While Nicaragua returns to peace, media and international NGOs conjure epidemic of violence with dubious reporting
John Perry | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-19
Media bias against Nicaragua's Sandinista government is unremitting, and international NGOs are feeding it by misreporting a violent land dispute…
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While Nicaragua returns to peace, media and international NGO's conjure epidemic of violence with dubious reporting
John Perry | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-19
Media bias against Nicaragua's Sandinista government is unremitting, and international NGOs are feeding it by misreporting a violent land dispute…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/19/nicaragua-pea…
Soybean dust blamed for 14 mysterious deaths in Karachi, locals protest poor government response
rt.com | 2020-02-19
An illness which affects the lungs and has killed 14 people and hospitalized over 200 in Karachi, may have been caused by soybean dust, a lab has said. It has sparked street protests and prompted some to leave the city. | The health crisis in the Pakistani city started on Sunday night as people living near the port of Karachi complained about breathing problems, tightness in the chest, and a burning sensation in the eyes. Other symptoms include dizziness and nausea. Some reported smelling an unfamiliar odor before feeling sick. | The mysterious illness, which was initially blamed on a gas leak, soon proved to…
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To compete in global economy, Trump says workers' lives have to get worse
Tim Libretti | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-19
What if America competed with other nations to have the best universal healthcare system or the best public education system? If we competed to be the leader in creating a green economy to address climate change? If we competed to end poverty and inequality? Donald Trump wants America to compete in the global economy, but …
peoplesworld.org/article/to-compete-in-g…
Apocalypse Now! Insects, Pesticide and a Public Health Crisis
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-19
In 2017, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, and UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics, Baskut Tuncak, produced a report that called for a comprehensive new global treaty to regulate and phase out the use …
globalresearch.ca/insects-pesticide-public-health-crisis/5704037
2 Iranians die after testing positive for coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-02-19
Two Iranians who were that country's first cases of coronavirus have died, health officials in Qom announced on Wednesday. | The deaths were also confirmed by health ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur in a tweet just hours after confirmation that the pair had tested positive for the respiratory illness. Earlier, the ministry had said the patients had been put into isolation. | The highly contagious novel coronavirus emerged in China in December 2019, with the death toll there exceeding 2,000 for the first time on…
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Russia's tourism sector could lose $455 million if Chinese coronavirus crisis continues until summer – tour operators
rt.com | 2020-02-19
Health concerns over the new COVID-19 coronavirus have led to strong measures in Russia. The Far Eastern border with China has been closed, and most Chinese visitors face restrictions. Now financial losses are being assessed. | Experts forecast that the country's tourism industry may lose almost 3 billion rubles ($47 million), in just the next two months. That's according to ATOR, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia. China is typically the largest single source of tourists to Russia: providing 1.5 million visitors in 2019. | While the situation is bad, it could get much worse. If Chinese holidaymakers…
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China: Over 14 Thousand Patients Recover From Coronavirus
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-19
China's National Health Commission(NHC) reported that 14,376 patients have recovered from the coronavirus throughout the country. | RELATED: | China Suspends the Annual Meeting of the National Assembly | In their latest report, Chinese health authorities informed that 74,279 people have been infected by the disease and 2007 persons have died so far. | Seen from a temporary perspective, however, the outbreak control is yielding the expected results. | For 15 consecutive days, the…
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Take My Benefits–Please
Mark Dudzic | zcomm.org | 2020-02-19
Employment-based Health Care Has Become an Anchor Around the Neck of the U.S. Working Class…
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Nevada Culinary Workers Union Member: I Would Trade My Union Healthcare for Medicare for All
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-19
The third presidential contest of the primary season takes place Saturday in Nevada. One of the state's most coveted endorsements is from the Culinary Workers Union, which represents some 60,000 workers in the restaurant and hospitality industries in Las Vegas and Reno. Its membership is 54% Latinx. But last week they decided not to endorse any of the candidates. Nevada is a "right to work" state, and the Culinary Workers Union has attracted members by offering them healthcare. It has said it supports "choices" in healthcare. The mobilization of service employees could be critical to winning the Nevada caucuses.
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Health check: U.S. manufacturing is in trouble
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2020-02-19
President Trump is all in, touting his success in rebuilding U.S. manufacturing. For example, in his state of the union address he claimed: We are restoring our nation's manufacturing might, even though predictions were that this could never be done. After losing 60,000 factories under the previous two administrations, America has now gained 12,000 new […] | Source…
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The perpetual war scam
Philip Farruggio | nationofchange.org | 2020-02-19
This Military Industrial Empire cannot allow too much attention on a fairer economy for working stiffs, or better health and dental coverage, or better roads, bridges, schools, libraries, first providers and teachers.
nationofchange.org/2020/02/18/the-perpet…
Culinary Workers Union Member Would Trade Union Health Care for Medicare for All
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-19
The third presidential contest of the primary season takes place Saturday in Nevada. One of the state's most coveted endorsements is from the Culinary Workers Union, which represents some 60,000 workers in the restaurant and hospitality industries in Las Vegas and Reno. Its membership is 54% Latinx. But last week they decided not to endorse any of the candidates. Nevada is a "right to work" state, and the Culinary Workers Union has attracted members by offering them health care. It has said…
truthout.org/video/culinary-workers-unio…
2020 International Women's Day Kick Off and Symposium (Sacramento)
UC Davis Health: Office for Equity, Diversity | indybay.org | 2020-02-19
Betty Irene Moore Hall – UC Davis Health, Room 1000 & 1st Floor Commons, 2570 48th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817…
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America's Barbaric Health Care System in One Grisly Statistic
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-19
New polling data finds that as many as eight million people in the U.S. have used crowdfunding campaigns to pay for a medical procedures.
