(2020-09-18). Ethiopia set to bring some migrants home as concern over Saudi camps mounts. middleeasteye.net 
Ethiopia set to bring some migrants home as concern over Saudi camps mounts | Reports say at least 16,000 migrants are being held in one camp within driving distance of the holy city of Mecca | Fri, 09/18/2020 – 09: 55 | Ethiopians are being held in camps, where people are dying of heatstroke, disease and suicide (AFP) | Ethiopia will repatriate nearly 2,000 migrants from Saudi Arabia in t…
(2020-09-18). What the Flint Water Crisis Meant for My Family. counterpunch.org 
In 2015, my life fell apart. The first signs of trouble came from my son Jaylon. He was five years old and, although he struggled with ADHD, perfectly healthy. But then he started acting out in ways he never had before. His school didn't know how to handle it, so they started suspending him. By
(2020-09-18). Review of 'Cuban Health Care: The Ongoing Revolution' by Don Fitz. counterpunch.org 
Don Fitz's new book Cuban Health Care: The Ongoing Revolution was going to press at Monthly Review in early spring, as the pandemic was ramping up, so he had just barely enough time to slip in a postscript teasingly titled, "How Che Guevara Taught Cuba to Confront COVID-19."
(2020-09-18). World Health Organization warns of "alarming" resurgence of COVID-19 in Europe. wsws.org With over 300,000 weekly infections, European authorities are now confirming more COVID-19 cases each week than they did prior to the lockdowns this spring.
(2020-09-18). New wave of famine could sweep the globe, overwhelming nations already weakened by years of conflict, warn UN officials. news.un.org The global hunger crisis caused by conflict — and now compounded by COVID-19 — is moving into a dangerous phase, the head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday, stressing that without resources, a wave of famine could sweep the globe, overwhelming nations already weakened by years of instability.
(2020-09-18). North Carolina Nurses Win Union in Landslide After Bitter Opposition. zcomm.org HCA Healthcare had brought in a phalanx of union-busting firms to intimidate nurses into voting no…
(2020-09-18). Thursday 9/24: Virtual Speak Out: Tell UC Health System to Protect LGBTQ+ and Reproductive Healthcare. indybay.org Online…
(2020-09-18). Israel goes back to virus lockdown amid 5,000 new cases. yenisafak.com Israel is set to return to a total coronavirus lockdown later Friday as infections are mounting across the nation.The lockdown will be effective as of 2 p.m. local time (1100GMT). Under the lockdown, people must remain 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) of home.Businesses except for food and medicine will be closed and no more than 10 people will be allowed indoors and 20 people most will be allowed to gather outdoors.Israel registered additional 5,238 cases from the coronavirus outbreak over the past 24 hours.In a statement, the Health Ministry said the country's tally rose to 176,933 confirmed cases, including 1,169 death…
(2020-09-17). Rich Nations Hoarding Potential Covid-19 Vaccine Doses, Warns Oxfam. commondreams.org "Governments will prolong this crisis in all of its human tragedy and economic damage if they allow pharmaceutical companies to protect their monopolies and profits." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-09-17). US Cuts Aid to Yemen While Fueling War and Famine. truthout.org The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is deepening amid the pandemic and cuts to international aid from the United States and its allies, leaving millions of Yemenis facing famine after years of a brutal U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing campaign that has devastated the country. CNN's senior international correspondent Nima Elbagir says what is happening in Yemen is not a natural disaster but a "man-made catastrophe" directly tied to U.S. policies. Elbagir says, "Not only is the U.S. profiting from the war by selling weapons to t…
(2020-09-17). Coronavirus: More than 200 cases at Lebanon's biggest prison, union leader says. middleeasteye.net 
Coronavirus: More than 200 cases at Lebanon's biggest prison, union leader says | Head of doctors' union blames prisoners for the spike in infections, saying they were not abiding by health measures | Thu, 09/17/2020 – 12: 59 | Roumieh prison houses more than 4,000 prisoners, around three times its intended capacity, and has long been infamous for its poor conditions (AFP) | Lebanon's larg…
(2020-09-17). But 'What is the Economy, Stupid?'. peoplesworld.org 
Polling indicates that Americans still give Donald Trump an edge over Joe Biden when it comes to their faith in either candidate's ability to manage the economy. While it's true that, according to a late-August Reuters/Ipsos poll, Trump's approval rating on the economy has dipped 14% since March, putting him in negative territory with 47% …
(2020-09-17). A DARPA-Funded Implantable Biochip to Detect COVID-19 Could Hit Markets by 2021. mintpressnews.com 
An experimental new vaccine developed jointly with the US government claims to be able to change human DNA and could be deployed as early as next year through a DARPA-funded, injectable biochip.
