(2020-06-29). 2009 H1N1 Vaccine Caused Brain Damage in Children. Dr. Anthony Fauci on "Vaccine Safety" Issues. globalresearch.ca In 2009, NIAID Director Anthony Fauci was firmly in support of a multibillion dollar H1N1 vaccine project | Today he is an avid supporter of a COVID-19 vaccine. | What he fails to acknowledge is that the 2009 H1N1 Vaccine caused brain …
(2020-06-29). Coronavirus Cases Surge As Nurses Demand States Close Until They Can Reopen Safely. therealnews.com 
The US experiences record-high coronavirus cases after ignoring the warnings of public health experts and medical professionals. We speak with National Nurses United President Zenei Cortez.
(2020-06-29). 5G, Bill Gates' vaccine and a Wuhan lab: Understanding the conspiracy theory pandemic. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-06-29). COVID-19 pandemic 'not even close to being over', WHO chief warns. news.un.org Nearly six months after the new coronavirus first emerged, the COVID-19 pandemic is "not even close to being over", the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday.
(2020-06-29). Bernie: Cut Pentagon by 10% to invest in education, health care, and housing. nationofchange.org "And when we talk about real change it is incredible to me the degree to which Congress continues to ignore our bloated $740 billion defense budget—which has gone up by over $100 billion since Trump has been in office."
(2020-06-29). EU Parliament Members Expose 5G Safety Authority Being Influenced by Telecom Industry. globalresearch.ca A
(2020-06-29). The Pandemic Risk of an Accidental Lab Leak of Enhanced Flu Virus: Unacceptably High. globalresearch.ca According to the World Health Organization, seasonal influenza viruses spread throughout the world in a year or two, infecting 10 to 25 percent of the world's population and causing some 290,000 to 650,000
(2020-06-29). Food is best vaccine against chaos, insists UN World Food Programme head. news.un.org Tens of millions more people are likely to go hungry this year because of the COVID-19 crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday, as it announced plans for a massive boost to its global aid operation so it can reach them.
(2020-06-29). The Gates / Fauci Vaccine Developed by Moderna. Video Featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Andrew Kaufman. globalresearch.ca First published on May 29, 2020 | This is a four-minute video featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Andrew Kaufman that explains exactly what is in the Gates/Fauci covid19 vaccine currently being developed by Fauci's own vaccine company, Moderna. | Most …
(2020-06-29). Gilead prices COVID-19 drug candidate remdesivir at $2,340 per patient in US. yenisafak.com Gilead Sciences Inc has priced its COVID-19 drug candidate remdesivir at $390 per vial for the United States and governments of other developed countries, it said on Monday, setting the price of a five-day course at $2,340 per patient.The price for U.S. private insurance companies will be $520 per vial, the drugmaker said, which equates to a total of $3,120 per patient.Gilead has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) whereby the department and states will manage allocation to hospitals until September end.After this period, once supplies are less constrained, HHS wi…
(2020-06-29). Turkish Airlines to resume flights from Bangladesh. yenisafak.com After more than three months, Bangladeshi authorities have permitted Turkey's flag carrier to fly international routes from Dhaka airport, according to official sources."Turkish Airlines, as well as Air Arabia, can resume international flights from Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on any day after July 1 with proper maintenance of COVID-19 social distancing and health guidelines," Muhammad Mafidur Rahman, chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), told Anadolu Agency late on Sunday.He added that Turkish Airlines flights could carry Bangladeshi and Turkish nationals along with transit passengers who…
(2020-06-29). Cuban medical team in Guinea-Bissau to combat COVID-19. yenisafak.com North Caribbean country Cuba has sent a medical team to Guinea-Bissau, a tropical country in West Africa to help in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, said media reports on Tuesday.A 21-member medical team — 11 doctors and 10 nurses — arrived in the African country, where Cuba has already extended assistance in fighting the deadly Ebola epidemic from 2014-2016, the Africa news website reported.According to US-based Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resources Centre Guinea-Bissau has reported 1,614 COVID-19 cases so far with 22 deaths."Today we received this Cuban team who came to join another team already present her…
(2020-06-29). Spain says PM off to Africa, EU's list of safe nations ready soon. yenisafak.com Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is to make his first international trip since the coronavirus crisis to west Africa on Tuesday for a summit on Sahel region issues with other heads of state including France's President Emmanuel Macron.The European leaders will be joined in Mauritania by heads of the so-called G5 Sahel states – also including Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad and Niger – and U.N. boss Antonio Guterres, Sanchez's office said in a statement.The region is plagued by jihadi violence.In another sign of travel slowly resuming after months of coronavirus lockdowns, Spain's Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez La…
(2020-06-29). Imperial academics inform policymakers on preventing online harms. imperial.ac.uk Preventing online harms, an issue at the forefront of health and digital policymaking, was the focus of The Forum's first ever online panel event.
