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2020-04-30: Social Media Postees

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May 1 Actions to Counter "ReOpen America" Rallies; Demand Trump/Pence #OutNOW
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2020-04-30
Join us to demand Trump, Pence, the whole fascist regime #OutNow in social distancing counter protest of the May 1st fascist rallies that demand the end to sheltering at home and demand their rights to disregard the health and lives of the most vulnerable. In contrast to this, unite with refuse fascism by saying Humanity first and in the name of humanity we refuse to accept a fascist America.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/29/1883268…

'No need to generate undue alarm': Doctors call for calm amid media hype over Covid-19-linked inflammatory syndrome in children
rt.com | 2020-04-30
The Western media has been flooded with stories about a "mysterious disease" affecting children in the UK and the US that is supposedly linked to Covid-19. RT has asked a number of pediatricians if there is cause for concern. | On Monday, the UK's Paediatric Intensive Care Society (PICS) sent a memo to British doctors warning them about a rise in cases of a "multi-system inflammatory state requiring intensive care" that had been exhibited in "children of all ages" in several regions across the UK, including London. It further noted that the symptoms of the condition were "consistent with severe Covid-19," and…
rt.com/news/487344-covid-19-kawasaki-syn…

NSAIDS and heart disease: Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-30
They're common over-the-counter pain medications that are used millions of times. But on this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, Dr. Rekha Mankad explains why caution should be used when taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. To listen, click the link below. NSAIDS and heart disease…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ns…

S. Korea reports no new domestic coronavirus cases for 1st time since February
rt.com | 2020-04-30
South Korea on Thursday reported no new domestic coronavirus cases for the first time since February, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). | It reported four new infections, all imported cases, taking the national tally to 10,765. The death toll rose by one to 247, while 9,059 have been discharged. Of the total, 1,065 were imported cases, while more than 90 percent were Koreans, a KCDC statement said. | The health authorities also said that no local transmissions occurred from a parliamentary election this month, where authorities took safety measures. | "Twenty-nine millio…
rt.com/newsline/487312-south-korea-domes…

It's No Coincidence That COVID-19 First Popped Up in Wuhan, But Not in the Way You Think
Marko Marjanović | anti-empire.com | 2020-04-30
The American/Western conspiracy theory is that COVID-19 is an "escaped bio-weapon" which found its way out Wuhan's biosafety level 4 laboratory which is only one of two such institutions in China. | The corresponding Chinese conspiracy theory is that COVID-19 is an American "bio-weapon" spread by the US delegation to the 2019 Wuhan Military Games. | Why someone would use a virus that is as good as spreading as the common cold, and equally unlikely to make a healthy person significantly ill as a "weapon" is unknown. | And yet it's not a coincidence that the virus seemingly first popped up in Wuhan as a German d…
anti-empire.com/its-no-coincidence-that-…

#PeoplesBailout May Day Actions & Livestream for COVID-19 Health & Economic Justice
People's Bailout coalition | indybay.org | 2020-04-30
Online and actions across USA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/29/1883268…

Confirmed COVID-19 cases reach 94,640 in Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-30
TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA)

What is contact tracing, and why is it important in fight against COVID-19?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-30
Contact tracing is one of those terms associated with the COVID-19 pandemic that has seemingly become a part of our everyday language. But it's a public health strategy that's been used for years to combat communicable diseases. Contact tracing is the process of finding out who has recently been in close contact with a person …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/wh…

COVID 19: Think Science and the People
W. T. Whitney | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-30
The people need science. The teaching is a legacy of pathologist Rudolph Virchow who was at the barricades in Berlin in 1848. A journal entry in that year of revolutions reads, "Medicine is a social science, and politics nothing but medicine on a grand scale." The pioneering Virchow first pronounced upon the biological importance of cells in health and disease. He was the "chief founder of modern scientific medicine." (William H. Welch, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 1902),…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/30/covid-19-thi…

Lockdowns-Boosting WHO Now Lauds Sweden as a 'Model' for Other Countries to Copy Going Forward
Jackie Salo | anti-empire.com | 2020-04-30
The World Health Organization lauded Sweden as a "model" for battling the coronavirus as countries lift lockdowns

Mayo Clinic partners with state of Minnesota, University of Minnesota on breakthrough COVID-19 initiative
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-30
Mayo Clinic joined Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcom, the University of Minnesota, and other health system leaders to announce a breakthrough initiative to provide rapid, widespread testing for COVID-19 in Minnesota. The goal of this statewide strategy is to test all symptomatic people, isolate confirmed cases to limit the …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…

