(2020-06-01). The Great COVID-19 Vaccines to the Rescue Hoax. "Making A Billion Dollars" vs. "Harmful Side Effects" globalresearch.ca Instead of serving the public interest by reporting truthfully on major issues, establishment media serve as press agents for powerful interests. | Their managed news misinformation and disinformation includes the myth of barbarians at the gates to support endless wars on …
(2020-06-01). Rage Against the United States of Institutionalized Inequality and Injustice. globalresearch.ca Public rage in dozens of US cities goes way beyond the killing of African American George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. | Like countless others in the US, Floyd was a victim of institutionalized racism, inequality and injustice….
(2020-06-01). Libyan War Escalates as Regional Powers Attempt to Gain Stronger Influence. globalresearch.ca Alarms are sounding in Europe as Turkey, Russia and Arab states could potentially agree on shared influence in Libya, and therefore the entirety of the eastern Mediterranean, according to some experts. This comes as European states have no influence over …
(2020-06-01). Palestine: Even During a Pandemic, Israeli Soldiers Shoot Holes in Water Tanks at Kafr Qadum. globalresearch.ca In recent weeks, soldiers have repeatedly shot holes in water tanks on the roofs of homes in Kafr Qadum. The shooting takes place during the weekly protests against the closure of the eastern exit from the village, which connects the …
(2020-06-01). Nationwide Uprisings Against Failed States Triggered by Police Killings. globalresearch.ca The nationwide uprising sparked by the murder of George Floyd and other recent racially-motivated events is a response to the bi-partisan failed state in which we live. It comes in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic and the largest economic …
(2020-06-01). The Corona — An Opportunity to Replace Militarist Security with Individual and Human Security. globalresearch.ca Parts 1 and 2: introductory, diagnosis | Part 3: the fraudulent threat analysis that fuels militarism | Part 4: some theories and concepts about human security and how those concepts differ fundamentally from state-anchored dominant military policies | Read: …
(2020-06-01). Thousands in Tampa Bay demand justice for George Floyd and all victims of police brutality. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society hosted a protest May 30 to demand justice for George Floyd and community control of the police. The event corresponded with the National Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression's national day of protest. Reporters estimate 5000 people in attendance at the height of the protest. | A crowd began to form a half-hour before the scheduled time. Hundreds marched to the Temple Terrace Police Department, chanting, "Say his name! George Floyd!" and "No justice, no peace! No racist police!" The protesters circled back to the corner of 53rd Street and Fowler…
(2020-06-01). Amid lockdown, dissenting voices choked in Indian universities. peoplesdispatch.org Two student-activists of the Aligarh Muslim University were apprehended by the police in the State of Uttar Pradesh on May 28. With a growing number of such arrests, human rights defenders in India are raising concern about the ongoing COVID-19 crisis being used to target critics of the government and control dissent…
(2020-06-01). Unexpected Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia While Bridging—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We thank Uzoigwe et al for their reply to our recent Teachable Moment. In the clinical case described, the patient's platelet count was 358‚ÄØ000/uL, and he did not exhibit any arterial or venous thromboses. Thus, there was low suspicion for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), and workup for this condition was not pursued. Additionally, bleeding due to HIT is thought to be rare. However, we appreciate the reminder to remain mindful of the possibility of HIT in the appropriate clinical context for patients receiving heparin therapy.
(2020-06-01). Unexpected Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia While Bridging. jamanetwork.com To the Editor Kulkarni and Fang, in their engaging and instructive Teachable Moment, discuss the indications, merits, demerits, and dangers of bridging anticoagulation. However, they do not address the possibility that, in the present patient, the bleeding complication may have been, at least in part, due to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) resulting in a bleeding diathesis. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia occurs in 2 forms. Type 2 is the most injurious. This is an autoimmune-mediated activation of platelets triggered by heparin. It results in a generally prothrombotic state. Type 1 results from a direct a…
(2020-06-01). Challenges in Prediction, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal in Medically Ill Hospitalized Patients. jamanetwork.com This Teachable Moment describes a patient who reported alcohol use for many years who was admitted to the hospital for a bowel resection.