(2020-06-29). Evidence does not support taking vitamin D for Covid-19, say health officials. thecanary.co There is "no evidence" to support taking vitamin D supplements for prevention or treatment of Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, health officials have said. | In response to suggestions that vitamin D could reduce the risk of getting acute respiratory tract infections and Covid-19, health officials launched a rapid review of evidence. | Officials from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) examined five studies on the new coronavirus and vitamin D. They concluded that there's currently no evidence to support that taking vitamin D supplements will reduce the risk or severity…
(2020-06-29). 116 California DNC Delegates Demand Pelosi Hold Floor Vote on Medicare for All. truthout.org Urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to "forego political expediency and incrementalism" in favor of a bold solution to the healthcare crisis exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, 116 delegates elected to represent California at the Democratic National Convention issued an
(2020-06-29). Saturday 7/11: LaborFest 2020: The Film — "The Dirty War on The National Health Service" indybay.org This is a free Zoom based event. You can be anywhere to view and participant. Please visit the LaborFest 2020 website URL to register and to receive a Zoom invitation to the event.
(2020-06-29). Tesla, Covid-19, Elon Musk, Cal-OSHA & Governor Gavin Newsom. indybay.org Carlos Gabriel a Tesla worker and organizer talks about his fight for health and safety at the Fremont Tesla plant where 10,000 to 15,000 workers build Teslas.
(2020-06-28). 'We're just asking for equality': Strongman Eddie Hall sends MENTAL HEALTH plea to UK government to open GYMS as well as pubs. rt.com 
World's Strongest Man powerhouse Eddie Hall has written to every member of the UK Parliament, revealing his own mental health battle and urging them to overturn the "injustice" of loosening lockdown controls on pubs but not gyms. | Hall argued that people would be welcome to "drink themselves into oblivion" before they would be able to improve their health at public gyms and leisure centers, which will remain closed while bars are allowed to throw open their doors next week. | Calling the ruling "baffling, frustrating, nonsensical and downright unfair", the Staffordshire powerlifter pointed out that the health…
(2020-06-28). University of Tennessee makes Covid-19 vaccine shot mandatory for students when available. rt.com 
The University of Tennessee has become the first one to require students and faculty to receive vaccines for the flu and Covid-19 that is yet to be developed sparking "push back" from critics. | The mandate was pushed through as an emergency rule by the university's Board of Trustees, with the promise that it will soon become a permanent requirement. | "There may be some push-back, but we believe this is in the best interest of our students," UT System President Randy Boyd said. | There are medical and religious exemptions from the new rule, and students who only take online classes do not need to meet the req…
(2020-06-28). Western conspiracy theories suggesting Covid-19 is man-made & was unleashed deliberately are not backed by evidence — Putin. rt.com 
Allegations that the coronavirus pandemic was started by design, rather than accident, are not backed by evidence and are ultimately irrelevant, Vladimir Putin has said. He also revealed how often he is tested for Covid-19. | Some US politicians, including President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have claimed that the Covid-19 outbreak started as a leak from a biolab in Wuhan, China — the city where the disease was first recorded in December 2019. Pompeo once even stated that the virus was "man-made," in an apparent slip of the tongue. | "Claiming that [the pandemic] was caused by somebo…
(2020-06-28). Progressives Plan to Push Big Cuts to Defense Spending. zcomm.org "In the midst of the worst public health crisis in over 100 years and the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression, we do not need to authorize $740.5 billion in bombs, weapons, fighter jets and endless wars."