Why are more men dying from COVID-19 than women?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-30
Men appear to be hit harder by COVID-19 than women. Early data from China and the World Health Organization (WHO) show that more men than women are dying from COVID-19. Other countries like Spain and Italy also are seeing higher death rates among men. But why might that be? Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/wh…

Sweden forced to admit significant under-counting of coronavirus deaths
wsws.org | 2020-04-30
Sweden did not impose a lock-down and even delayed issuing social distancing guidelines, leading to more deaths and pushing the health system to the limit.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/30/swed…

COVID-19 devastates Indigenous communities
ENO | workers.org | 2020-04-30
From Indian Country Today: ""My feet hurt," says Denise Begaye, an X-ray technician with the Monument Valley Health Center, as she sits on a curb and takes a break from COVID-19 testing outside of the center in Oljato-Monument Valley, San Juan County on Thursday, April 16, 2020." This article is . . . | Continue reading COVID-19 devastates Indigenous communities at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/04/48032/?utm_source=rs…

Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland announce plans for reopening region
wsws.org | 2020-04-30
Political leaders announced their plans to end stay-at-home orders and business closures despite warnings from health experts that the pandemic has not peaked yet.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/30/wash…

Boris Johnson to front first press conference since recovering from coronavirus
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-30
Boris Johnson will front his first daily press conference since recovering from coronavirus (Covid-19) on 30 April.The UK's coronavirus death toll is now the third highest in the world after the US and Italy, so Downing Street is playing down any expectations of an easing of restrictions.Number 10 said a cabinet meeting earlier in the day would look at the "response in general" but not make any decisions on lockdown measures.(PA Graphics)That response was facing further criticism as health secretary Matt Hancock's deadline arrived for carrying out 100,000 Covid-19 tests a day.With just over 52,000 tests carried o…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/04/30/boris-johnson-to-front-first-press-conference-since-recovering-from-coronavirus/

Pandemic used as proxy to privatize USPS
Dave Welsh | workers.org | 2020-04-30
USPS worker delivers mail on Beacon Hill in Boston, April 8. U.S. Postal Service workers, like health care workers, go to work every day risking exposure to the COVID-19 virus. Over 900 USPS employees have tested positive for COVID-19, and over 35 have died. On Workers' Memorial Day, April 28, . . . | Continue reading Pandemic used as proxy to privatize USPS at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/04/48026/?utm_source=rs…

Dismantling The Superficial "China Did It" Narrative (Origin Unknown) & CDC "Suspends" Flu Reporting
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-30
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/29/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-u…

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 news briefing with Dr. Greg Poland
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-30
On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, covers the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Poland discusses current outbreak numbers, why there may be a second wave of infections, and research on a vaccine. Click the player below: Mayo Clinic Q&A is …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…

How Long Will It Take Until There's a Vaccine?
Gregg Gonsalves | thenation.com | 2020-04-30
How Long Will It Take Until There's a Vaccine?
thenation.com/article/society/cornonavir…

Symptom list for COVID-19 expanded
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-30
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…

Prime Minister Philippe announces premature end of the lockdown in France
wsws.org | 2020-04-30
The decision puts hundreds of thousands of lives at risk that have been saved by the insistence of the working class on measures to contain the disease.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/30/phil…

Infographic: Informed but not overwhelmed
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-30
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…

Organized Indigenous Communities and Indigenous Knowledge Can Prevent the Spread of Covid19
Irma A. Velásquez Nimatuj | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-30
With the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic in Latin American countries, indigenous peoples and communities face the challenges that this disease brings, the contagion of which has proven to be highly rapid and aggressive. Faced with government neglect, the absence of social investment in their regions and the lack of access to regional or national…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/30/organized-in…

How Mayo Clinic is using artificial intelligence in its COVID-19 research
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-30
Artificial intelligence has a vital role in helping researchers in their efforts to fight COVID-19 and is an important tool in the work being done at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Andrew Badley is an infectious diseases specialist and leads Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 Research Task Force. In this Q&A, Dr. Badley answers questions about the task force …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ho…

The Deterioration of the United States
Troy Prouty* | indybay.org | 2020-04-30
COVID-19 is just a Virus. Propaganda is the Disease.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/29/1883268…

Physicians, scientists and physician-scientists connect dots between heart disease, potential for worse COVID-19 outcomes
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-30
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…

