Navajo Nation Suffers Third-Highest COVID-19 Infection Rate in U.S. with Limited Healthcare & Water
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-05
We get an update from two doctors treating patients with the Navajo Nation, the largest Indigenous reservation in the country, which has been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Michelle Tom is a member of the Navajo Nation and a family physician treating COVID-19 patients at the Winslow Indian Health Care Center and Little Colorado Medical Center in northern Arizona near the Navajo reservation. In Gallup, New Mexico, Dr. Sriram Shamasunder is leading a medical volunteer group of 21 nurses and doctors from the University of California, San Francisco as part of the HEAL Initiative. He says the coronavirus hi…
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Spain bans May Day protests on "public health" grounds while sending millions back to work
wsws.org | 2020-05-05
Spanish courts ruled that the COVID-19 danger outweighs basic democratic rights, but Madrid does not believe it outweighs workers' duty to produce profits for the capitalists.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/05/spai…
Over 2,000 doctors infected with COVID-19 in Ukraine amid growing protest by medical workers
wsws.org | 2020-05-05
Opposition grows among Ukrainian medical workers as they are left to combat the disease while lacking both essential equipment and funding.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/05/ukra…
Imperial partners with Trust to make PPE for healthcare workers
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-05
Imperial volunteers are making more than 50,000 disposable visors for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust hospitals.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197240/imperial-partners-with-trust-make-ppe
Health Workers Call for Caution Over 5G Roll-out
Alan Hope | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
Some 400 doctors and 900 health care workers have signed an open letter to the government, urging them to exercise caution regarding the roll-out by Proximus of a forerunner of the next generation of mobile data, known as 5G. | The …
globalresearch.ca/health-workers-call-caution-5g-roll-out/5711845
UK health secretary branded a 'bully' after telling Labour doctor MP to check her 'tone' amid Covid-19 criticism
rt.com | 2020-05-05
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has provoked a furious backlash after rebuking a Labour shadow minister
Matt Hancock patronises A&E doctor just as UK sinks to worst death toll in Europe
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-05-05
The UK currently has the highest coronavirus (Covid-19) death toll in Europe
Five Eyes spies have NO EVIDENCE that coronavirus emerged from Wuhan lab, report suggests in U-turn from previous leaks
rt.com | 2020-05-05
There is no evidence to substantiate the Trump administration's claims that Covid-19 came from a Chinese laboratory, according to intelligence sources, raising questions about a leaked dossier blaming Beijing for the pandemic. | Sources that spoke to the Guardian said that a 15-page dossier which accused China of carrying out a cover-up to hide its role in the global health crisis was not based on intelligence taken from the infamous 'Five Eyes' network, which incl…
rt.com/news/487782-five-eyes-china-intel…
Lebanon appreciates Iran for sending medical aid to Beirut
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-05
TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA)
'I will beat you': Seven-year-old blasts 'WEAK' Arshavin after ex-Russia star accuses Olympic champ of forcing child into videos
rt.com | 2020-05-05
A bizarre row has broken out between Evgeni Plushenko's son and Andrey Arshavin after the Russia legend accused the figure-skating champion and his wife of forcing the infant to perform in a series of "painful" Instagram videos. | Two-time Olympic champion Plushenko and his wife, producer and TV personality Yana Rudkovskaya, have been prolific makers of videos with their son, Alexander, in the family's opulent home. | While Russia has been in lockdown under health guidelines aimed at stopping the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak, the seven-year-old known as Sasha has joined his parents indoors to test gym equip…
rt.com/sport/487840-plushenko-rudkovskay…
Navajo Nation Suffers Third-Highest COVID-19 Infection Rate in US
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-05
We get an update from two doctors treating patients with the Navajo Nation, the largest Indigenous reservation in the country, which has been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Michelle Tom is a member of the Navajo Nation and a family physician treating COVID-19 patients at the Winslow Indian Health Care Center and Little Colorado Medical Center in northern Arizona near the Navajo reservation. In Gallup, New Mexico, Dr. Sriram Shamasunder is leading a medical volunteer group of 21 nurses and doctor…
truthout.org/video/navajo-nation-suffers…
WHO rejects US' Wuhan lab claims
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-05
TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA)
Media backgrounder: COVID-19 readiness and helping the world respond to the global pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-05
ROCHESTER, Minn.