(2020-09-17). Six months of pandemic: Why India lost the battle. peoplesdispatch.org 
A brief timeline of the Narendra Modi Government's action (and inaction) in India from the time World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 a 'pandemic' on March 11…
(2020-09-17). Data confirms unequal coronavirus impact on households of color. peoplesworld.org 
A health care worker in Baltimore had to be quarantined for two weeks in an empty downtown hotel, says Lisa Cooper, a public health specialist at Johns Hopkins University there. She had been exposed to the coronavirus on the job, and she lived in a multigenerational household. "She had to be housed in the hotel …
(2020-09-17). WHO warns of 'very serious' Covid-19 situation in Europe as France breaks own 24-hr record for new virus cases. rt.com 
Europe is facing a "very serious situation" with the coronavirus spreading at "alarming rates," the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, as France reported its highest number of new cases in 24 hours since the outbreak hit. | The number of new Covid-19 cases in Europe has surpassed the spikes observed during the first wave of the disease that swept across the continent early this year, WHO Regional Director Hans Kluge said during a news conference on Thursday. | "Weekly cases have now exceeded those reported when the pandemic first peaked in Europe in March," he said. "Last week, the region's weekly tal…
(2020-09-17). Nashville officials hid stats showing low coronavirus transmission in bars & restaurants, emails reveal. rt.com 
Coronavirus transmission in bars and restaurants in Nashville, Tennessee was so low the mayor's office opted to hide it from the public, recently-leaked emails show. The statistics throw ongoing shutdowns elsewhere into question. | The Nashville Mayor's office swept bar and restaurant transmission numbers under the rug because they were too low, emails obtained by local media suggest. The conversation between the mayor's office and the local health department appears to show the figures were deliberately kept from the public to justify the shutdowns that put many Nashville residents out of work. | Also on rt.c…
(2020-09-17). New Pentagon-Google Partnership Suggests AI Will Soon Be Used to Diagnose Covid-19. thealtworld.com Google recently teamed up with the Pentagon as part of the new, AI-driven "Predictive Health" program. Though only focused on "predictive cancer diagnoses" for now, Google and the military have apparent plans to expand the AI model for automating and predicting Covid-19 diagnoses. | At the beginning of September, Google Cloud
(2020-09-17). Protect health workers to save patients, WHO reiterates on World Patient Safety Day. news.un.org COVID-19 has reminded the world of the vital role health workers play in relieving suffering and saving lives, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said, underlining the need to ensure their safety and protection.
(2020-09-17). "Mass Sterilization": Kenyan Doctors Find Anti-fertility Agent in UN Tetanus Vaccine? globalresearch.ca Global Research Editor's Note | In October 2014, the conference of Catholic bishops in Kenya released a The issue was subsequently addressed by Kenya's Catholic Doctors Association. …
(2020-09-17). Students return to UK universities: Build campus safety committees! wsws.org Campus safety committees must ensure safety procedures are put in place to protect the health of students and staff alike, and fight for increased testing on campuses.
(2020-09-17). Open Letter from Medical Doctors and Health Professionals to All Belgian Authorities and All Belgian Media. globalresearch.ca We, Belgian doctors and health professionals, wish to express our serious concern about the evolution of the situation in the recent months surrounding the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. We call on politicians to be independently and critically informed in …
(2020-09-17). Housing Activists Make Plans to Fight Looming Mass Evictions. globalresearch.ca A recent moratorium issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided a window of relief to millions facing evictions due to payment arrears on their rents and mortgages. | Perhaps as an election ploy by the current …
(2020-09-17). WHO chief makes last push for countries to join multilateral COVID-19 vaccine effort. news.un.org Countries which have not signed on to a global mechanism that has pledged to provide fair and timely access to a COVID-19 vaccine, are urged to do so before Friday, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told a virtual meeting of Member States, held on the eve of the deadline.
(2020-09-17). The COVID-19 Vaccine. The Imposition of Compulsory Vaccination with a Biometric Health Passport? globalresearch.ca The COVID-19 vaccine… Is this THE final goal of this crisis, to impose a compulsory vaccination on everyone, with a biometric health passport and without it, the impossibility to move, to buy, to eat? The near future will tell.