ANALYSIS: Turkey's healthcare system: an example to follow
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-30
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has turned healthcare systems upside down in most European countries. It has exposed numerous inadequacies, with most healthcare systems across the globe struggling hard to cope with the challenges.The decade-long austerity measures [1] in countries like Italy, Spain, Portugal and the UK have led to substantial budget cuts and lack of investment in national public healthcare systems. These policies resulted in serious shortages in critical equipment, hospital beds and medical personnel.In contrast, Turkey's healthcare system has responded well to the pandemic through effe…
yenisafak.com/en/world/analysis-turkeys-…

Tajikistan confirms first cases of coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-30
Tajikistan reported Thursday the first coronavirus cases in the country.The Ministry of Health and Social Protection announced that 15 people, 10 in Khujand and five in Dushanbe, have been diagnosed with COVID-19.Meanwhile, the country made it compulsory for people to wear protective mask upon the decision taken by the Coronavirus Prevention Center during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda.With the decision, a break is announced for all university students in the country starting from May 4.On April 28, the ministry said that 319 people, including 126 health workers, had been hospitalized with s…
yenisafak.com/en/world/tajikistan-confir…

Coronavirus cases rise in Oman, Iraq
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-30
Health authorities in Oman and Iraq reported more coronavirus cases on Thursday.In Oman, 74 fresh cases of COVID-19 were recorded, bringing the total to 2,348. The death toll in the country stood at 10, while 495 people have so far recovered from the virus, according to the Health Ministry.In Iraq, the Health Ministry of the Kurdish Regional Government recorded five cases in Erbil and one in Wasit province. The new cases push the total number of cases across Iraq to 2,008

India Hints at Extending Lockdown Beyond 3 May as Number of COVID-19 Cases Keeps Growing
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-30
New Delhi (Sputnik): Despite the slow rate of COVID-19's spread across the country, serious concerns have been erupting in regions where health infrastructure is in a bad state and the government fears that any relaxation at this juncture will lead to serious problems for the country.
sputniknews.com/india/202004301079141956…

British Airways Plans to Cut Pilot Jobs by Almost 25%
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-30
On 2 April, British Airways said it would suspend up to 36,000 staff due to the coronavirus pandemic. All airline employees temporarily left without work can reportedly rely on compensation of up to 80 percent of their salary under a state support programme in light of the epidemic.
sputniknews.com/europe/20200430107914524…

Mike Davis: Reopening the US economy will send us to hell
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-30
Economy Healthcare Mike DavisIssue 1263 United States COVID-19April 30, 2020As we head into the fifth month of the outbreak, millions of working families feel like they have been kidnapped and sent to hell. | A…
greenleft.org.au/content/mike-davis-reopening-us-economy-will-send-us-hell

Malaysian activists say 'let Rohingya boats land'
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-29
Healthcare Refugees & migrants Alex SalmonIssue 1263 Malaysia COVID-19 Rohingya refugeesApril 29, 2020A boat carrying 200 Rohingy…
greenleft.org.au/content/malaysian-activists-let-rohingya-boats-land

Why did the World Health Organization wait until March to declare a global pandemic?
Vijay Prashad | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-29
The 2005 regulations pushed on the World Health Organization by the United States and the Europeans hampered the WHO's ability to declare an emergency and a pandemic…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/29/why-did-t…

What are the underlying transmission patterns of COVID-19 outbreak? An age-specific social contact characterization
Yang Liu, Zhonglei Gu, Shang Xia, Benyun Shi, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Yong Shi, Jiming Liu | thelancet.com | 2020-04-29
With an in-depth characterization of age-specific social contact-based transmission, the retrospective and prospective situations of the disease outbreak, including the past and future transmission risks, the effectiveness of different interventions, and the disease transmission risks of restoring normal social activities, are computationally analyzed and reasonably explained. The conclusions drawn from the study not only provide a comprehensive explanation of the underlying COVID-19 transmission patterns in China, but more importantly, offer the social contact-based risk analysis methods that can readily be appl…
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PI…(20)30098-5/fulltext?rss=yes

Guatemalans Stage a Funeral Procession to Protest
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-29
After staging a funeral procession through the streets of Guatemala City on Tuesday, social activists and workers came together in the Constitution Square to denounce the poor management of the health emergency by President Alejandro Giammattei administration. | RELATED: | Guatemala: President Giammattei Reaches 100 Days in Office | "Basic services were c…
telesurenglish.net/news/Guatemalans-Stag…