(2020-06-01). Assessing the Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Program. jamanetwork.com To the Editor We note the review by Heyward et al critiquing the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) oversight of the extended-release/long-acting (ER/LA) opioid analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS). The authors' conclusions reiterate those that the FDA presented at a public advisory committee meeting on May 3 and 4, 2016, regarding the assessment of the ER/LA REMS, a voluntary continuing education (CE) program. At this meeting, there was discussion of how this REMS was 1 among many educational activities and other interventions being implemented at local, state, and federal levels to ad…
(2020-06-01). Assessing the Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Program—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We studied the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) oversight and management of an industry-funded prescriber education program aimed at improving prescriber practices and reducing adverse events from use of prescription opioids. Five years into the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) program governing extended release/long-acting (ER/LA) opioids, the FDA was unable to evaluate the effect of the REMS on prescribing behavior or safety outcomes.
(2020-06-01). Racing against time, medical researchers, life science companies and COVID-19 survivors launch national campaign to drive plasma donation. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org "The Fight Is In Us" campaign seeks to mobilize COVID-19 survivors to accelerate the development of potentially lifesaving therapies [ROCHESTER, Minn.]
(2020-06-01). "It's All Bullsh*t" — Three Leaks that Sink the COVID Narrative. globalresearch.ca The science of the coronavirus is not disputed. It is well documented and Most people won't get the virus. | Most of the people who get it won't display symptoms. | Most of the people who display symptoms will …
(2020-06-01). America must Listen to its Wounds. zcomm.org Only if the screams and tears and protests shake the very conscience of this nation can we hope for a better society on the other side of this…
(2020-06-01). Coronavirus: Analyse des Krisenmanagements. globalresearch.ca Wir machen unsere Leser auf die Zusammenfassung dieses wichtigen durchgesickerten Berichts aufmerksam, der im Auftrag der BMI — Bundesministerium des Innern, erstellt wurde. | We bring to the attention of …
(2020-06-01). Global Research: Reader-funded Research and Insight. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | While we must always hold on to hope, true peace can only be achieved through awareness and action. With recent tragic events in the US, we are reminded of Professor Peter Dale Scott's words: "The future of our …
(2020-06-01). How Much Violence and Destruction Is Enough for Depraved American Leaders and Their Subjects? globalresearch.ca "Without trampling through all the historical details, we can designate the entire history of [Americans]—the glorious past so eulogized by our fathers—as the history of shame, for in that history there is more betrayal, apostasy, perfidious intrigue, ignominious defeat, …
(2020-06-01). Coronavirus Propaganda Mimics War Propaganda. globalresearch.ca In the period leading up to the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Bush administration and its media accomplices waged a relentless propaganda campaign to win political support for what turned out to be one of the most disastrous …
(2020-06-01). World slowly starts travelling again: UN Tourism Organization. news.un.org After months of lockdowns, countries are cautiously starting to ease travel restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19, according to research published Monday by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili, stressed "the need for vigilance, responsibility and international cooperation as the world slowly opens up again."