(2020-09-17). Uninsured up from last year and pandemic likely to exacerbate this trend. nationofchange.org The Census concluded that while employer-sponsored insurance coverage increased last year, directly bought coverage, such as Obamacare, declined.
(2020-09-17). COVID pushes millions more children deeper into poverty, new study finds. news.un.org The coronavirus pandemic has pushed an additional 150 million children into multidimensional poverty — deprived of education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation or water — a new UN study has found.
(2020-09-17). COVID pushes millions more children deeper into poverty, finds new study. news.un.org The coronavirus pandemic has pushed an additional 150 million children into multidimensional poverty — deprived of education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation or water — a new UN study has found.
(2020-09-17). California's Health Care Crisis. zcomm.org Never has it been more clear that our health system is broken…
(2020-09-17). Jury members of "Health Defenders" section announced. en.mehrnews.com The jury members of short fiction in "Health Defenders" section are Pouran Derakhshandeh, Ensiyeh Shah Hosseini, Monir Qeidi, Giti Khameneh as well as Fariba Kousari.
(2020-09-17). US COVID-19 transmission driven by ages 20-49, research finds. imperial.ac.uk Resurging COVID-19 transmission in the US is being driven by ages 20-49 and targeted measures are needed to control the epidemic as schools re-open.
(2020-09-17). Moderna Will Likely Announce Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccine in November – CEO. sputniknews.com The CEO of Moderna, the first company to conduct large-scale human trials of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the US, says the firm will likely have enough data to announce in November whether its novel coronavirus vaccine is sufficiently effective for broader use.
(2020-09-17). Ireland: 'Draconian' Restrictions Around COVID-19 Condemned by Health Service Executive Doctor. globalresearch.ca Covid-19 is "much less severe" than the average annual flu and current "draconian" restrictions are no longer justified, according to a senior People at low risk from the virus should be exposed to it so they …
(2020-09-17). UK testing problems due to huge spike in demand, says minister. yenisafak.com Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Thursday that a huge spike in demand for coronavirus testing from people who do not have symptoms was creating challenges in the system."Those with symptoms do come forward, but those without symptoms do not, because it's that huge spike in demand that is the challenge," Hancock told parliament on Thursday.
(2020-09-17). Africa sees 82% COVID-19 recovery rate for 3rd week. yenisafak.com For the third week in a row, Africa has registered an 82% recovery rate among coronavirus patients, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday."We are excited about that," John Nkengasong said at a weekly briefing, adding that the overall infection rate across the continent has gone down by 6.9%.However, two regions, Central Africa and North Africa, saw spikes of 49% and 7.7%, respectively, over the past week.According to Africa CDC's latest figures, more than 1.12 million (1,127,034) patients have recovered across the continent.The overall case count is above 1.37 mi…
(2020-09-17). WHO says more than 170 countries have joined COVAX vaccine facility. yenisafak.com "More than 170 countries have joined the COVAX facility, gaining guaranteed access to the world's largest portfolio of vaccine candidates," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in pre-recorded comments in a webinar ahead of Friday's deadline to join the facility.
(2020-09-17). To Invent Our Way Beyond COVID-19, We Need Open Science. commondreams.org "Big pharma's secretive, profit-driven model of science is making the invention and dissemination of COVID treatments and vaccines more difficult than it needs to be," writes Morten. The industry, he warns, "generally prefers to keep its scientific advances on COVID-19 as secret as possible, even though this secrecy needlessly slows down the process of developing effective treatments and vaccines. And our law currently lets them." (Photo: Skynesher/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-09-17). Over 13 Million More People Would Be in Poverty Without Unemployment Insurance and Stimulus Payments. commondreams.org "It is clear that the stimulus payment and UI expansions in March dramatically reduced poverty during the initial months of the pandemic," writes Zipperer. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-09-17). 'Best News in Quite a While': Dramatically Lower Flu Rates in Southern Hemisphere Offer Hope. commondreams.org An unusually low rate of influenza infections in the Southern Hemisphere during the region's winter months this year suggests that Covid-19 restrictions are working to ensure health systems aren't overwhelmed with both flu and coronavirus patients, public health experts said Thursday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-09-17). The Battle for Pandemic Sanity: Hydroxychloroquine Efficacy vs. Its Suppression. globalresearch.ca Covid-19 cases are on the rise again in the U.S. | Why are Dr. Anthony Fauci's NIAID, the FDA, and the CDC so blind to the real-world success of HCQ+azithromycin? | If this combination is the simple, cheap, safe way to prevent …
(2020-09-17). Selected Articles: Medical Doctors and Health Professionals: The Truth About COVID-19. globalresearch.ca We hope that by publishing diverse view points, submitted by journalists and experts dotted all over the world, the website can serve as a reminder that no matter what narrative we are presented with, things are rarely as cut and …
(2020-09-16). COVID-19 Coronavirus: The Crisis. "You Simulate and Then You Go Live" globalresearch.ca On January 30th 2020, the WHO Director General declared a Public Health Emergency (PHEIC) in relation to China's novel coronavirus. This far-reaching decision was taken without the support of expert opinion. There were 150 confirmed cases outside China, when the decision was taken. 6 in the US, 3 in Canada, 2 in the UK, etc.
