(2022-10-20). Pilots at German airline Eurowings on strike for three days. wsws.org As a result of corporate greed and shareholder demands for profit, pressure on the pilots is constantly increasing. Since the drastic job cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic, the workload for the remaining pilots has increased considerably.
(2022-10-20). WHO says COVID-19 still an international health emergency. ecns.cn The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that COVID-19 is still a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the WHO's highest alert level.
(2022-10-20). Growing COVID hospitalisations and cases in New Zealand. wsws.org The Labour Party-led government has removed all public health restrictions and is behaving as though the pandemic is over, despite unmistakable signs of a new wave of infections.
(2022-10-20). Ecuador elimina obligatoriedad de certificado contra Covid-19. telesurtv.net Autoridades sanitarias reportan que en la nación suramericana se registra un millón de casos positivos desde el inicio de la pandemia de Covid-19.
(2022-10-20). Italia registra más de 41 mil casos de Covid-19 en 24 horas. telesurtv.net Las autoridades italianas reportaron 81 fallecidos a causa del Covid-19 en el último dia.
(2022-10-20). OMS mantiene a la Covid-19 como emergencia sanitaria global. telesurtv.net El titular del organismo sanitario internacional señaló que "el virus sigue cambiando y siguen habiendo incertidumbre".
(2022-10-19). Int'l journalists share views on congress. ecns.cn Journalists from around the world are closely following the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to better understand the country's achievements, past and future challenges as well as efforts in epidemic control and anti-corruption.
(2022-10-19). Elevance Earnings Report is Grotesque Display of Corporate Profiteering. peoplesaction.org Elevance Health's CEO Took Home $17 Million in 2020, Same Year It Was Charged With a Multi-Million-Dollar Antitrust Settlement WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action today released a statement by Health Care for All Campaign Director Aija Nemer-Aanerud in response to Elevance Health's quarterly earnings report, which showed a profit of $2.3 billion: "In a grotesque display of …
(2022-10-19). COVID-19 research offers hope for cancer treatment. ecns.cn Pioneers of the research that led to one of the first COVID-19 vaccines say breakthroughs made in their studies could point the way toward developing a potential vaccine against cancer before the end of the decade.
(2022-10-19). The Cult of the Branch Covidian and the Banality of Evil. dissidentvoice.org Everyone is the other and no one is himself. — Martin Heidegger, Being and Time, 1927 The Branch Covidian putsch is the most heinous crime ever perpetrated in the history of medicine, and some would argue, in the history of the world. Its success is attributable to the strong presence of Nazi bioethics within the …
(2022-10-19). Americans Created Cool New Virus. Is 80 Percent Mortality Guaranteed For Us? southfront.org 
Boston scientists have found out… | Researchers at Boston University created a new strain of COVID-19 in efforts to examine the role of a specific protein associated with the omicron variant. | The omicron variant is highly transmissible, even in those who have been fully vaccinated. Omicron's spike or "S" protein has an unusually large amount of mutations and is considered by researchers to be the major driver of traits specific to omicron. With that in mind, the Department of Biochemistry at the Boston Uni…
(2022-10-19). Surge in COVID-19 infections deepens crisis in Germany's hospitals. wsws.org Occupancy rates in Germany's hospitals due to rising coronavirus infections has doubled nationwide in just one week. In several federal states, intensive care units and emergency rooms are hopelessly overwhelmed.
(2022-10-19). Doctors send open letter to British and US governments demanding Assange's freedom. wsws.org The letter was issued after Assange had tested positive to COVID-19, placing his health and life, already compromised by more than a decade of state persecution, under even greater threat.
(2022-10-19). The failure to eradicate polio: Capitalism cannot protect the world's population from a growing number of epidemic diseases. wsws.org A wastewater sample recently taken from a collection system that overlaps portions of the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City has tested positive for the poliomyelitis virus is the latest evidence of the resurgent spread of this deadly disease.
(2022-10-19). New machine learning tool can help predict patients most at risk of COVID-19. imperial.ac.uk Researchers have created a machine learning tool that can help identify patients who are most at risk of developing COVID-19 while in hospital.
(2022-10-19). Wednesday 10/19: It's a Workers' Issue: Abortion Access, the Right to Healthcare, and Labor Unions. indybay.org
(2022-10-18). And Now for Something Completely Different. thealtworld.com Decline and fall of Western Civilization part one | My wife and I completed a cruise recently that started in Venice, visited islands and historic sites in the Eastern Mediterranean, and concluded in Rome after stops in Valletta, Palermo and Naples. There were inevitably good things and bad things in terms of how the shore excursions were programmed, more bad than good unfortunately, and the costs of the extras provided by the carrier seem to have skyrocketed in the developing post COVID era, apparently making up for the losses sustained in dry dock over the past three years. | Most of the passengers on our ship…
(2022-10-18). Kaiser mental health clinicians' strike now in third month, Sacramento mayor to mediate. peoplesworld.org 
Update: In a joint statement issued Oct. 18, NUHW and Kaiser Permanente announced they have reached a tentative agreement for a new contract, bringing the mental health clinicians' 10-week-long strike to a conclusion. They said the new four-year pact "will benefit Kaiser Permanente patients and drive collaborative efforts aimed at improving access to mental health …
(2022-10-18). "Everybody was traumatized": 25-year-old Chicago Ford worker dies on the job. wsws.org Workers at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant have denounced the indifference to their health and lives on the part of management and the UAW bureaucracy.
(2022-10-18). Bolivia mantiene desescalada en casos de Covid-19. telesurtv.net Freddy Armijo indicó que de un total de 144.592 casos notificados en la primera ola se reportaron 9.005 decesos.