and nonpharmaceutical interventions, and really have stopped pushing…
(2022-03-28). Last American state drops indoor mask mandates as Omicron BA.2 threatens to surge across United States. wsws.org Hawaii ended its mask mandate Saturday, the last of the 50 states to do so. Changed guidance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been the pretext for abandoning all remaining official efforts to mitigate the pandemic, despite the new surge of Omicron BA.2.
(2022-03-28). COVID-19 antigen test kits sold at Beijing's pharmacies. ecns.cn A customer buys COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits at a pharmacy in Beijing, March 28, 2022. Such kits for self-testing are available to the public in Beijing now.
(2022-03-28). Mayo Clinic researchers use AI to predict antidepressant outcomes in youth. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ‚Äï Mayo Clinic researchers have taken the first step in using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict early outcomes with antidepressants in children and adolescents with major depressive disorder, in a study published in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. This work resulted from a collaborative effort between the departments of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and Psychiatry and Psychology, at Mayo Clinic, with support from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine. "This…
(2022-03-28). Big Pharma vs. Little Cuba: por qué los cubanos confían en las vacunas y cómo están ayudando a vacunar al mundo. cubadebate.cu Las vacunas cubanas contra la Covid-19 han sido acreedoras de la "Medalla de los Inventores de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI); reconocimiento que recibirán este lunes. Como homenaje a nuestros científicos y al pueblo que ha acompañado este logro de la ciencia cubana, Cubadebate tradujo y reproduce este artículo publicado en The Conversation y escrito por una investigadora canadiense.
(2022-03-28). CDC remains silent on unexplained 25 percent cut in child COVID-19 deaths. wsws.org The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) avoids a serious explanation about its slashing of 416 child deaths and 72,277 deaths overall from its COVID Data Tracker.
(2022-03-28). Ask the Mayo Mom: Managing sickle cell disease in children and teens. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. Red blood cells are usually round and flexible, so they move easily through blood vessels. With sickle cell disease, some red blood cells are shaped like sickles or crescent moons, become rigid and sticky. These sickle-cell shaped cells can slow or block blood flow. The most common type of sickle cell disease is sickle cell anemia. Red blood cells usually live for about…
(2022-03-28). Consumer Health: What do you know about MS? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MS Awareness Week will be observed March 13—19, which makes this a good time to learn about multiple sclerosis, or MS. Nearly 1 million people are living with MS in the U.S., according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. MS is a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. With MS, the immune system attacks the protective sheath that covers nerve fibers, and causes communication problems between your brain and the rest of your body….
(2022-03-28). Mayo Clinic discovery in bone marrow cancer points to potential drug targets. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — New research from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine finds that patients with ASXL1-mutant chronic myelomonocytic leukemia — an uncommon type of cancer of the bone marrow — have distinctive epigenetic changes that can activate harmful genes and cause the cancer to grow faster. The ASXL1 genetic mutation also can transform the disease into the more aggressive acute myeloid leukemia. The study, published in Nature Communications, helps to clarify a potential therapeutic…
(2022-03-28). Senolytic drugs boost key protective protein. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers say senolytic drugs can boost a key protein in the body that may protect older people against aspects of aging and a range of diseases. Their findings, which are published in eBioMedicine demonstrate this in mice and human studies. Senolytics developed at Mayo Clinic and given once clear the bloodstream of senescent or "zombie" cells. These cells contribute to multiple diseases and negative aspects of aging. This study shows…
(2022-03-28). Science Saturday: From fasting to a pill? Mayo Clinic scientists explore the biology of caloric restriction. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org New year, same topics: nutrition, healthy eating and slowing the downhill roll of aging. Eat this, not that — never that — and try this one weird thing to look younger, right? Advice spans the spectrum from dubious to scientifically supported, but there is an approach that sidesteps it all: eat less. Either in a specific time frame or in general, limiting calories safely is called caloric restriction, food restriction or fasting. It's not a…
(2022-03-28). In New Orleans hundreds unite to march against anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – Around 250 community members gathered at New Orleans City Hall, March 25, to forcefully voice their opposition to a string of legislation introduced by Louisiana Republicans in recent weeks. This includes bills that would restrict trans minors' access to healthcare, their ability to participate in school sports, and could criminalize LGBTQ+ students and educators for being "out" in Louisiana schools. | The demonstration was attended mostly by students from three New Orleans high schools who have taken the initiative in organizing bold actions both on and off their campuses. Earlier in the day st…
(2022-03-28). Former Vanderbilt nurse RaDonda Vaught convicted of criminal negligent homicide for medication error. wsws.org While Vaught has been scapegoated, the health system and executives responsible for the neglect and cover-up of this tragic death have avoided any prosecution by the state of Tennessee.
(2022-03-28). International passenger and cargo services operating as per normal in Shanghai. ecns.cn Shanghai's health authority has reiterated that operations related to international passenger transportation and cargo services are taking place as per normal.
(2022-03-28). Uninsured Americans will now be charged for PCR Covid-19 tests. salon.com Government funding cuts to key pandemic programs forced by GOP opposition arrive as progressives in Congress renew their push for Medicare for All.