COVID-19: 'It's the System, Stupid!' Black Alliance for Peace
Black Alliance for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
The current disaster exists in large part because the U.S. healthcare system is the opposite of what is needed. It is fragmented, discriminatory and designed for corporate profits, not the well-being of the public. Even before the pandemic, the United …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-its-the-system-stupid-black-alliance-for-peace/5711051

Cuba: Interferon's Effectiveness Against COVID-19 Confirmed
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-29
Cuban scientific authorities confirmed this week that the use of Interferon to treat COVID-19 patients was indeed effective. | RELATED: | French NGO Nominates Cuban Medical Brigades For Nobel Peace Prize | Eulogio Pimentel Vazquez, President of the Cuban Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), affirmed that the Interferon application complies with Cuban Health Ministry (Minsap) protocols. Pimentel stated that it is part of a patients' treatment but not for those in…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-interferons…

Education Crisis: From Pre-K to Higher Ed, Students Face Unequal Access During Coronavirus Shutdown
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-29
We look at the impact of the pandemic on schools, universities, students, parents, teachers and professors

Chomsky: COVID-19 Has Exposed the US Under Trump as a "Failed State"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-29
The label "failed state" has started to fit the U.S. like a glove as the COVID-19 national health crisis continues to reveal the structural flaws and weaknesses of the United States, argues world–renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky in this exclusive interview for Truthout. Meanwhile, the Trump administration continues to exact a high price in human lives due to its caricaturish but highly dangerous response to the crisis. In the interview that follows, Chomsky also analyzes what's behind Trum…
truthout.org/articles/chomsky-covid-19-h…

Frontline healthcare personnel at risk from COVID-19 because of age or chronic conditions, study finds
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2020-04-29
"Millions of health workers likely to be exposed to SARS–CoV-2 have medical conditions that increase their risk for poor COVID-19 outcomes."
nationofchange.org/2020/04/29/frontline-…

Colombia's southeast in crisis as coronavirus breaks out and promised medical aid is missing
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-04-29
The government of Colombia's southeastern Amazonas province urged for help on Tuesday after a coronavirus outbreak almost instantly collapsed its healthcare system. The National Health Institute (INS) reported that the…
colombiareports.com/colombias-southeast-…

COVID-19 Means a Systemic Human Development Crisis, UNDP Warns
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-29
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Wednesday warned of the "enormous differences" in the countries' capabilities to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, which is not only a global health emergency but also a systemic human development crisis. | RELATED: | Sub-Saharan Africa Won't Be Spared in Health, Economic Crisis: IMF | "It is a systemi…
telesurenglish.net/news/COVID-19-Means-a…

This is Not a Drill: LIVE, April 29
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-29
What does it mean for left organizers to build independent political power after Bernie and in the middle of health, political, and economic crises? Join us for the next episode of This is Not a Drill: LIVE as we talk 2020 political and electoral strategy in the face of a global pandemic. Hosts Adam Gold…
therealnews.com/stories/this-is-not-a-dr…

Students Face Unequal Access During COVID-19 Shutdown
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-29
We look at the impact of the pandemic on schools, universities, students, parents, teachers and professors

Pandemic Story: Failures, forebodings, signs of solidarity
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-29
The long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, while uncertain, promises to be far-reaching and profound. Here we look for signs evident now that point to various kinds of long-term effects in the future. One set of indicators has to do with U.S. failures in prioritizing and protecting the public's health. These may provoke movement toward …
peoplesworld.org/article/pandemic-story-…

GDP Shrinks at 4.8 Percent Annual Rate as Pandemic Brings Longest Recovery to End
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-04-29
Lower spending on health care services was responsible for almost half of the drop in GDP. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) shrank at a 4.8 percent annual rate in the first quarter, as the shutdowns in the second half of March more than offset the modest growth earlier in the quarter. This was the sharpest …
cepr.net/gdp-2020-04/

International Workers' Day: Find an action!
Workers World Party | workers.org | 2020-04-29
May Day

Brazil Admits Country Is Getting Worse Due to COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-29
With 5,017 people affected by COVID-19, the Brazilian government on Tuesday admitted that emergency situation is getting worse in the country due to the pandemic. | RELATED: | Brazil: Workers' Party Files Lawsuit Against Bolsonaro and Moro | In the last 24 hours, 474 deaths were reported, the highest number recorded since the beginning of the epidemic. | The country's health authorities said the number of infections and deaths continues to grow. That reality must be treated as…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazil-admits-co…

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2020-04-30 16:00 GMT (12:00 EST)

2020-04-29: News Headlines

en.mehrnews (2020-04-29). Iranian scientist in US jail contracts coronavirus. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — An Iranian scientist who has been pleading for weeks to be released from a US immigration jail due to his fragile health has contracted Covid-19, according to his family and attorneys.

