2023-10-17: News Headlines

Patricia Harrity (2023-10-17). Pharma/EU Cabal Set Trap For Reiner Fàºellmich. expose-news.com "The Pharma/Globalist Cabal Arrested Reiner Fàºellmich For Exposing Them In German Courts" according to Howell Woltz who says "I'm just surprised he stayed free this long. The Globalist who tried to kill …

Dr. William Makis (2023-10-17). Adult Onset Still's Disease (AOSD) After Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination. globalresearch.ca

jamanetwork (2023-10-17). Most People With GERD Don't Have Increased Esophageal Cancer Risk. jamanetwork.com There's good news for the 60% to 70% of people with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) who have the nonerosive form of the condition. The chance of developing esophageal cancer is not elevated for people with nonerosive GERD compared with the general population, according to a study involving nearly half a million adults in Scandinavia with reflux disease.

jamanetwork (2023-10-17). Novel Treatments for Hereditary ATTRv Amyloidosis. jamanetwork.com Hereditary transthyretin (ATTRv) amyloidosis is a progressive, disabling, fatal disease caused by extracellular deposits in organs and tissues of misfolded transthyretin variants and wild-type transthyretin protein. The disease has various clinical manifestations, including cardiomyopathy and polyneuropathy. Drugs targeting hepatic messenger RNA (mRNA) can slow the progression of ATTRv polyneuropathy, because the liver produces 90% of the amyloidogenic protein. The specific interaction between the TTR silencer drugs and the TTR mRNA leads to the breakdown of mRNA, preventing the production of the transthyretin pr…

jamanetwork (2023-10-17). Orthostatic Hypotension, Hypertension Treatment, and Cardiovascular Disease. jamanetwork.com This individual participant data meta-analysis assesses the effect of a lower blood pressure (BP) treatment goal or active therapy vs a standard BP treatment goal or placebo on cardiovascular disease or all-cause mortality among adults with orthostatic hypotension or standing hypotension.

jamanetwork (2023-10-17). Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We agree with Dr Batra and colleagues that different manifestations of long COVID may arise due to different underlying pathological mechanisms of disease, which may be related to whether an individual was hospitalized during the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, we disagree that stratification by hospitalization status was needed to ensure the validity of the approach we used in our study.

jamanetwork (2023-10-17). Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model. jamanetwork.com Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the US and is responsible for extensive costs to the health care system. Although CVD mortality rates declined over the past several decades in the US, this decline has recently stagnated. Additionally, population-level increases in CVD risk factors and aging of the population threaten to further undermine progress. Key clinical guideline recommendation changes to chronic CVD treatment have been implemented over the past 10 years aiming to lower atherosclerotic CVD (ASCVD) risk in the US. In 2013, the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Assoc…

Editor (2023-10-17). World Health Organisation condemns Israel's evacuation orders to hospitals in northern Gaza. mronline.org ISRAEL'S evacuation orders to hospitals in northern Gaza are a death sentence for the sick and injured, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned at the weekend.

jamanetwork (2023-10-17). NIH Launches Phase 1 Trial of Broader "Universal" Flu Vaccine. jamanetwork.com Clinical testing is underway for a new flu vaccine candidate, meant to provide broad protection against several influenza virus strains, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced.

jamanetwork (2023-10-17). Treating Hypertension in Patients With Orthostatic Hypotension. jamanetwork.com Health care professionals are right to be concerned when a patient's blood pressure (BP) decreases upon standing, and to wonder about the cause, the potential adverse consequences, and the appropriate course of action. Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is objectively confirmed when the systolic or diastolic BP decreases by 20 mm Hg or more and/or 10 mm Hg or more, respectively, 3 minutes after standing upright. More stringent criteria (ie, ‚â•30/15 mm Hg) have been proposed for patients with hypertension as the magnitude of BP decrease is dependent on baseline levels. Regardless of exact thresholds, t…

Staff (2023-10-17). Headlines for October 17, 2023. democracynow.org Gaza Water and Health Crisis Deepens as Israel's Bombardment Stretches into 11th Day, IDF Says Hamas Took 199 Hostages; Families Hold Vigil Outside Israeli Defense Ministry, U.S. and Allies Reject U.N. Security Council Resolution on Gaza Ceasefire, White House Says Biden Will Visit Israel Wednesday in Show of Solidarity, Jewish American Activists Arrested at White House Protest Demanding Gaza Ceasefire, 13 House Democrats Call on Biden to Press for Immediate Gaza Ceasefire, 6-Year-Old Palestinian American Killed in Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Laid to Rest in Illinois, GOP Rep. Jim Jordan's Bid to Become Ho…

WSWS (2023-10-17). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Peruvian health workers walked out October 10 over bonus pay while the contract for 5,000 Philadelphia transit workers expires October 31.