(2022-03-28). Argentina remembers 46th anniversary of the US-backed civic-military coup. peoplesdispatch.org 
This March 24, on the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, after a pause of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets across the country to pay homage to the victims of the last military dictatorship…
(2022-03-28). Cuba reporta 834 nuevos casos de COVID-19, una fallecida y 687 altas. cubadebate.cu Al cierre de este domingo 27 de marzo, Cuba reportó 834 nuevos casos de COVID-19, un fallecido y 687 altas. Actualmente hay 4 018 casos activos, informó este lunes el Mnisterio de Salud Pública (Minsap) en su parte diario.
(2022-03-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: Hope for COVID-19 patients who've lost their sense of taste, smell. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The loss or change in a person's sense of taste and smell is something that can happen to people who have had COVID-19. It's a common symptom with other viruses, including influenza, but it's happening at a much larger magnitude due to the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/HjVi9B7L-j0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 24) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please "Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network." Read…
(2022-03-28). Stop Canada's sixth pandemic wave! Build the Cross-Canada Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee! wsws.org We call on all teachers and staff to build a network of rank-and-file committees, independent of the corporatist trade unions, to fight for a Zero-COVID policy in schools and to counter the attempts of the ruling elites to lead the world's population into the maelstrom of a Third World War. The war that must be fought is the war against COVID-19.
(2022-03-28). White House spokeswoman tests positive for COVID-19. ecns.cn White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced on Sunday night that she had tested positive for COVID-19.
(2022-03-28). Medical student at UK's Cardiff University speaks to the Global Workers' Inquest. wsws.org After carrying out Boris Johnson's criminal policy to "let the bodies pile high in their thousands", universities had the nerve to threaten us with expulsions, suspensions and fines if we broke COVID rules.
(2022-03-28). Boris Romanchenko, 96-year-old concentration camp survivor, killed in Kharkiv bombing. wsws.org The only way to appropriately commemorate Romanchenko is through the struggle to build a socialist movement in the international working class to put an end to imperialist war, fascism, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2022-03-28). Florida State University's Graduate Assistants United demands change policies around COVID-19. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL- On March 22, Florida State University's Graduate Assistants United (GAU) marched to Wescott and demanded FSU change their policies around COVID-19. | "Florida State University wants GAs basically to come to work, be overworked, underpaid and just die on their own dime and do nothing about it. There are a lot of things on this campus that are impacting GA safety in particular," said Jordan Lenchitz, grievance officer for GAU. Lenchitz went on to explain how COVID-19 threatened both teachers' livelihoods and ability to financially support themselves. "We're here today to let the university know tha…
(2022-03-28). Shanghai tightens COVID-19 control measures amid resurgence. ecns.cn China's economic hub Shanghai will launch a new round of nucleic acid testing across the city starting from 5 am on Monday, local authorities said Sunday night.
(2022-03-28). Arriba Estados Unidos a un millón de muertos por COVID-19. øQué se ha aprendido de tan descomunal catástrofe? (II). cubadebate.cu Estados Unidos no ha prestado la requerida atención a que su propio país llegó a una cifra de muertes que supera a sus caídos en todas las guerras extranjeras de su historia, incluyendo las Guerras Mundiales I y II. Esta ignominiosa cifra de muertes, símbolo del fracaso de la más grande potencia mundial de defender a su propio pueblo, no es más que otra estadística, completamente opacada por la avalancha desinformativa sobre la "agresión" rusa en Ucrania.
(2022-03-28). China decreta el confinamiento de Shanghái por la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Las actividades del transporte y las empresas quedarán suspendidas en un período de nueve días.
(2022-03-28). The US Should Remember that Israel's Squatter-Settlements in Palestine are War Crimes. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, engaged in further diplomatic contradictions, as he fluctuated between asserting the Biden administration's stance purportedly against Israeli settlement expansion, yet making concessions for earlier encroachment upon Palestinian land. "We can't do stupid things that impede us from a two-state solution," Nides reportedly told …
(2022-03-27). The War Of The Wheat And The Famine To Come. southfront.org 
Children look for food scraps in a pile of trash in the Rukban camp in Syria, Nov, 2018 | Written by Piero Messina | Famine will come. 100 million tons of wheat will be missing from the world food market. 26 are those produced by Ukraine, the remainder is that relating to Russian production, even that blocked for international exports. The conflict being fought in Ukraine risks causing thousands of deaths in Africa and the Middle East. They are the collateral damage of the conflict. The specter of famine emerges from the stop…
(2022-03-27). First responders lacking mental health support turn to their peers. salon.com First Responder Trauma Counselors offers mental health services for first responders and health care workers…
(2022-03-27). How to get your soil ready for gardening season. salon.com Giving your soil a little TLC can result in healthier, happier plants…
(2022-03-27). The Five Plagues Testing Humanity. tomdispatch.com Once upon a time, the tutelary gods of nationalism and internationalism met for a chat. They had a superb perch above the clouds. From there, they could see everything happening on the Earth below and they set to arguing, as they so often did. Sophia, the goddess of internationalism, began by proudly pointing to the accomplishments of humanity. "Behold the United Nations," she said, not for the first time. "See how all the peoples of the world cooperate across borders, languages, and cultures." Nikolai, the god of nationalism, whose followers believed that fortified borders and high walls make good neighbors, sco…
(2022-03-27). The Pandemic Isn't Over Yet, But Congress Is Willing to Gamble That It Is. truthout.org COVID cases are rising throughout