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2022-07-15: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-07-15). New Zealand government refuses to stop mass COVID infection, as doctors warn of catastrophe. wsws.org The Labour Party-led government is refusing to take the necessary public health measures to stop soaring hospitalisations and deaths.

WSWS (2022-07-15). Australia: COVID-19 leave payments scrapped amid cost-of-living crisis and rising infections. wsws.org The federal government's decision to axe the payments will leave many workers with no choice but to work while infectious, further accelerating the spread of the virus.

WSWS (2022-07-15). Letter from an Australian doctor to AHPRA in defense of Zero-COVID advocate Dr. David Berger. wsws.org The WSWS is continuing to receive statements in support of Dr. David Berger, an Australian physician and Zero-COVID advocate who is facing disciplinary action due to his opposition to the official "let it rip" pandemic policies.

____ (2022-07-14). Throat swab robots will ease burden on medics. ecns.cn Testing for COVID-19 normally has kept clinicians clad in medical protective gear working for hours. But sample collecting is stepping closer to full automation with the development of yet another robot.

WSWS (2022-07-15). Global monkeypox outbreak surpasses 10,000 infections. wsws.org The number of monkeypox cases confirmed globally has risen above 10,000 cases. Though the WHO plans to reconvene the emergency committee meeting to review the current trends, public health experts are raising concerns that the delay in declaring the outbreak a pandemic will have dire consequences.

Global Research News (2022-07-15). Selected Articles: Toxicology vs Virology: The Rockefeller Institute and the Criminal Polio Fraud. globalresearch.ca By One of the outcomes of the alleged new SARS Covid virus that publicly emerged in 2019 is that the medical specialization …

Uswah Alaydrus (2022-07-14). Indonesia between Russia and Ukraine: What is lacking in peaceful diplomacy. moderndiplomacy.eu Some global problems such as poverty, natural disasters, hunger, clean water, environmental problems, population, epidemics, conflicts and wars have indeed colored human life, but a long span of time will cause new problems and complicate life which then requires humans to find a way. get out of the problem either by thinking and doing something …

Vijay Prashad (2022-07-14). Will Our Children Be Literate? Will They Look Forward to the Future with Dignity? dissidentvoice.org Nú Barreto (Guinea-Bissau), A Esperar ('Waiting'), 2019. The world is adrift in the tides of hunger and desolation. It is difficult to think about education, or anything else, when your children are not able to eat. And yet, the sharp attack on education during this past decade forces us to consider the kind of future …

Contributing Writers (2022-07-14). European Union Finally Admits COVID-19 Vaccines Destroy Your Immune System/By Arsenio Toledo. marktaliano.net By Arsenio Toledo Global Research, July 13, 2022 BigPharmaNews.com 12 July 2022 To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost …

Jason Ditz (2022-07-14). UN Extends Yemen Mission in Hodeidah by Another Year. news.antiwar.com Just days before its expiration, the UN Security Council voted to extend the mission to Hodeidah is the largest seaport in Yemen, and source of most food aid into the country. Pro-Saudi forces were trying to take the port and the UN made a deal to try to avoid the fight, worrying the port would be damaged, leading to a famine. | The Hodeidah deal hasn't been perfect, but has prevented any major offensives on the port. The UN was empha…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-14). Daily Round-up | Unions extend national strike against rising inflation in Panama & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode we bring you the latest from the strike in Panama, the extension of aid to reben-held areas in Syria, the impact of emissions from the US, and a WHO warning on COVID-19…

_____ (2022-07-14). Forcing People To Work So They Can Get A Child Tax Credit Is A Terrible Idea. popularresistance.org Last year, Anna James, a mother from Fayetteville, NC received a lifeline: monthly payments from the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC). The program provided critical financial support as she cared for her two little boys who suffered from a rare and often fatal genetic disease. Between the hospital visits, doctor's appointments, and care at home, Anna didn't have time for paid work, and expanded CTC payments were all she had keeping her afloat. | But this support didn't last. The monthly expanded CTC payments ended in December 2021 after Congress failed to renew the benefit and it reverted to its pre-2021 status: a…

TeleSUR, mcs, SH (2022-07-14). Detectan nueva cepa de coronavirus en Países Bajos. telesurtv.net La Organización Mundial de la Salud se mantiene monitoreando el comportamiento de la nueva variante centauro.

Staff (2022-07-14). Cuba reporta 49 nuevos casos de COVID-19 y ningún fallecido. cubadebate.cu Este miércoles se encontraban ingresados 440 pacientes: 215 sospechosos y 225 confirmados activos. De estos últimos, 223 presentaban evolución clínica estable y dos eran reportados de graves. Además, hubo 48 altas, con las que se acumulan 1 097 788 (99.2%).