Vijay Prashad (2020-04-29). Why did the World Health Organization wait until March to declare a global pandemic? peoplesdispatch.org The 2005 regulations pushed on the World Health Organization by the United States and the Europeans hampered the WHO's ability to declare an emergency and a pandemic…

Vijay Prashad (2020-04-29). Why Did the World Health Organization Wait Until March to Declare a Global Pandemic? zcomm.org The 2005 regulations pushed on the World Health Organization by the United States and the Europeans hampered the WHO's ability to declare an emergency and a pandemic…

Yang Liu, Zhonglei Gu, Shang Xia, Benyun Shi, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Yong Shi, Jiming Liu (2020-04-29). What are the underlying transmission patterns of COVID-19 outbreak? An age-specific social contact characterization. thelancet.com With an in-depth characterization of age-specific social contact-based transmission, the retrospective and prospective situations of the disease outbreak, including the past and future transmission risks, the effectiveness of different interventions, and the disease transmission risks of restoring normal social activities, are computationally analyzed and reasonably explained. The conclusions drawn from the study not only provide a comprehensive explanation of the underlying COVID-19 transmission patterns in China, but more importantly, offer the social contact-based risk analysis methods that can readily be appl…

teleSUR (2020-04-29). Guatemalans Stage a Funeral Procession to Protest. telesurenglish.net After staging a funeral procession through the streets of Guatemala City on Tuesday, social activists and workers came together in the Constitution Square to denounce the poor management of the health emergency by RELATED: | "Basic services were c…

Workers World Party (2020-04-29). International Workers' Day: Find an action! workers.org May Day — International Workers' Day — will be celebrated on May 1 across the U.S. despite the challenges imposed by the pandemic. Activists in many cities are protesting from their cars about a range of key working-class issues, including health, safety and economic well-being in the context of COVID-19. . . . |

The Canary (2020-04-29). Testing tsar 'confident' government will hit 100,000 target for Covid-19. thecanary.co The government's testing tsar has said he is confident the 100,000 daily target for coronavirus tests will be met on Thursday.Professor John Newton, director of public health improvement for Public Health England (PHE), said: "We are pretty confident we will hit that target. It puts us really right up there with countries like Germany, so we need that now but we need that for the future as well."There will be a lag in receiving the data but "by the end of the week we will know whether we have reached that target", he added.The government has been under pressure over the target, with health secretary Matt Hancock…

RT (2020-04-29). Almost 18,000 EXTRA cancer patients could die in England within year while nation focuses on treating Covid-19 — study. rt.com While the UK has put all efforts into battling the epidemic of the novel coronavirus, cancer could claim up to 18,000 additional lives in England due to lack of diagnostics and treatment, a new study warns. | Delays in diagnosing and treating cancer could hurt the survival chances of thousands of people across England, joint research by University College London (UCL) and the Health Data Research Hub for Cancer (DATA-CAN) suggests. Scientists analyzed data from more than 3.5 million patients and discovered that the Covid-19 outbreak could indirectly lead to more than 17,900 extra cancer deaths within a year, i…

RT (2020-04-29). China's parliament to begin annual meeting on May 22 as 'epidemic situation improves'. rt.com The parliament of China will start its annual meeting on May 22, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. The session will be held over two months later than originally planned, owing to the fallout from the Covid-19 outbreak. | Conditions for holding the annual meeting of parliament have been met, now that the coronavirus epidemic situation has improved in the country, officials at the top decision-making body of the Chinese parliament were quoted as saying. | The top political consultative body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, has also proposed to start its annual sessio…

Adriaan Alsema (2020-04-29). Colombia's southeast in crisis as coronavirus breaks out and promised medical aid is missing. colombiareports.com The government of Colombia's southeastern Amazonas province urged for help on Tuesday after a coronavirus outbreak almost instantly collapsed its healthcare system. The National Health Institute (INS) reported that the…

en.mehrnews (2020-04-29). 73,791 recovered from COVID-19 in Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — Iran's Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Wednesday that 73,791 Covid-19 patients have so far recovered from the disease in the country.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-29). What is contact tracing, and why is it important in fight against COVID-19? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Contact tracing is one of those terms associated with the COVID-19 pandemic that has seemingly become a part of our everyday language. But it's a public health strategy that's been used for years to combat communicable diseases. Contact tracing is the process of finding out who has recently been in close contact with a person …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-29). Why are more men dying from COVID-19 than women? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Men appear to be hit harder by COVID-19 than women. Early data from China and the World Health Organization (WHO) show that more men than women are dying from COVID-19. Other countries like Spain and Italy also are seeing higher death rates among men. But why might that be? Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-29). NSAIDS and heart disease: Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org They're common over-the-counter pain medications that are used millions of times. But on this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, Dr. Rekha Mankad explains why caution should be used when taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. To listen, click the link below. NSAIDS and heart disease…