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Leaked document foretold secret corporate campaign to derail Medicare for All
John Wojcik, Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-19
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Yale Study Says Medicare for All Would Save U.S. $450 Billion, Prevent Nearly 70,000 Deaths a Year
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-19
As the Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare to take to the debate stage tonight, we turn to a central issue of the campaign: Medicare for All. In a new study, Yale scholars have found that Medicare for All will save Americans more than $450 billion and prevent 68,000 deaths every year. The study in The Lancet
Which Side Are You On?
Chris Floyd | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-19
My best friend from high school was in and out of the prison system the last two decades of his life. He was a drug addict. This was before the opioid epidemic; his poison was crack cocaine. His father had been a raging, violent alcoholic and his mother was a broken woman with chronic illnesses. My friend spent most of his adult life trying to take care of her.
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Which Side Are You On?
Chris Floyd | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-19
My best friend from high school was in and out of the prison system the last two decades of his life. He was a drug addict. This was before the opioid epidemic; his poison was crack cocaine. His father had been a raging, violent alcoholic and his mother was a broken woman with chronic illnesses. My friend spent most of his adult life trying to take care of her.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/19/which-side-a…
Last ones to leave: 130+ Indian crew members to remain quarantined for TWO MORE WEEKS on coronavirus-hit cruise ship
rt.com | 2020-02-19
After the last passenger leaves the coronavirus-struck vessel, more than 100 Indian crew members, tending the quarantined guests, will be stuck on the Diamond Princess for another two weeks. | The Indian crew will not only be the last to disembark from the disease-hit luxury liner Diamond Princess, but will be quarantined for additional two weeks after all the passengers leave, the Times of India reported on Wednesday. | Passengers, who have tested negative for the virus began stepping ashore in the Port of Yokohama, Japan, earlier that day, after spending 14 days confined to the vessel. Indian personnel has b…
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Coronavirus: China says patient recovery picks up
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-19
The number of recovered patients infected with the novel coronavirus picked up, health authorities in China said on Wednesday.More than 1,800 individuals infected by the virus were released from hospitals across China on Tuesday after full recovery, the state-run news agency Xinhua News reported, citing the National Health Commission.The number is higher than new confirmed 1,749 cases the same day for the first time since the outbreak of the disease in the central Wuhan city last December.The virus, officially known as COVID-19, has so far claimed 2,005 lives in China, according to the latest data.Four deaths –…
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China central bank sees limited impact to economy from coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-19
China's central bank said on Wednesday the impact of the coronavirus on the economy will be limited as the epidemic has not changed the country's economic fundamentals.The People's Bank of China (PBOC) said it would help anti-virus efforts by extending credit, including by providing favourable loans or interest rates to companies involved in controlling the epidemic.In its fourth-quarter monetary policy implementation report, the bank added that it would also would keep the yuan currency stable and maintain its prudent monetary policy to ensure financial stability.
yenisafak.com/en/economy/china-central-b…
Locusts swarm into South Sudan as plague spreads
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-19
Swarms of locusts ravaging crops and grazing land across east Africa have reached South Sudan, already reeling from widespread hunger and years of civil war, the country's agriculture minister said on Tuesday.The locusts crossed into southern Magwi county, on the border with Uganda, Minister Anyoti Adigo Nyikwach said.Kenya, Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti are battling the worst locust outbreak in decades, and swarms have also spread into Tanzania, Uganda and now South Sudan.Desert locusts can travel up to 150 km (95 miles) in a day and eat their own body weight in greenery, meaning a swarm just one kilometre squar…
yenisafak.com/en/world/locusts-swarm-int…
ICE's Destruction of Records Must Be Stopped
Kate Oh | aclu.org | 2020-02-18
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is | notorious for committing rampant unconstitutional and inhumane abuses in its | detention system
Jailed Wikileaks Founder Assange's Health Improving: Spokesman
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-18
Jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is no longer being kept in solitary confinement and his health is improving, his spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson told reporters Tuesday. | RELATED: | Extradition Hearing for Julian Assange Will be Split in Two | Assange, 48, is in Belmarsh high-security prison in London, fighting an extradition request from the United States where he faces 18 counts including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law. He could spend…
telesurenglish.net/news/Jailed-Wikileaks…
End Torture and Medical Neglect of Julian Assange
Dr. C. Stephen Frost | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-18
On Nov 22, 2019, we, a group of more than 60 medical doctors, wrote to the UK Home Secretary to express our serious concerns about the physical and mental health of Julian Assange.1 In our letter,1 we documented a history …
globalresearch.ca/end-torture-medical-neglect-julian-assange/5704006
Irish Elections and Unification
Conn Hallinan | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-18