(2020-06-01). US Tankers in Persian Gulf Will Not be Safe If Iranian Oil Shipments Seized: Political Analyst. globalresearch.ca A Canadian political analyst said the US is well aware that its oil tankers that are freely moving in the Persian Gulf would be exposed to retaliation if it attempts to seize Iranian oil shipments carrying fuel to Venezuela. | ***…
(2020-06-01). The Decline of American Liberalism. globalresearch.ca The American liberal tradition has become increasingly superfluous with the triumphal ascendancy of a corrosive and reactionary conservative political ideology that was consecrated during the 'Reagan Revolution' of the 1980s and steadily gained influence in every succeeding presidential administration that …
(2020-06-01). Arms Control and Disarmament: A Failed Marriage. globalresearch.ca The ongoing pandemic makes us obsessively aware of the precariousness of life, and if from the U.S., the mendacious incompetence of our political leadership. Yet, it also makes most of us as obsessively complacent when the threats seem remote and …
(2020-06-01). Beijing Sees Trump's Hand and Won't Fold. globalresearch.ca Stranger things have happened. | Everyone was expecting US President Donald Trump to go nuclear by de facto sanctioning China to death over Hong Kong. In an environment where Twitter and the President of the United States are now engaged in …
(2020-06-01). Selected Articles: America the Failed State, Justice for George Floyd. globalresearch.ca 
By The nationwide uprising sparked by the murder of Geo…
(2020-06-01). "My Vanishing Country": Mass Protests Rise from 400 Years of Systemic Racism, Says Bakari Sellers. democracynow.org 
As mass unrest engulfs the U.S., we speak with attorney and political commentator Bakari Sellers, whose new memoir "My Vanishing Country" was just published. One of the central moments in the book is the Orangeburg massacre of 1968, when police opened fire on a crowd of students gathered on the campus of South Carolina State University to protest segregation at Orangeburg's only bowling alley. When the shooting stopped, three Black students were dead, 28 students were wounded. The nine officers who opened fire that day were all acquitted. The only person convicted of wrongdoing was Bakari Sellers's father, Clevel…
(2020-06-01). Coronavirus in a Time of Chimeras. strategic-culture.org 
Mathew MAAVAK | As the global COVID-19 scourge appears to recede, questions remain over the source and morphology of a virus that had locked down two-thirds of humanity over the first half of 2020. It may take years to satisfactorily decipher this extraordinary episode in human history. | Nonetheless, the novel coronavirus was not germinated in a vacuum. The type of research conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology had ominous analogues worldwide. These included the quest for super intelligence and the development of interspecies hybrids or chimeras. | Genetically-Enhanced Competitiveness | What began as a sc…
(2020-06-01). Iran ready to expand science coop. with Iraq: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Science, Research, and Technology Mansour Gholami voiced Iran's readiness to expand scientific cooperation with Iraq.
(2020-06-01). Even Now, Our Leaders Are Still Putting Their Faith in the Rich. commondreams.org Health care workers, students, child care givers, food service workers, big box store employees, delivery drivers, mail carriers, and others are taking action to call out gross inequities and organize our society differently. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-06-01). Franck Report Issued in June 1945 by Nuclear Physicists Against Using the Atomic Bomb Against Japan. globalresearch.ca You can be forgiven for never hearing about The Franck Report that was issued on 11th June 1945, it was kept highly secret at the time and is one of those many WWII documents whose un-censored versions have only become …
(2020-06-01). Managing levels of specific protein, mineral early in COVID-19 may prevent severe illness. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org PHOENIX ? Managing levels of calcium in the blood and the protein albumin early on in COVID-19 may prevent patients from progressing to severe illness and death, a study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in the journal Gastroenterology found. The findings are based on the remarkably similar clinical features and autopsy results of patients who died …
(2020-06-01). "Let's Burn the Whole Thing Down": Death, Protest and George Floyd. globalresearch.ca Mobs are unruly, headless things. The message is the action. The platform is often violence. But what is happening across the United States cannot simply be labelled as a looting-leads-to-shooting episode. It ranks as another chapter of enraged despair. | It …
(2020-06-01). Racist Killing and Impunity. globalresearch.ca A social culture where perception of others is not conditioned by skin tone is obtainable. In the process of getting there, a system of law with no impunity for racism and with exemplary punishment for agents of the state in …
(2020-06-01). Racism in the United States. globalresearch.ca If anyone needed another reminder that Black lives simply don't matter in the United States of America, the police in Minneapolis have clearly demonstrated that fact. | It will be a long time before I will forget the picture of Derek …
(2020-06-01). I'm the Pied Piper. The Need for a Mass Movement in America. globalresearch.ca In 1966 Crispian St. Peters wrote and sang the hit song 'The Pied Piper'. It resonates well in 2020 with this current Snake Oil Salesman: | The Pied Piper | You | With your masquerading, and you | Always contemplating …