Brutal Choices: Anders Tegnell and Sweden's Herd Immunity Goal
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-05
If the title of epidemiological czar were to be created, its first occupant would have to be Sweden's Anders Tegnell. He has held sway in the face of sceptics and concern that his "herd immunity" approach to COVID-19 is a dangerous, and breathtakingly cavalier approach, to public health. Tegnell T-shirts featuring him as a medieval…
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India records its biggest single-day spike in coronavirus cases & deaths, counting nearly 4,000 infections in 24 hours
rt.com | 2020-05-05
India has seen its largest ever one-day jump in Covid-19, both in terms of cases and fatalities, with 195 people succumbing to the illness in the space of 24 hours and 3,900 new infections. | The surge in India's disease and death tolls came between Monday and Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 46,433 and fatalities to 1,568, according to data published by the Health Ministry. Over 14,000 patients are in Maharashtra, which remains the worst-hit state. | 3900 #COVID19 cases & 195 deaths have been reported i…
rt.com/news/487776-india-coronavirus-lar…
Iran's RAILEXPO 2020 to be held thru. observing health protocols amid pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-05
TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA)
Iran, Pakistan discuss ways to contain COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-05
TEHRAN, May 5 (MNA)
Mayo Clinic expert talks social distancing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-05
The need for?social distancing?will continue into the summer as an important public health tool to reduce the spread of?COVID-19. ?Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases specialist at Mayo Clinic acknowledges the hardships of public safety measures and says they are important. "The nature of social distancing, isolating ourselves, and shelter-in-place has been tremendous hardships from …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…
Only the Poor Starve: Hunger in the Time of Covid
Graham Peebles | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-05
Additional to the global health crisis and the coming worldwide economic collapse, Covid-19 is fuelling a humanitarian crisis. The World Food Program (WFP) warns that, "millions of civilians living in conflict-scarred nations, including many women and children, face being pushed to the brink of starvation, with the spectre of famine a very real and dangerous …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/only-the-poor…
At least 1,245 Philippine health workers test positive for COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-05-05
The WHO said that the rate of infection among health workers, which is now 13 percent of all cases in the Philippines, is likely linked to the shortage of personal protective equipment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/05/phil…
Covid-19 infects 99,970 individuals in Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-05
TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA)
Fewer than one in six have Covid-19 antibody protection suggests Patrick Vallance
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-05
Fewer than one in six people have any sort of antibody protection to Covid-19, England's chief scientific adviser has said. | Patrick Vallance told MPs on the Health and Social Care Committee that data from around five weeks ago suggested "something like a 10% antibody positivity in London", with 3% to 4% antibody positivity in other regions and even less in some areas. | At the current time, he said he would "not expect to see antibody levels much above mid-teens" in any region. This suggests fewer than one in six people have had coronavirus. | Vallance said that while the R number
Slovenia's Official Antibodies Study Implies COVID Infection Fatality Rate Just 0.15%, Comparable to Seasonal Influenza
Marko Marjanović | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-05
The full findings of Slovenia's official covid antibodies study will be released later today (after which we'll update this article), but for now the country's Health Minister Toma≈æ Gantar has already revealed this key information: "With 95-percent confidence we can say that antibodies are present in between two and four percent." | Slovenia is a country of 2.08 million people and has recorded 97 covid-positive deaths. If between 2 and 4 percent of 2.08 million were infected that mean…
anti-empire.com/slovenias-official-antib…
Virus conspires with drive for profit to 'open the economy'
Roberta Wood | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-05
Capitalism is an enabler of the coronavirus's spread. The dynamics of our nation's capitalist economy are sabotaging efforts to protect the health and lives of the American people. That's what's behind the disastrous pressures to "re-open" the economy. It's not as if human survival depends on restaurants, bars, casinos, and shopping malls doing business. No, …
peoplesworld.org/article/virus-conspires…
Trump, Pence, G W Bush, Hannity and Sen. Rick Scott's best sheriff fried under DOJ investi
scott huminski | indybay.org | 2020-05-05
The Justice Department and Florida Department of Health are investigating Sheriff Carmine Marceno for civil rights abuses, human rights abuses, ADA violations and felony abuse of a disabled adult.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/01/1883277…
AskMayoExpert's COVID-19 information made available to public
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-05
Mayo Clinic is making parts of its AskMayoExpert clinical knowledge resource for providers available to the public to make trusted knowledge on COVID-19 easily available to other health systems and providers. AskMayoExpert, Mayo Clinic's primary clinical knowledge resource for providers at the point of care, is sharing its COVID-19 content with the public. "Mayo leadership …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/as…