(2020-06-28). 'If You Like Your Insurance, You Can Keep It'—Until You Can't. commondreams.org The insurance industry isn't "broken." It's working exactly as it was intended to. (Photo: Joe Newman via Public Citizen/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-06-28). Detroit Fiat Chrysler Workers Halt Production For Second Day. popularresistance.org Workers continued their courageous production stoppage at the Fiat Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly Plant (JNAP) in Detroit on Friday. Workers on "B crew" entered the plant at 4: 30 p.m. and refused to work under conditions where basic safety and health protocols, including social distancing measures and cleaning guidelines, are being flouted by the corporation and the United Auto Workers union (UAW) in order to maximize profits. | Production at the plant remained at a standstill due to the workers' action against the corporation and the UAW and a lack of labor due to the refusal of workers to report for work out…
(2020-06-28). COVID-19 cases in Africa exceed 371,000. yenisafak.com The number of coronavirus cases in Africa reached 371,548 on Sunday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said.According to the health agency's latest update, 9,484 people have died across the continent, which has 54 countries.At least 178,407 patients have also recovered.South Africa has the most cases with 131,800 while Egypt follows with 63,900.Nigeria in West Africa recorded 24,100 infections, Cameroon in Central Africa 12,600 and Sudan in East Africa 9,300.Southern Africa, one of the five geographical regions in the continent, stands as the most affected with 137,000 cases.North Africa recor…
(2020-06-28). 13 doctors die from coronavirus in Iraq. yenisafak.com Iraqi authorities said Sunday 13 doctors have succumbed to coronavirus in the country since February.A further 775 doctors have contracted the virus, Abdulalameer al-Shimmary, head of Iraq's Doctors' Association, told Anadolu Agency."All doctors are doing their utmost efforts to provide services to patients at the available resources," he said.Fears have been growing across Iraq over the collapse of the country's health system amid a surge in infections.Iraq's confirmed virus cases have reached 43,262, including 1,660 deaths, and 19,983 recoveries.The government has imposed a partial curfew, banned gatherings an…
(2020-06-28). 'Fit as a butcher's dog': UK PM does press ups to show coronavirus recovery. yenisafak.com British Prime Minister Boris Johnson did some press ups to show he was "as fit as a butcher's dog" in an interview with the Mail on Sunday newspaper, just months after he fought for his life in hospital against the coronavirus.Johnson, well known for staging eye-catching stunts during the campaign to leave the European Union and as London's mayor, used the interview to unveil plans to spend on infrastructure to help Britain "bounce back" after the coronavirus lockdown.But the British leader was also keen to show he was returned to health after being in intensive care in April after testing positive for the corona…
(2020-06-28). China reports 17 new COVID-19 cases, including 14 in Beijing. yenisafak.com Mainland China on Sunday reported 17 new coronavirus cases, mostly in the Chinese capital of Beijing.The National Health Commission said 17 new infections were confirmed on Saturday, down from 21 a day earlier.In Beijing, 14 new confirmed cases were reported, down from 17 a day earlier.Since June 11 when Beijing reported its first case in the current outbreak, stemming from a sprawling wholesale food centre in the southwest of the capital, 311 people in the city of more than 20 million have contracted the virus.Mainland China reported three new so-called imported cases on Friday, infections linked to travellers a…
(2020-06-28). Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 256 to 193,499. yenisafak.com The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 256 to 193,499, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday.The reported death toll rose by three to 8,957.
(2020-06-28). Iran COVID-19 update: 2,489 new infections, 144 deaths in 24 hours. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) — According to the Iranian Health Ministry, the novel coronavirus disease has infected 2,489 people across the country in the past 24 hours.
