(2023-08-22). The BRICS Have Changed the Balance of Forces, but They Will Not By Themselves Change the World. scheerpost.com 
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In 2003, high officials from Brazil, India, and South Africa met in Mexico to discuss their mutual interests in the trade of pharmaceutical drugs. India was and is one of the world's largest producers of various drugs, including those used to treat HIV-AIDS; Brazil and South …
(2023-08-22). When the U.S. incinerated Sudan's pharmaceutical industry. liberationnews.org 
Al-Shifa produced 90 percent of the drugs used to treat Sudan's seven leading causes of death.
(2023-08-22). Evaluation of Large-Scale Proteomics for Prediction of Cardiovascular Events. jamanetwork.com This study of 13‚ÄØ540 individuals in Iceland (aged 40-75 years) evaluated the utility of protein risk scores for prediction of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events compared to risk prediction using polygenic risk scores in addition to risk scores based on clinical risk factors…
(2023-08-22). Aspirin for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in 51 Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries. jamanetwork.com This cross-sectional study evaluates the prevalence of self-reported aspirin use for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among individuals in low-, middle-, and high-income countries.
(2023-08-22). Coordinated Care for Optimization of Cardiovascular Preventive Therapies in Patients With Diabetes—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply The Coordinating Cardiology Clinics Randomized Trial of Interventions to Improve Outcomes (COORDINATE)—Diabetes trial was designed and powered to assess the effect of a multicomponent intervention on evidence-based medication prescription among patients with diabetes and atherosclerotic vascular disease, rather than on levels for risk factors or hard clinical outcomes. Because we did not mandate follow-up assessment of risk factors such as cholesterol or glycemic measurements, and because this trial was conducted during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, only a minority of patients received these…
(2023-08-22). Coordinated Care for Optimization of Cardiovascular Preventive Therapies in Patients With Diabetes. jamanetwork.com To the Editor We have several concerns about the recent randomized clinical trial of a coordinated intervention to increase the prescription of evidence-based therapies in adults with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
(2023-08-22). New USPSTF Guidelines for HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis. jamanetwork.com Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the use of highly effective antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV, is a key component of the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative in the US that aims to reduce new HIV cases by 90% by 2030. Although the advent of PrEP carries tremendous potential to change the trajectory of the epidemic, PrEP uptake has been disproportionately low in populations most heavily affected by HIV. In 2021, 78% of White persons expected to benefit from PrEP received it, compared with 11% of Black/African American persons and 21% of Hispanic/Latino persons. Regional disparities exist, with the South accounting…
(2023-08-22). West Virginia Hearing: Don't Cut Corners With Miners' Safety. popularresistance.org West Virginia – At 9: 00 A.M. sharp on August 10, a small phalanx of smiling, well-coiffed elderly women began herding a crowd of several dozen people into the auditorium of the National Mine Health and Safety Academy in Beckley, West Virginia. Among the crowd were former coal miners and their spouses, lawyers, pulmonologists, black lung clinic staff, environmental activists, local media, union representatives, and concerned citizens‚Äâ—‚Äâall there to attend a public hearing for a new proposed rule from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) that seeks to limit si…
(2023-08-22). State of Chinese America: Rising Fear About US Warmongering. peacepivot.org Chinese Americans are not a quiet monolith. This survey by the Committee of 100 in partnership with Columbia University revealed rising concerns about anti-Asian violence, economic issues, and worsening mental health, all correlating with the escalated US warmongering in China. 79% of survey respondents viewed the current U.S.-China relations as negative and trending towards war. …
(2023-08-22). "Notorious": Inside the Fulton County Jail, Where Trump Will Surrender & 15 Prisoners Died Last Year. democracynow.org 
As former President Donald Trump prepares to surrender in Atlanta on Thursday to face charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, we speak with journalist George Chidi, who has documented the inhumane conditions inside the Fulton County Jail, where Trump will appear before a judge. "A lot of people are getting killed" inside the jail, says Chidi. "The jail is the largest mental health provider in this county, and that's a tragedy all on its own." He also discusses the death of Lashawn Thompson, who was found dead inside his cell after being eaten alive…
(2023-08-22). Right-Wing Judges Are Allowing Alabama Trans Health Care Ban to Go Into Effect. truthout.org LGBTQ+ rights advocates in Alabama said late Monday that they were "devastated" by a ruling handed down by three federal judges that, in the coming days, will permit a previously blocked law banning transgender healthcare for minors to go into effect — but pledged to continue fighting so transgender and nonbinary youths in the state can get the care they need. Applying reasoning from the U.S. |