Daniel A. Medina (2020-04-29). Essential Workers Plan Unprecedented Strike. zcomm.org Workers from Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods, Walmart, Target, and FedEx are slated to walk out on work, citing what they say is their employers' record profits at the expense of workers' health and safety during the coronavirus pandemic…

WSWS (2020-04-29). COVID-19 cases increase across Illinois as many counties push to reopen. wsws.org The pandemic poses enormous problems for rural areas where public health programs and hospitals have been greatly defunded over the last decade, leaving vulnerable residents in greater danger.

WSWS (2020-04-29). Jaffna health workers complain of poor facilities as pandemic spreads in Sri Lanka. wsws.org Health workers in northern Sri Lanka insist that the insufficiency of tests and shortcomings of health facilities has made the province vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic.

teleSUR (2020-04-29). Cuba: Interferon's Effectiveness Against COVID-19 Confirmed. telesurenglish.net Cuban scientific authorities confirmed this week that the use of Interferon to treat COVID-19 patients was indeed effective. | RELATED: | Eulogio Pimentel Vazquez, President of the Cuban Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), affirmed that the Interferon application complies with Cuban Health Ministry (Minsap) protocols. Pimentel stated that it is part of a patients' treatment but not for those in…

teleSUR (2020-04-29). Brazil Admits Country Is Getting Worse Due to COVID-19. telesurenglish.net With 5,017 people affected by COVID-19, the Brazilian government on Tuesday admitted that emergency situation is getting worse in the country due to the pandemic. | RELATED: | In the last 24 hours, 474 deaths were reported, the highest number recorded since the beginning of the epidemic. | The country's health authorities said the number of infections and deaths continues to grow. That reality must be treated as…

WSWS (2020-04-29). Australian health workers infected with COVID-19 but governments cover up full picture. wsws.org Even according to the officially-reported cases, Melbourne's health system is one of the worst-affected in Australia.

Labor Video Project (2020-04-29). Black Workers Unite, Covid-19 & Black Workers Under Attack On Front Lines In City of SF. indybay.org San Francisco Black Workers Unite covered a panel on the health and safety conditions of Black city workers in San Francisco. They discuss the systemic racism, health and safety violations and retaliations against whistleblowers…

Prabir Purkayastha (2020-04-29). Public Health and Private Profits Under COVID-19 Pandemic. zcomm.org There is a major problem with vaccines and the for-profit pharmaceutical industry…

WSWS (2020-04-29). BBC Panorama exposes government responsibility for UK health worker deaths. wsws.org Using documents from within the NHS supply chain, the investigation rips apart ministers' claims to have provided 1 billion items of personal protective equipment in the last two months.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-29). Mayo Clinic partners with state of Minnesota, University of Minnesota on breakthrough COVID-19 initiative. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic joined Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcom, the University of Minnesota, and other health system leaders to announce a breakthrough initiative to provide rapid, widespread testing for COVID-19 in Minnesota. The goal of this statewide strategy is to test all symptomatic people, isolate confirmed cases to limit the …

Martin Billheimer (2020-04-29). In the American Snake Oil Stain. counterpunch.org In his Journal of the Plague Year, 1664, De Foe tells us that "

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-29). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 news briefing with Dr. Greg Poland. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, covers the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Poland discusses current outbreak numbers, why there may be a second wave of infections, and research on a vaccine. Click the player below: Mayo Clinic Q&A is …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-29). Symptom list for COVID-19 expanded. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 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. "We're learning more about the virus and more about the syndrome that it causes as people …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-29). Infographic: Informed but not overwhelmed. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 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.

yenisafak (2020-04-29). US teachers' unions vow action against early reopening. yenisafak.com Major teachers' unions in the US are gearing up to call for strikes or major protests if states reopen schools without taking proper precautions amid the coronavirus pandemic.The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's two biggest teachers' unions, told Politico news outlet Tuesday that they will not remain silent when it comes to student safety.AFT President Randi Weingarten said schools need funding to implement public health measures, including personal protective equipment, to prevent possible exposure to the virus.If schools reopen without proper safet…