(2020-06-28). Government 'supporting' Leicester amid chance of local lockdown. thecanary.co The government says it is supporting officials in Leicester in their battle against coronavirus (Covid-19) after a report the city could be subject to Britain's first local lockdown this week. | The Sunday Times said the government was preparing to impose the lockdown "within days" after a surge in coronavirus cases in the city. | The paper said health secretary Matt Hancock had been examining legal aspects of the shutdown. This was after it was revealed 658 new cases were recorded in the Leicester area in the two weeks leading up to 16 June. | twitter.com/Leicester_News/status/127692……
(2020-06-28). Global Covid-19 Cases Top 10 Million As HHS Secretary Warns 'Window is Closing' to Get Disease Back Under Control in US. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-06-27). Brazilian health care workers strike for PPE and risk bonus. wsws.org On Thursday, health care professionals in the Brazilian state of Piauí started an indefinite strike as their counterparts in Rio de Janeiro launched protests.
(2020-06-27). [Perspectives] Aletha Maybank: AMA's Chief Health Equity Officer. thelancet.com The world has changed in the year since the American Medical Association (AMA) named Aletha Maybank as its first Chief Health Equity Officer and founder of the AMA's Center for Health Equity, dedicated to eliminating the barriers to optimal health for all patients. COVID-19 has exposed health inequities that have always existed, Maybank said. But when US Government data omitted the disease's impact on Black, Hispanic, and Native American communities, she advocated for a change. "You can't fix something that you don't measure", she said.
(2020-06-27). [World Report] Access to health care under threat in Afghanistan. thelancet.com Attacks on hospitals and high numbers of COVID-19 cases among health workers could hamper access to health care. Sharmila Devi reports.
(2020-06-27). [Editorial] Generation coronavirus? thelancet.com The catastrophic elements that have perpetuated the COVID-19 pandemic—global interconnectedness, climate change due to human activity, vast economic inequality, and deep veins of antiscience—have resulted in more than 9 million infections and almost 500‚Äà000 deaths worldwide. Although children might be less susceptible to infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and generally have better outcomes than adults, COVID-19 as a phenomenon weighs heavily on their health and wellbeing.
(2020-06-27). Frontline nurses' burnout, anxiety, depression, and fear statuses and their associated factors during the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China: A large-scale cross-sectional study. thelancet.com The frontline nurses experienced a variety of mental health challenges, especially burnout and fear, which warrant attention and support from policymakers. Future interventions at the national and organisational levels are needed to improve mental health during this pandemic by preventing and managing skin lesions, building self-efficacy and resilience, providing sufficient social support, and ensuring frontline work willingness.
(2020-06-27). [Comment] Offline: The second wave. thelancet.com The spectre of a second wave of COVID-19 hangs over us. Some infectious disease specialists believe that SARS-CoV-2 might be losing virulence. Most are less sanguine. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's Director-General, reported last week that "the pandemic is accelerating"—across the Americas, south Asia, and the Middle East. "The world is in a new and dangerous phase", he said. "The virus is still spreading fast, it is still deadly, and most people are still susceptible." The shadow of the 1918 influenza pandemic darkens our perspective.
(2020-06-27). [Articles] Clinical and biomarker changes of Alzheimer's disease in adults with Down syndrome: a cross-sectional study. thelancet.com Alzheimer's disease in individuals with Down syndrome has a long preclinical phase in which biomarkers follow a predictable order of changes over more than two decades. The similarities with sporadic and autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease and the prevalence of Down syndrome make this population a suitable target for Alzheimer's disease preventive treatments.
(2020-06-27). [Seminar] Pancreatic cancer. thelancet.com Pancreatic cancer is a highly fatal disease with a 5-year survival rate of approximately 10% in the USA, and it is becoming an increasingly common cause of cancer mortality. Risk factors for developing pancreatic cancer include family history, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and tobacco use. Patients typically present with advanced disease due to lack of or vague symptoms when the cancer is still localised. High quality computed tomography with intravenous contrast using a dual phase pancreatic protocol is typically the best method to detect a pancreatic tumour and to determine surgical resectability.