The Expose (2022-07-14). Whilst You Were Distracted by Boris Resigning, the UK Gov. Published a Report Confirming Fully Vaccinated Children Are 13,633% More Likely to Die of COVID Than Unvaccinated Children. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Follow …

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-14). Mayo Clinic Minute: How vertebroplasty can reduce back pain for some. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Complaints of back pain are on the rise. About 40% of people in the U.S. experience back pain, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study That's up 10% over the past 20 years. Dr. David A. Miller, a Mayo Clinic diagnostic radiologist, explains how vertebroplasty, an outpatient procedure to stabilize fractures in the vertebrae by using bone cement, can reduce back pain. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBZXkXfLt-w Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-14). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Proton beam therapy spares surrounding tissue when treating bone cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Sarcoma is the general term for a broad group of cancers that begin in the bones and soft tissues of the body, including muscle, fat, blood vessels, nerves, tendons and the lining of your joints. There are more than 70 types of sarcoma. Bone cancer is a rare disease, accounting for just 0.2% of all cancers. An estimated 3,910 new cases of sarcoma of the bones and joints will be diagnosed in 2022, according to…

WSWS (2022-07-14). Living and dying with COVID-19. wsws.org The highly infectious and immune-resistant Omicron BA.5 subvariant is now dominant throughout much of the world and is fueling yet another wave of infections, hospitalizations, debilitation with Long COVID and deaths.

WSWS (2022-07-14). 1,200 Buffalo nursing home workers conduct two one-day strikes. wsws.org Healthcare workers in 12 Western New York nursing homes are battling low wages and staffing shortages.

Staff (2022-07-14). "Reinfection Wave": Ed Yong on BA.5 Omicron Variant Spread Amid Mask Mandate Rollbacks, Funding Cuts. democracynow.org COVID-19 cases are rising as the BA.5 Omicron variant puts more people in the hospital amid high rates of reinfection, which is the focus of a new piece by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ed Yong in The Atlantic that is headlined "Is BA.5 the 'Reinfection Wave'?" Yong warns the premature rollback of protective policies, like mask mandates and public health funding, has left people more vulnerable to reinfection. Meanwhile, a concerning number of Americans continue to distrust the vaccine. Rather than focusing on community-based measures that will protect the most vulnerable first, "the…

____ (2022-07-13). UN chief calls for action in 4 areas to build back better from COVID-19. ecns.cn UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for immediate action in four areas so that the world can build back better from COVID-19 and further advance sustainable development.

____ (2022-07-14). They Say: One in five U.S. adults have long COVID symptoms. ecns.cn

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-14). Science Saturday: What happens in medical research before clinical trials begin? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When scientific advances burst into the news, such as a new medication to treat COVID-19 or a new concept like CRISPR for gene editing, people get a glimpse of how a scientific idea becomes a treatment or a tool. But what's the full story? Where did that idea come from? What happens in the research lab before clinical trials begin? How is scientific discovery transformed into a potential therapy that is ready to be tested…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-14). COVID-19 vaccination for kids age 5 and younger starting the week of July 4 at most Mayo sites. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 vaccine recommendations have been extended to include children age 5 and under. Mayo Clinic will begin offering vaccine doses to all eligible patients the week of July 4. COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in the U.S. have been expanded to include children ages 6 months to 5 years, following meetings of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Friday, June 17, and Saturday, June 18. Mayo Clinic will begin offering vaccine doses to all eligible patients the week of July…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-14). Mayo Clinic Minute: Bone marrow donor diversity is needed. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Bone marrow transplants are procedures that infuse healthy blood stem cells into your body to replace damaged or diseased bone marrow. Just like people in need of solid organ transplants, such as hearts or kidneys, people in need of a bone marrow transplant have to find a matching donor. Dr. Ernesto Ayala, a Mayo Clinic hematologist and oncologist, says bone marrow donations from people of all races and ethnicities are essential in order to help…

WSWS (2022-07-14). Ex-health insurance worker, former chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practioners Western Australia, and others defend Dr. Berger. wsws.org The WSWS is publishing statements of support from scientists, doctors and workers internationally for Australian physician Dr. David Berger, who faces disciplinary action for opposing the government's pandemic policies.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-14). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The importance of COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in the U.S. have been expanded to include children ages 6 months to 5 years. The new vaccine recommendations mean children in the under-5 age group can receive a three-dose primary series of the Pfizer vaccine or a two-dose primary series of the Moderna vaccine. "This age group is one that can't wear a mask or anything else reliably," explains Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a Mayo Clinic pediatric infectious diseases specialist. "And so this is…