The victory by Ireland's leftwing Sinn Fein Party in the Republic's recent election has not only overturned some 90 years of domination by the island's two center-right parties, it suddenly puts the issue of Irish reunification on the agenda. While the campaign was fought over bread and butter issues like housing, the collapsing health care system, and homelessness, a united Ireland has long been Sinn Fein's raison d'être. In the aftermath, Party leaders called for a border referendum on the subject.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/18/irish-electi…
Nevada Is a Big Test for Bernie Sanders's Medicare for All Plan
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-18
Medicare for All faces a big test in Nevada's Democratic caucus, where front-runner Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden are pitching competing health care plans in a last-minute effort to curry favor among voters as early voting comes to a close today. | Sanders has pledged to quickly push for a national health care system that covers everyone if elected president, while Biden wants to expand the Affordable Care Act with an option to buy government insurance that would compete with priv…
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Irish Elections and Unification
Conn Hallinan | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-18
The victory by Ireland's leftwing Sinn Fein Party in the Republic's recent election has not only overturned some 90 years of domination by the island's two center-right parties, it suddenly puts the issue of Irish reunification on the agenda. While the campaign was fought over bread and butter issues like housing, the collapsing health care system, and homelessness, a united Ireland has long been Sinn Fein's raison d'être. In the aftermath, Party leaders called for a border referendum on the subject.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/18/irish-electi…
Consumers League-SEIU probe reveals problems at Chipotle continue
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-18
WASHINGTON–After reading this, you might want to think twice about eating at Chipotle–and not just because it exploits its workers. But because it could be hazardous to your health. Starting in 2015, Chipotle, the supposedly upscale fast food chain which prides itself on using fresh, pesticide-free, and chemical-free food, suffered a huge corporate black eye–and …
peoplesworld.org/article/consumers-leagu…
'Working night and day', UN health agency seeks to prevent global coronavirus crisis
news.un.org | 2020-02-18
As COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, continues to spread, the head of the United Nations health agency said that there is still a chance to prevent a broader global crisis.
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New study shows Medicare for All will save Americans billions and prevent thousands of unnecessary deaths
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2020-02-18
This study helps quiet several attacks made on Medicare for All from the private healthcare industry.
nationofchange.org/2020/02/18/new-study-…
Polio eradication a UN priority, says Guterres in Pakistan visit
news.un.org | 2020-02-18
In one of the last bastions of polio on the planet, millions of children are being given a fighting chance against the paralyzing and potentially fatal disease.
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Locusts Swarm into South Sudan as Plague Spreads in East Africa
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-18
Swarms of locusts ravaging crops and grazing land across east Africa have reached South Sudan, already reeling from widespread hunger and years of civil war, the country's agriculture minister said Tuesday. | RELATED: | Over 6,000 Bodies Found in Burundi's Mass Graves | Kenya, Somalia, Eritrea, and Djibouti are battling the worst locust outbreak in decades, a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Locusts-Swarm-in…
Coastal landfill sites set to spill over into sea, expert warns
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-17
More than 1,200 coastal landfill sites are in danger of spilling their contents into the sea
'This is a time for facts, not fear,' says WHO chief as COVID-19 virus spreads
news.un.org | 2020-02-15
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday cautioned against panic over COVID-19 but also urged governments to step up their efforts to prepare for the virus, saying "it's impossible to predict which direction this epidemic will take."
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Brother/Sister Can You Spare a Warm Shelter?
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-15
On the Streets The tip of the proverbial iceberg when it comes to homelessness is what the average person sees on Newport's streets
World Health Organization: Coronavirus must generate 'solidarity not stigma'
news.un.org | 2020-02-14
Investing in preparedness is the smartest way to ensure that the coronavirus and other disease outbreaks are "identified and stopped quickly", the UN health agency said on Friday.
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Coronavirus: Media and Politicians Take Anti-China Fear Mongering to New Levels
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-14
Despite praise from the World Health Organization for its handling of the coronavirus, China has been derided by Western media and politicians alike over nearly every aspect of its response.
mintpressnews.com/media-politicians-anti…
Newly licensed vaccine, 'milestone in the fight' against Ebola in Africa, UN health agency
news.un.org | 2020-02-14
Four countries in Africa have licensed an Ebola vaccine to "cement hard-fought progress" in keeping their people safe from the deadly disease, the UN health agency said on Friday.
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Coronavirus: Media and Politicians Take Anti-China Fear Mongering to New Levels
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-14
Despite praise from the World Health Organization for its handling of the coronavirus, China has been derided by Western media and politicians alike over nearly every aspect of its response.
mintpressnews.com/media-politicians-anti…
The Trump Administration Wants Health Insurance Companies to Drop Abortion Coverage from Your Insurance Plan
Meagan Burrows | aclu.org | 2020-02-11
From denying | access to abortion | for unaccompanied immigrant minors, to gutting | the Title X | family planning program, to trying to roll | back the Affordable Care Act's requirement that employers and universities cover | contr…
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