Christine Massey (2023-10-16). The Identity of the Virus: Health/ Science Institutions Worldwide "Have No Record" of SARS-COV-2 Isolation/Purification. globalresearch.ca

Dr Samah Jabr (2023-10-16). US Mental Health Associations Justify Israel's Genocidal Attack on Gaza. globalresearch.ca

Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic, Policy Research. (2023-10-16). Ecuador's Election Could Have Lasting Consequences. popularresistance.org Imagine a developing country where a 43-year-old economist with a PhD from the University of Illinois, who is relatively unknown as a politician, runs for president and wins. Despite the preceding decades of corruption and institutional rot, he puts together a competent government and gets the economic policy right. The numbers tell much of the story: in the 10 years of his presidency, poverty fell by 41 percent; income per person grew at more than twice the rate of the previous 25 years; and public investment and government expenditure on health services doubled as a share of the economy.

World Health Organization, Consortium News. (2023-10-16). WHO: A 'Death Sentence For Sick And Injured' In Gaza. popularresistance.org As the United Nation's agency responsible for public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly condemns Israel's repeated orders for the evacuation of 22 hospitals treating more than 2000 inpatients in northern Gaza. The forced evacuation of patients and health workers will further worsen the current humanitarian and public health catastrophe. | The lives of many critically ill and fragile patients hang in the balance: those in intensive care or who rely on life support; patients undergoing hemodialysis; newborns in incubators; women with complications of pregnancy, and others all face imminent deterio…

WSWS (2023-10-16). Healthcare workers speak from the picket lines at St. Francis Medical Center. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site speaks to striking healthcare workers at St. Francis Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Yumna Patel, Mondoweiss Palestine Bureau, Mondoweiss. (2023-10-16). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day Nine. popularresistance.org Sunday, October 15, marked the ninth day since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was launched by Hamas out of Gaza. Israel has continued to pound the Gaza Strip with airstrikes every day since, killing at least 2,329 Palestinians, including more than 700 children. | Israel has killed more Palestinians in Gaza in nine days than it did over the course of 50 days during "Operation Protective Edge" in 2014, which, up until today, had been one of Israel's deadliest offensives on Gaza since the beginning of its siege in 2007. | According to Gaza's health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra, the past 24 hours were the deadliest si…

Erin Reed (2023-10-17). Citing "Dobbs" Ruling, 19 Republican AGs Sign Letter Targeting Trans Adult Care. truthout.org Republican attorneys general and legal representatives from 19 states have submitted an amicus brief in a Florida case, Dekker v. Weida, which currently mandates that transgender individuals in Florida continue to be offered coverage under Medicaid. In 2022, the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration introduced a "standard of care," declaring that transgender care, irrespective of age… |

Pavel López Lazo (2023-10-17). Argentine President urges for championing unity and sovereignty. plenglish.com On X social media, Alberto Fernández assured that guaranteeing these four aspects is a duty "in this difficult time the world is going through". | Loyal to our people, we must preserve unity to confront with those who want to put an end to the rights of the ones who work, to put an end to public health, education and to scientific and technological development, he added. | Fernández made the statement from China, where he is attending the 3rd Forum of the Belt and Road for International Cooperation. During the meeting, he met with Dilma Rousseff, with whom he opened the process of Brazil ¥s accession to BRICS…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-10-17). IARC, PAHO launch 1st LatAm and Caribbean Code Against Cancer. plenglish.com Geneva, Oct 17 (Prensa Latina) The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) today launched the first edition of the Latin America and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-10-17). Israel: Hundreds killed in air strike on Gaza hospital. plenglish.com Ramallah, Oct 17 (Prensa Latina) Hundreds of people died Tuesday after an Israeli attack on the Al-Ahli Hospital, located in Gaza City, as confirmed by the Gaza health authorities.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-17). Over 500 Palestinians massacred in Israeli hospital bombing. peoplesdispatch.org On October 17, Israeli forces bombed the Baptist Hospital (Al Ahli Arab Hospital) in central Gaza, massacring over 500 Palestinians, all civilians. Over 600 are injured and may die soon as Israel is refusing to permit aid, including medical supplies, for victims. | The hospital bombing sent shockwaves around the world. The Gaza Ministry of Health held a press conference amidst the bodies of slain Palestinians in the aftermath of the bombing.