John Balzar (2020-04-29). 1985 LA Times Poll Found 51% of Americans Supported Quarantining AIDS patients, 15% Wanted Them Tattooed. anti-empire.com Large numbers of Americans stand ready for strong new government action in the fight against the AIDS epidemic. | A Los Angeles Times Poll found that more than half of the adults in the nation support quarantining AIDS patients, nearly half would approve of ID cards for those who test positive for AIDS antibodies, more than a third would be willing to pay a one-penny national sales tax to finance greater research, and one in seven would favor such radical action as tattooing those with the disease. | The poll also found great public aversion to electing homosexuals, the largest AIDS risk group, to office. And…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-29). How Mayo Clinic is using artificial intelligence in its COVID-19 research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Artificial intelligence has a vital role in helping researchers in their efforts to fight COVID-19 and is an important tool in the work being done at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Andrew Badley is an infectious diseases specialist and leads Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 Research Task Force. In this Q&A, Dr. Badley answers questions about the task force …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-29). Physicians, scientists and physician-scientists connect dots between heart disease, potential for worse COVID-19 outcomes. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 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 …

Troy Prouty* (2020-04-29). The Deterioration of the United States. indybay.org COVID-19 is just a Virus. Propaganda is the Disease.

yenisafak (2020-04-29). Pompeo says no sign of North Korea's Kim, real risk of famine in country. yenisafak.com The United States has caught no sight of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and is watching reports about his health closely, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, adding there is a real risk of famine in the country amid the coronavirus outbreak.North Korean media has not reported on Kim's whereabouts since he presided over a meeting on April 11, provoking intense speculation about his health and raising concerns about instability in the nuclear-armed country that could affect other North Asian countries and the United States."We haven't seen him. We don't have any information to report today, we'r…

yenisafak (2020-04-29). English hospital COVID-19 death toll rises 445 to 19,746. yenisafak.com A further 445 people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died in English hospitals, bringing the total there to 19,746, the health service said.Of the 445, 27 had no known underlying health condition and were aged between 14 and 94.

yenisafak (2020-04-29). Sweden's confirmed COVID-19 cases rise above 20,000. yenisafak.com The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sweden rose past the 20,000 mark on Wednesday as the Nordic country reported 107 new deaths to put the tally at 2,462 since the outbreak began.Statistics compiled and reported daily by Sweden's Public Health Agency showed 681 new cases of the disease caused by the new coronavirus that emerged in China late last year, bringing the accumulated number to 20,302.Sweden has taken a less strict approach to curbing the the spread of the disease than most European countries, allowing most schools and businesses to remain open even as its mortality rate in the pandemic has r…

sputniknews (2020-04-29). Zero Fatalities: What is Behind Vietnam's Success in Combatting Coronavirus? sputniknews.com The World Health Organisation's latest estimates put the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Vietnam at just 270, a far cry from the situation in neighbouring China where the figure stands at a whopping 84,347.

Tasnim News (2020-04-29). Pakistan Resumes Importing Food Items from Iran. iranian.com At least 20 trucks loaded with dates arrived in Pakistan through the Taftan border crossing after Islamabad decided to resume importing food items from Iran as the coronavirus disease in the region continues to slow down. The crossings of Chagai, Washuk, Panjgur, Turbat and Gwadar will remain open for three days every week to import …

teleSUR (2020-04-28). French NGO Nominates Cuban Doctors For Nobel Peace Prize. telesurenglish.net French organization Cuba Linda advocated Tuesday to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the Cuban Henry Reeves medical brigades, deployed in more than 20 countries to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | "The international community is witnessing the solidarity of health professionals who leave their own country to provide services and share experiences in other parts of the world, which in the case of the pandemic…

Minnie Bruce Pratt (2020-04-28). Health care workers resist bigots and bosses. workers.org Antiscientific and right-wing attacks have intensified against efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. — with the U.S. president recklessly recommending bogus "treatments" and fascists protesting social distancing. During an April 23 press conference, President Trump actually suggested treating COVID-19 by injecting people with household disinfectants or giving . . . |

Grant WB, Boucher BJ. (2020-04-28). Health Outcomes With Vitamin D Supplementation. jamanetwork.com To the Editor In an Editorial, Drs Lucas and Wolf stated that randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of vitamin D and health outcomes have failed to confirm observational study findings. However, that is not the case for several health outcomes. Secondary analyses of the Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL) revealed significant reductions in overall cancer incidence with supplementation with 2000 IU/d of vitamin D3 in participants with a body mass index (BMI) of less than 25 and in black individuals and reduced overall cancer mortality when the first 1 or 2 years of data were omitted. Secondary analyses of the Vitamin…