(2020-06-27). [Comment] Biomarkers in Down syndrome can help us understand Alzheimer's disease. thelancet.com Down syndrome is associated with increased risk of developing early-onset Alzheimer's disease, primarily because of the overexpression of the APP gene on chromosome 21. People with Down syndrome, as a form of genetically determined Alzheimer's disease, represent one of the largest cohorts at risk of early-onset Alzheimer's disease because virtually all adults with Down syndrome will develop Alzheimer's disease by age 40 years.1 However, the age range for the onset of cognitive decline is wide (from <50 years to >70 years).
(2020-06-27). [Commentary] The resilience of Taiwan's health system to address the COVID-19 pandemic. thelancet.com A new book by world-leading economists gives clear advice on how to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic: "Act Fast and Do Whatever It Takes" [1]. Yet, countries that have done so are the exceptions rather than the rule — and one of them is Taiwan. With 446 cases and 7 deaths as 22nd of June 2020 in a population of 23.8 million, Taiwan has remained relatively unscathed so far despite its proximity to the virus epicentre [2]. How was Taiwan able to respond the way it did? Here, we examine Taiwan's response using the World Health Organization (WHO) health system building blocks [3].
(2020-06-27). [World Report] LGBTQ discrimination in US health care under scrutiny. thelancet.com A US Supreme Court ruling could undermine the Trump administration's plan to roll back some protections against sex discrimination. Susan Jaffe reports.
(2020-06-27). Glasgow stabbing suspect was Sudanese asylum seeker 'fed up' with 'hellish' shelter conditions, reports claim. rt.com 
Multiple media reports say the man who went on a stabbing rampage in Glasgow and who injured six before being shot dead by police, was a Sudanese refugee who had mental health issues and was put over the edge by hostel conditions.
(2020-06-27). US states reverse reopening measures as coronavirus cases hit record high. thecanary.co 
Texas and Florida have clamped down on bars as the number of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases per day in the US surged to an all-time high of 40,000.Texas governor Greg Abbott ordered all bars to close, while Florida banned alcohol at all such establishments.Health experts have said a disturbingly large number of cases are being seen among young people who are going out again, often without wearing masks or observing other social-distancing rules. Abbott said: It is clear that the rise in cases is largely driven by certain types of activities, including Texans congregating in bars. | New data from our Corona…
(2020-06-27). As pandemic rages, Trump administration calls on Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare. wsws.org An overturn of the Affordable Care Act would wipe out health care coverage for as many as 23 million Americans.
(2020-06-27). The socio-economic crisis is aggravating the health crisis in Peru. peoplesdispatch.org Peru is the second hardest hit country in Latin America and the seventh most severely affected nation globally by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite early and strict nationwide lockdown measures, the number of coronavirus cases have increased at an alarming rate. After 103 days of mandatory home quarantine and shutdown of economic activities, as of June 26, there are 272,364 confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection and 8,939 deaths due to the disease in the country. The capital Lima is the most affected region with 153,068 cases and 4,029 deaths. | Although Peru was one of the first Latin American countries to im…
(2020-06-27). Economic crisis deepens as pandemic surges. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – For the second week in a row, new applications for state unemployment insurance or UI did not drop by much, despite economists' expectations. New claims for the week ending June 20 were 1.48 million, down only 28,000 from last week's initial estimate. New applications for the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, or PUA, fell by 42,000 to 728,000 last week. Together the PUA and state unemployment insurance applications topped 2.2 million, only slightly lower than the 2.27 million total for the week before. | Continuing claims for state unemployment insurance, PUA, the Federal Pandemic Emergency…
(2020-06-27). Dole Foods in Ohio hit by 230 COVID-19 cases as food processing plants globally are ravaged by infections. wsws.org Food processing plants around the world continue to be hit by mass infections, even in countries that had largely stopped the spread of the disease.
(2020-06-27). FROM THE FIELD: 'Major breakthrough' in fight against diseases spread by mosquitos. news.un.org The UN nuclear agency (IAEA) has announced a major breakthrough in the bid to scale up technology designed to suppress disease-carrying mosquitos, and bring dengue, yellow fever and Zika under control.