(2020-09-16). Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and the Power of the US Dollar in the World Economy (Part 1). dissidentvoice.org Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) has become popularized by some of the liberal-left because it offers an explanation how to achieve full employment, national health insurance, free college education, and the Green New Deal without raising taxes. Political leaders like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders have espoused MMT. Economist Stephanie Kelton, a leading spokesperson of the theory, …
(2020-09-16). HHS is Withholding Health and Safety Data on Active Migrant Detention Center. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-09-16). Why We Want to Vote By Mail. aclu.org 
Voting by mail is the safest way to cast a ballot for many voters, whether they are immunocompromised, have a disability, or simply want to protect the health of their community. Six voters from across the country shared with us why they want to vote by mail, and why it should be an option for all voters. No excuses. |
(2020-09-16). Protests for Daniel Prude in second week in Rochester, N.Y. workers.org 
Sept. 13 — Nearly six months ago, Daniel Prude was murdered by police officers in Rochester, N.Y., while experiencing a mental health crisis. Initially, the details of the case were swept under the rug by Rochester Police Chief La'Ron Singletary and Mayor Lovely Warren. However, on Sept. 2, body camera . . . |
(2020-09-16). COVID and People of Color: Is it genocide yet? workers.org 
If you are a person of color, you too, like me, are probably traumatized and fed up with reading article after article that states: "Black and Brown people are especially affected by the coronavirus." Substitute "coronavirus" with most diseases or other dire social conditions such as unemployment, gentrification, hunger or . . . |
(2020-09-16). Masks better than vaccines? CDC director baffles with suggestion face coverings are 'more guaranteed' to protect against Covid-19. rt.com 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Robert Redfield has raised eyebrows after telling the Senate face masks are a "powerful public health tool" and may even be more effective against Covid-19 than vaccines. | "I've said that if we [wore masks] for six, eight, ten, twelve weeks, we'd bring this pandemic under control," Redfield, who is also on the White House coronavirus task force, told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday. | After calling face coverings the "best defense" against the virus, Redfield then claimed masks are "more guaranteed" to protect from Covid-19 than a vac…
(2020-09-16). Ireland might face 'EXPONENTIAL GROWTH' of coronavirus cases, experts warn. rt.com 
The head of Ireland's coronavirus modeling group has warned that the country, which has experienced an alarming growth in active Covid-19 cases recently, might be facing an "exponential growth" of the disease. | "Case numbers appear to be growing exponentially and are likely to double every 10 to 14 days if every one of us does not immediately act to break chains of transmission of the virus," Professor Philip Nolan, head of the Irish Epidemiological Modeling Advisory Group, told reporters on Wednesday. | Earlier in the day, the country's health authorities reported 254 new cases and three new coronavirus-rela…
(2020-09-16). Sputnik V to lift off for India: Russia will help supply 100 MILLION doses of pioneering coronavirus vaccine to New Delhi. rt.com 
Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine will be clinically trialed and distributed in India, with deliveries expected to begin later this year, according to the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which bankrolled its development. | As soon as the vaccine is granted regulatory approval in India, Russia will help supply 100 million doses to the Asian nation, the RDIF said in a statement on Wednesday. It will partner with Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical giant Dr Reddy's. | "India is amongst the most severely impacted countries from COVID 19 and we believe our human adenovirus dual vector platform will provide a sa…