Bernie Sanders (2020-04-28). Here's How to Cover Uninsured Americans During the Pandemic. commondreams.org For the duration of this crisis, under the act, Medicare will cover all medically necessary health care, including prescription drugs, for the uninsured, whether those who have recently lost their jobs or those who have been long without insurance. (Photo: Sally Prevost/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

The Canary (2020-04-28). Matt Hancock asked for apology by son of doctor who died after PPE warning. thecanary.co Matt Hancock has been asked for a public apology by the son of a doctor who died after warning the government about a lack of PPE.On Tuesday morning the health secretary took part in a live radio phone-in with Nick Ferrari on LBC, taking questions from members of the public.The first question came from Intisar Chowdhury, the son of Dr Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, who died earlier this month with Covid-19.Five days before he was admitted to hospital, Dr Chowdhury wrote a Facebook post asking Boris Johnson urgently to provide every NHS worker with personal protective equipment (PPE).Dr Chowdhury died on April 8 with Covi…

RT (2020-04-28). A cautious reopening, but gatherings still off the cards: How Europe is lifting its lockdown. rt.com Across Europe, leaders have made tentative steps toward easing their countries' coronavirus lockdowns. However, a return to total normality has been all but written off for the year. | The Austrian government announced on Tuesday that the spread of the coronavirus has slowed to a point where restrictions can now be lifted. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober said that Austrians may freely leave their homes from May 1, with public gatherings to follow in the near future. Though social distancing rules will still apply, businesses like hairdressers will reopen, followed two weeks later by cafes and restaurants, and…

Aviva Levine (2020-04-28). Trump attacks trans health access during a pandemic. liberationnews.org Under an expected rewrite of part of the ACA, discrimination against trans people in health care would be legally permitted.

The Canary (2020-04-28). Care home deaths will be published daily as well as hospital toll from Wednesday. thecanary.co The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in care homes and other settings will be published daily as well as the hospital death toll, the health secretary said.Matt Hancock said that, in an effort to "bring as much transparency as possible" to the death figures, "from tomorrow we will be publishing not just the number of deaths in hospital each day, but the number of deaths in care homes and the community too"."This will supplement the ONS [Office for National Statistics] and CQC [Care Quality Commission] weekly publication and all add to our understanding of how this virus is spreading day by day, and it will hel…

Mark Gruenberg (2020-04-28). Workers Memorial Day: OSHA failing to protect people during pandemic. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON— Donald Trump's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is deliberately failing to force firms nationwide to protect their workers — and the public at large — against the coronavirus pandemic, a panel of speakers say. And the result, they add, is needless deaths and illnesses not just among the workers themselves, but in the …

Dr. Daniel G. Murphy (2020-04-28). 'Front Line' Doctor in NYC: Covid Cases Peaked in Early April. End the Lockdown NOW! anti-empire.com I'm an emergency physician at St. Barnabas Hospital in The Bronx. I have been in the ER every day these last few weeks, either supervising or providing direct care. I contracted a COVID-19 infection very early in the outbreak, as did two of my daughters, one of whom is a nurse. We are all well, thank God. | COVID-19 has been the worst health-care disaster of my 30-year ≠career, because of its intensity, duration and potential for lasting impact. The lasting impact is what worries me the most. And it's why I now believe we should end the lockdown and rapidly get back to work. | From mid-March through mid-Apr…

The Canary (2020-04-28). New Zealand eases lockdown as coronavirus tamed in Australasia. thecanary.co New Zealand has eased a strict lockdown amid hopeful signs coronavirus (Covid-19) has been all but vanquished in Australasia for the moment.But elsewhere, Brazil is emerging as a potential new hotspot for infections, and fresh doubts have been raised over whether Japan would be able to host the already postponed Olympic Games next year.Europe and some US states are also continuing to gradually ease limits on movement and commerce as they try to restart their economies.But in a reminder of the virus's increasing toll, president Donald Trump said the numbers of deaths could reach 70,000 in the US, after putting the…

RT (2020-04-28). Most Americans will ditch live events until a Covid-19 vaccine is found — poll. rt.com In a potential major blow to the US' economy, arts scene and social life, a poll has found that more than half of Americans would not consider attending a live arts or sporting event before a Covid-19 vaccine is made available.

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