(2020-06-01). Mueller Investigated Former Lebanese Phalangist, Trump Advisor, for Ties to Egyptian Dictator. globalresearch.ca The ranks of Republican consultants are filled by hoaxsters, swindlers and crooks. In the era of Trump, this phenomenon has become even more pronounced. One of them is Walid Phares, a
(2020-06-01). Corona Crisis and Leviathan: Big Brother Comes to Your Town and iPhone. Drones and Contract Tracers. globalresearch.ca Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois is proposing the Orwellian (and improperly capitalized) COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act, offering states and locales $100 billion with which to become total police states. | The bill would provide funds for localities …
(2020-06-01). Lenses on Riots, Murder, and Racism in the US and Hong Kong. globalresearch.ca The despicable police murder of a person, another Black person, who allegedly used a counterfeit $20 bill has caused widespread revulsion among Americans. This time, however, authorities acted relatively quickly calling in the FBI and firing all four police officers …
(2020-06-01). From Soft to Hard Fascism: "Get in Your House Right Now!" globalresearch.ca There can no longer be any doubt—America is now a full-blown fascist state. In the past, authoritarian fascism was kept reserved in the shadows, largely out of the public eye, but in a remarkably short period of time it has …
(2020-05-31). "We demand an income for each student in France, financed by social security" peoplesdispatch.org As part of the national lockdown to fight COVID-19, France closed down schools, colleges and universities from March 17. After the government started reopening schools after May 11, at least 70 new cases of COVID-19 were reported from schools across France. The government then ordered the closure of the schools which reported new infections. However, the development has raised serious concerns among the students, teachers and parents. Here, Peoples Dispatch talks to Anais Fley, National Secretary of the Union of Communist Students (UEC), regarding the vulnerabilities faced by students during the lockdown and thei…
(2020-05-31). "The people of the United States are fed up" peoplesdispatch.org Claudia de La Cruz of The People's Forum and The Popular Education Project talks about the protests in the US in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
(2020-05-31). Pandemic, science and technology: lagging behind and dependence in Latin America. peoplesdispatch.org The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed Latin America's strong dependence on the countries of the global north. The active deindustrialization and neoliberalism in most countries and a very low investment in science and technology, create a critical scenario for the future of this part of the world. The debate on state budgets for scientific research is principal. It involves analyzing the active role of the state in resolving basic and specialized supply chains, which are considered strategic. It also involves thinking about how changes in geopolitics can be generated, focusing on technological and scientific cooperat…
(2020-05-31). MSM Is Creating A Race War To Hide The Revolution, As "COVID" Control Measures Forced In Everywhere. thelastamericanvagabond.com 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 (5/31/20). 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 …
(2020-05-30). Trump Veto Student Loan Debt Relief Measure Will Save Government 0.02 Percent of Projected Spending. cepr.net Yesterday Donald Trump vetoed a resolution passed by Congress, which would have left in place rules making it easier for students to default on debt owed to for-profit colleges that had engaged in deceptive marketing practices. The Washington Post told readers that this veto is expected to save the government $11 billion over the next …
(2020-05-30). [Correspondence] Towards more balanced representation in Lancet Commissions. thelancet.com Enthusiastically, Richard Horton1 reports on the foundation of the Italian Institute of Planetary Health at a time when youth strikes, an emerging pandemic of a new coronavirus, and burning forests remind us of our planet being in jeopardy. We agree that something must change so that the undoubtable advances in science and medicine that were made since the time of Lucretius translate into a better life for all humans, no matter who they are, where they were born, and where they live and work.1 Yet, the lamented crisis of trust in science and medicine cannot be overcome by concepts of global health or planetary he…
(2020-05-30). Bill Gates' Web of Dark Money and Influence with Derrick Broze. thelastamericanvagabond.com 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 (5/29/20). 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 …
(2020-05-29). Lessons from a labor leader: Denver teacher strike of 2019. liberationnews.org 
"…workers like us have the power to defeat capitalism…when we organize and fight, we win."
(2020-05-29). Imperial PhD student named in community of Europe's best young innovators. imperial.ac.uk Swapnil Jagtap has been named as one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 in Europe for his research on reducing the carbon impact of aviation.
(2020-05-29). COVID-19: Countries support 'one-stop shop' to share science and research. news.un.org Thirty countries and numerous international partners have underlined the need to make tests, treatments and other technologies to fight COVID-19, available to people everywhere.