teleSUR (2023-10-16). More Than 2,800 Killed in Palestine Due to Israeli Attacks. telesurenglish.net The Palestinian Health Ministry reported Monday that more than 2,800 Palestinians have been killed and some 12,000 injured since the escalation of hostilities last Oct. 7. | RELATED: | WAFA news agency noted that 254 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip and 562 others were injured in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 2,866. | Among the dead are 936 women and 853 children, representing 64% of the Palest…

teleSUR (2023-10-16). Russian President's Telephone Conversation With Netanyahu. telesurenglish.net Putin informed Netanyahu of several telephone conversations he held with the leaders of Egypt, Iran and Syria, including with Palestinian National Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. | After ten days of escalation, the latest update from the Palestinian Ministry of Health puts the number of people killed by the Israeli aggression at 2,866 and more than 12,000 injured. Oct. 16, 2023.

teleSUR (2023-10-16). WHO Delivers Medical Supplies to Lebanon Amid Border Escalation. telesurenglish.net The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent critical medical supplies to Lebanon in case of further casualties as fighting on the Lebanon-Israel border intensifies. | RELATED: | The U.N. agency said in a statement that "WHO is working with the Ministry of Public Health and health partners in Lebanon to strengthen readiness within the health system to respond to possible increases in casualties due to the escalating violence." | Two ship…

jamanetwork (2023-10-17). Effects of the Million Hearts Model on Myocardial Infarctions, Strokes, and Medicare Spending. jamanetwork.com This cluster-randomized clinical trial examines the effects of the Million Hearts Model on first-time myocardial infarctions and strokes and Medicare spending over a period up to 5 years.

krish-rad_ind (2023-10-16). Insurers Are Gaming Medicare — To The Tune Of $140 Billion. levernews.com

Dr. William Makis (2023-10-17). Paramedics, EMTs: COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine-mandated Profession Continues to Have Turbo Cancers and Sudden Deaths. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-10-16). Police Officers and Sheriff Deputies: COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine-mandated Profession Continues to Have Sudden Deaths. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-10-16). Brainwashing Techniques Used to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Emanuel Garcia (2023-10-17). New Zealand: "Covid Apocalypse" and the Illusions of Progress. globalresearch.ca

jamanetwork (2023-10-17). Exercise Programs Might Improve Long COVID. jamanetwork.com Patients with post—COVID-19 condition, or long COVID, who participated in respiratory training and exercise-based rehabilitation programs experienced improvements in exercise capacity, shortness of breath, and quality of life compared with those who received standard care. The findings in JAMA Network Open were based on a systematic review of 14 randomized clinical trials involving 1244 participants and were supported by moderate- to low-quality evidence.

jamanetwork (2023-10-17). Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent study developed a data-driven scoring framework to classify postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC). As stated in the accompanying Editorial, prior to developing a case definition, it is important to determine whether PASC is a single entity or multiple entities. Particularly, severe COVID-19 pneumonia requiring admission to the intensive care unit may lead to specific organ dysfunction and injury, including impaired cognitive function across multiple domains. Such dysfunction, consistent with the well-described post—intensive care syndrome, should be disentangled from PASC.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-17). The stock market is waking up to Pfizer's greedy, unethical and reckless behaviour which Facebook, Google and corporate media have helped to hide. expose-news.com The stock market may be waking up to the possibility that Pfizer may go bankrupt due to the upcoming covid injection claims. Many parallels can be drawn between the corporate behaviours of …

Richard Gale (2023-10-17). Seventeen Covid Pandemic Lies We've Been Told. globalresearch.ca

Ben Bartee (2023-10-16). Will RFK Jr. Running as Independent, Encourage a Democrat and Republican "Correct Scientific Course" Pertaining to COVID-19? globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-10-16). CDC ends Biobot Analytics contract for wastewater surveillance of COVID pandemic. wsws.org By shifting the contract for wastewater data collection to Verily, a subsidiary of Alphabet (Google), the CDC is deliberately disrupting the main remaining source of usable data on the COVID pandemic.

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