Summer holidays CANCELED in France? Macron announces indefinite 'limit' on international travel due to Covid-19 pandemic
rt.com | 2020-05-05
President Emmanuel Macron has told French citizens that international travel will be restricted over the summer, dashing the hopes of those who were planning holiday getaways abroad. | The French leader said on Monday that "normal life" cannot resume until the coronavirus pandemic has ended, noting that summer plans will have to be modified accordingly. | "It is too soon to say whether we can take holidays. What I can say is that we will limit major international travel, even during the summer holidays. We will stay among Europeans and, depending on how the epidemic evolves, we might have to reduce that a litt…
rt.com/news/487821-france-macron-interna…
The Global Political Project Imposed on the Occasion of Covid-19
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-05
thealtworld.com/thierry_meyssan/the-glob…
Rohingyas lock down at the world's largest refugee camp
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-05
Healthcare Refugees & migrants Paul GregoireIssue 1264 Bangladesh COVID-19 Rohingya refugeesMay 5, 2020To date, there have be…
greenleft.org.au/content/rohingyas-lock-down-worlds-largest-refugee-camp
Italy to offer permits to illegal migrants for farm work in pandemic crisis
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-05
Italy plans to give work permits to thousands of irregular migrants to help farms deal with the Covid-19 epidemic that has cut the flow of cheap labour from abroad, a political source said on Tuesday.The politically sensitive move, earlier reported in Italian media, was immediately attacked by right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini, whose League party has founded its success on a strong anti-migrant platform.Agriculture lobbies have warned Italy will have to throw away huge amounts of fruit and vegetables because there is nobody to pick them, worsening the effects of a shutdown costing the food sector 7 bill…
yenisafak.com/en/world/italy-to-offer-pe…
Epidemics and capitalism
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-05
The article seeks to re-emphasise that as capitalism exploits society and nature for its own expanded reproduction, it cannot but revolutionise the productive forces, in terms of science and technology. On the other hand, however, it also creates fetters to the realisation of the ≠potential that it creates, by making it a slave to the logic …
mronline.org/2020/05/05/114481/?utm_sour…
Are pets at risk of getting, spreading COVID-19?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-05
Recent reports of cats and dogs becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to update its guidelines for pets. According to the CDC, two pet cats in New York City became the first domestic animals in the U.S. to test positive for the …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ar…
Leaked CDC report projects 200,000 infections per day by June 1
John Wojcik, C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-05
The Trump administration, despite urging a re-opening of the economy, is sitting on its own projections that the daily death toll from COVID-19 will nearly double in the next four weeks. The report is in the form of an internal CDC document procured by a number of newspapers, including the New York Times and the …
peoplesworld.org/article/leaked-cdc-repo…
Video: Robert F Kennedy Jr "The Rest of the Story" Statement on Vaccines (Oct 2015)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
Our good friend, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom we affectionately call "Bobby," was invited by Minister Louis Farrakhan to speak at the Million Man March Anniversary in October 2015. This is a clip of his complete message warning us …
globalresearch.ca/video-robert-f-kennedy-jr-statement-vaccines-oct-2015/5711803
Compulsory Vaccination in Africa: Bill Gates Allegedly Offered Nigeria House of Representatives $10 Million Bribe for Speedy Passage of Compulsory Vaccine Bill: CUPP Opposition Party
Samson Atekojo Usman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
This article is based on a statement yet to be confirmed of Nigeria's opposition party CUPP. | Compulsory vaccination in Africa's most populated country would set the stage for a vaccination program for the entire continent. | *** | The Coalition of United …
globalresearch.ca/bill-gates-offered-nigeria-house-reps-10m-bribe-speedy-passage-compulsory-vaccine-bill/5711849
Compulsory Vaccination in Africa? Bill Gates Allegedly Offered Nigeria House of Representatives $10 Million Bribe for Speedy Passage of Compulsory Vaccine Bill: CUPP Opposition Party
Samson Atekojo Usman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
This article published in Nigeria's Daily Post (Abuja) is based on a statement yet to be confirmed of Nigeria's opposition party CUPP. | Compulsory vaccination in Africa's most populated country would set the stage for a vaccination program for the entire …
globalresearch.ca/bill-gates-offered-nigeria-house-reps-10m-bribe-speedy-passage-compulsory-vaccine-bill/5711849
Vaccines Neither Vegetarian Nor Vegan
SNS | indybay.org | 2020-05-05
Vaccines are developed using animal blood, gelatin, eggs, and countless other ingredients…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/02/1883277…
Human challenge trials are being pushed to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-05-05
Purposefully exposing volunteers to the coronavirus after they have been given an experimental vaccine is fraught with tremendous risks to the patients themselves and the population at large.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/05/vacc…
Symptom list for COVID-19 expanded
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-05
COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, affects people in many ways. Early symptoms have included fever, cough and chills. The list of symptoms in people with confirmed COVID-19 disease has expanded since early reports of the disease.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/sy…