Rhoda Wilson (2022-07-14). New Zealand: A Study Finds a 10% Rise in Excess Mortality in Age Groups Who Have Had Booster COVID Injections. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Follow …

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-14). Peripheral artery disease can signal cardiovascular trouble for heart, brain and legs. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you have not heard of peripheral artery disease, or PAD, you are not alone. While clinicians and health organizations have made headway in raising awareness that heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death worldwide, PAD — despite being part of cardiovascular disease — is not as well-known. PAD affects 8—10 million people in the U.S., most over the age of 65. But it also affects younger people who have additional risk…

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-14). OMS alerta incremento de muertes por Covid-19 en América. telesurtv.net La región experimentó la mayor cantidad de decesos en el periodo estudiado, con 4.789 muertes.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-07-14). The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate". Engineered Depression of China's Economy? globalresearch.ca "Covid Tolerance Zero" has contributed to destabilizing Shanghai's financial sector as well as China's buoyant export economy. It has created social havoc for millions of people, requiring the imposition of PCR tests, using the QR code as a means of social control.

Staff (2022-07-14). Ministro de Salud sobre situación epidemiológica: Ante la covid y el dengue, es imprescindible la percepción del riesgo. cubadebate.cu "Cuba acumula hoy 64 días consecutivos sin fallecidos como causa de la COVID-19", informó el doctor José Angel Portal Miranda, ministro de Salud Pública, en conferencia ante la prensa nacional y extranjera. Al repasar la situación epidemiológica del país, el ministro refirió que durante el año 2022 han sido diagnosticados poco más de 140 000 casos.

Alex Bainbridge (2022-07-14). COVID-19: Restore isolation leave, boost public health measures. greenleft.org.au Australia is not well prepared for the new COVID-19 wave because public health took a hit over the first two years of the pandemic. Alex Bainbridge canvasses measures that could keep us safe.

Haris Bilal Malik (2022-07-14). Reviewing the Shangri-La Dialogue 2022: What it means for Regional Security. moderndiplomacy.eu The 19th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD), one of the premier defence and security dialogues related to the Indo-Pacific region, was recently held in Singapore from 10-12 June 2022. The dialogue, organised by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), London, was held after a gap of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year's …

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-07-14). ONU alerta que se agota el tiempo para alcanzar los ODS. telesurtv.net En su último análisis, ONU detalla que la crisis climática, la pandemia de la Covid-19 y el aumento de conflictos armados han puesto en peligro los 17 objetivos.

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-07-14). OPS insta a reintroducir uso de tapabocas ante alza de Covid-19. telesurtv.net El organismo regional advirtió que la variante BA5 de ómicron puede prevalecer en las próximas semanas.

Newsroom (2022-07-14). As virus spreads 'freely' COVID-19 'nowhere near over'. moderndiplomacy.eu Rising COVID-19 cases are not only putting further pressure on already stretched health systems and workers but also triggering an "increasing trend of deaths", World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists at the regular weekly press briefing on Tuesday. He reported that the Emergency Committee on COVID-19 last Friday concluded that "the …

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-14). Mayo Clinic receives first-of-its-kind accreditation for diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, the academic testing arm for Mayo Clinic Laboratories, has been accredited as a diagnostic site by the PCD Foundation. Mayo Clinic is the first and only center of excellence to receive PCD Foundation accreditation for the diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia, a rare and debilitating lung disease. "This recognition of our laboratory services by the PCD Foundation is a clear reflection of our shared commitment to…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-14). Mayo Clinic Minute: What to do if you are exposed to Lyme disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Scientists are studying why tick-borne infections, including Lyme disease, are on the rise and why ticks are expanding into new geographic areas. Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne infection, is caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia mayonii. It's transmitted by the bite of an infected blacklegged tick, previously known as a deer tick. The Northeast and Upper Midwest are hot spots for Lyme disease, though there are other parts of the U.S. and the world…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-14). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: How a pancreas transplant can cure diabetes. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Diabetes is a chronic condition that impairs the body's ability to regulate blood sugar due to inadequate insulin production. Producing insulin is a function of the pancreas — a long, flat gland that sits behind the stomach in the upper abdomen. People with diabetes can experience significant complications from the disease, including heart disease, chronic kidney disease, nerve damage and vision loss. While advances have been made in diabetes treatments, many people with diabetes struggle…

____ (2022-07-14). They Say: As the BA.5 variant spreads, the risk of coronavirus reinfection grows in U.S. ecns.cn

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