(2023-08-22). Wednesday 8/23: Shut Robotaxis Down NOW! Health and Safety Emergency In SF. indybay.org 530 10th St/Bryant St Next To Costco | San Francisco, CA…
(2023-08-22). State of Chinese America: Rising Fear About US Warmongering. peacepivot.org Chinese Americans are not a quiet monolith. This survey by the Committee of 100 in partnership with Columbia University revealed rising concerns about anti-Asian violence, economic issues, and worsening mental health, all correlating with the escalated US warmongering in China. 79% of survey respondents viewed the current U.S.-China relations as negative and trending towards war. …
(2023-08-22). "Notorious": Inside the Fulton County Jail, Where Trump Will Surrender & 15 Prisoners Died Last Year. democracynow.org As former President Donald Trump prepares to surrender in Atlanta on Thursday to face charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, we speak with journalist George Chidi, who has documented the inhumane conditions inside the Fulton County Jail, where Trump will appear before a judge. "A lot of people are getting killed" inside the jail, says Chidi. "The jail is the largest mental health provider in this county, and that's a tragedy all on its own." He also discusses the death of Lashawn Thompson, who was found dead inside his cell after being eaten alive…
(2023-08-22). Right-Wing Judges Are Allowing Alabama Trans Health Care Ban to Go Into Effect. truthout.org LGBTQ+ rights advocates in Alabama said late Monday that they were "devastated" by a ruling handed down by three federal judges that, in the coming days, will permit a previously blocked law banning transgender healthcare for minors to go into effect — but pledged to continue fighting so transgender and nonbinary youths in the state can get the care they need. Applying reasoning from the U.S. |
(2023-08-22). Wednesday 8/23: Shut Robotaxis Down NOW! Health and Safety Emergency In SF. indybay.org 530 10th St/Bryant St Next To Costco | San Francisco, CA…
(2023-08-22). Gestating Healthy Policies for Young Parents. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint discusses the need for modernized national and program-level policies that foster a culture to support early-career physicians balancing their professional growth and personal family desires.
(2023-08-22). Chemical Contaminants of Foods. jamanetwork.com The development and use of new pesticides and herbicides have created public health hazards. Studies indicate that already many constituents of the American diet may be contaminated with materials of unknown toxicity used to destroy insect pests or weeds.
(2023-08-22). How to Fix Our Food System. counterpunch.org The facts are clear and they are shocking: Factory farming is unhealthy for consumers, dangerous for workers, and devastating for the environment, and it is the largest cause of animal cruelty in the history of mankind. In the United States alone, nearly 10 billion land animals are raised on factory farms and killed in slaughterhouses
(2023-08-23). Healthy authorities approve use of cholesterol drug. ecns.cn China's National Medical Products Administration on Tuesday approved the use of Inclisiran, a cholesterol-lowering small interfering RNA (siRNA), for the treatment of adults with primary hypercholesterolemia (heterozygous familial and non-familial) or mixed dyslipidemia.
(2023-08-23). Should there be a statutory public inquiry into the murders and attempted murders by Lucy Letby? ukhumanrightsblog.com Why wasn't Lucy Letby stopped sooner? This is the burning question that the families of her victims, and the public, are now asking. Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, has decided that the best means of answering it is a 'non-statutory public inquiry'. But what is such an inquiry, and will it be better than a …
(2023-08-22). Time for your Eighth Covid Vaccine Dose: Pfizer Says Latest Booster Won't be Tested on Humans but It Works Great on Mice! globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-22). BRICS Summit Will Contribute to World Peace and Lay Foundation for New Globalization. orinocotribune.com From August 22 to 24, the city of Johannesburg will host the 15th meeting of heads of state of BRICS (China, Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa). The national leaders will debate the future of the group amid a marked deterioration of US influence and the advance of de-dollarization throughout the world. | The BRICS leaders' summit, the first to be held in person since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, is expected to be attended by the president of China, Xi Jinping; the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
(2023-08-22). Violence, Sweeps, and Seizure–Escalating SCPD Policy. indybay.org In spite of court decisions and massive COVID-era appropriations as well as decades of protests and petitions, police have continued and seem to be escalating "drive 'em out of town" sweeps with new cruelties and illegalities. Yesterday at the Mime Troupe, I passed out a flyer denouncing unusually explicit and recent threats, seizures, and citations attacking each encampment as it arises.
(2023-08-22). Blood Clots in the Legs, Lungs and Hearts of Young People (COVID-19 Vaccinated). Grammy Winner Tori Kelly, NFL Cleveland Browns Marquise Goodwin. globalresearch.ca