US Senate reconvenes to push return to work and social cuts
wsws.org | 2020-05-05
The Trump administration and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are demanding that a new pandemic relief bill provide businesses with legal immunity for causing disease or death to employees by failing to provide a safe work environment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/05/sena…
Infographic: Informed but not overwhelmed
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-05
For the latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic, check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. For more information and COVID-19 coverage, go to the Mayo Clinic News Network and mayoclinic.org.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/in…
Physicians, scientists and physician-scientists connect dots between heart disease, potential for worse COVID-19 outcomes
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-05
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? People with certain heart diseases may be more susceptible to worse outcomes with COVID-19, but the reason why has remained unknown. New research from Mayo Clinic indicates that in patients with one specific type of heart disease ? obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) ? the heart increases production of the ACE2 RNA transcript …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ph…
Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Respiratory therapists play critical role in treating COVID-19 patients
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-05
COVID-19 was first identified late last year with a cluster of pneumonia cases caused by a new coronavirus. The COVID-19 disease process heavily affects the respiratory system, and patients often need oxygen support. The respiratory therapist plays a critical role in managing oxygen levels, placing breathing tubes, and managing the mechanical ventilator, when necessary. On …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…
Luxury Boat Said to Belong to Kim Jong-un 'Under Repair' Amid Reports He Plans Villa Retreat
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-05
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un returned to public view last week looking alive and well following weeks of speculation about his health after he skipped an important national celebration in mid-April. But speculation about Kim's next move is continuing amid reports he may be set to take to the water.
sputniknews.com/asia/202005051079201327-…
EU calls for independent probe of virus' origins
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-05
The EU will propose an independent probe of the origins of the coronavirus pandemic at the WHO's World Health Assembly, the bloc's foreign affairs spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. | "A thorough understanding of the epidemiology of the coronavirus pandemic is essential for public authorities to make informed decisions," Virginie Battu-Henriksson told Anadolu Agency. | EU diplomats are currently working on a draft resolution to be adopted at the assembly on May 18. | The document calls for an independent review of lessons learned from the global health crisis to help prepare the international community for future…
yenisafak.com/en/news/eu-calls-for-indep…
Yemen's Houthis announce first coronavirus case in Sanaa
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-05
Yemen's Houthi rebel group has recorded a first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in the capital Sanaa, the group's al-Masirah TV reported on Tuesday citing the health minister.Masirah added the infection was recorded in a Somali national.
yenisafak.com/en/world/yemens-houthis-an…
Coronavirus case tally rises in several Arab countries
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-05
Health authorities in four Arab countries reported new fatalities and cases due to the novel coronavirus on Tuesday. | In a statement, Morocco's Health Ministry said one more patient had died from the virus, bringing the nationwide death toll to 180. | The ministry said 100 new cases were detected over the past 24 hours, raising the number of COVID-19 infections to 5,153. | A total of 7,799 people have recovered from the disease in the country so far, it added. | Qatar's Health Ministry said 951 more coronavirus cases were recorded in the Gulf state, bringing the overall figure to 17,142. | A total of 12 people h…
yenisafak.com/en/world/coronavirus-case-…
Islamic | call to prayer to be broadcast in Australia's largest mosque every | night during Ramadan
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-05
The Islamic call to prayer (adhan) will be broadcast in Australia's largest mosque to motivate the Muslim community during the holy month of Ramadan as Down under struggles to cope with the coronavirus epidemic.The adhan will be broadcast every night and last until the end of Ramadan on May 22, at the Lakemba Mosque in Sydney."With the coronavirus restrictions and the closing of mosques and places of worship, people were denied the special atmosphere of Ramadan," Ahmad Malas, the executive director of the Lebanese Muslim Association, told SBS.The holiest month in the Islamic calendar is one of family and together…
yenisafak.com/en/world/islamiccall-to-pr…
Portugal Leads the Way: How European Countries Fared in Their Treatment of Refugees
Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-04
As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading its tentacles throughout China and eventually to the rest of the world, the World Health Organization (WHO), along with other international groups, sounded the alarm that refugees and migrants are particularly vulnerable to the deadly disease.
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US Government Fears China will Give Away COVID-19 Vaccine for Free
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-04
"The coronavirus pandemic is a clear instance in which the whole world shares a common interest in developing and distributing a vaccine."