Monthly Archives: April 2021

2021-04-24: News Headlines

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-04-25). April 2009, The H1N1 Pandemic: Political Lies and Media Disinformation regarding the Swine Flu Outbreak. globalresearch.ca The media reports are twisted. Realities are turned up side down. Policy statements are not backed by medical and scientific evidence.

Gaspar Hernández (2021-04-25). VIDEO: Coronavirus vs. H1N1: Spanish Nun Speaks out on the 2009 Swine Flu H1N1 Pandemic: "Crimes and Abuses of the Pharmaceutical Industry" globalresearch.ca

Kevin Barry (2021-04-25). The True Story of the 1918 "Spanish Flu" globalresearch.ca For long version of original Kevin Barry article, click For over a century, various entities that are involved in the propaganda machinery that has been tasked by the powers-that-be to advance American patriotism and corporate profiteering …

Mike Whitney (2021-04-25). The COVID-19 Vaccine; Is the Goal Immunity or Depopulation? globalresearch.ca First published in December 2020 | "There is absolutely no need for vaccines to extinguish the pandemic… You do not vaccinate people who aren't at risk from a disease. You also don't set about planning to vaccinate millions of fit and …

UCAN (2021-04-25). Pakistan: Commission Under Fire For 'Betraying' Minorities. eurasiareview.com By Kamran Chaudhry | Minority and education rights groups have expressed dismay at Pakistan's National Commission for Minorities (NCM) for rejecting a recommendation to exclude Islamic topics from compulsory textbooks. | Chela Ram Kewlani, the Hindu chairman of the NCM, rejected a report by a Supreme Court-appointed commission that suggested all Islamic content from the Single National Curriculum should be exclusively placed in the textbooks of Islamic studies/Islamiyat, a subject compulsory only for Muslim students. | "Islamic content in English and Urdu textbooks amounts to religious instruction, which no no…

Global Research (2021-04-25). Argentina — Neoliberales y libertarios: Las dos derechas ideológicas. globalizacion.ca Que estén yendo juntas a algunos comicios en España, o que se abigarren en un mismo partido de derechas en Argentina, no autoriza a afirmar que "son iguales": la derecha liberal y la de los autodenominados "libertarios" no son la…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-25). Response Options Should Be At Center Of Climate Risk Assessment And Management. eurasiareview.com A team of researchers from the Africa Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) led a global team of 21 climate risk scholars to better understand and inform decision making around climate change risks in Africa and globally by examining how the drivers of risk interact. | Their work extends on existing risk frameworks with the hope that this research could help decision makers, managers and researchers understand the inherent complexity of climate change. | "Understanding the interactions among risks holds potential to change the way we respond to the risks. This is important because policy makers may worry a…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-25). Does Raising The Sales Age Of Tobacco Reduce Youth Smoking? eurasiareview.com Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in America and causes about 30% of all cancer deaths. That's why researchers with the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center wanted to study the impact of a California law passed in 2016 that raised the tobacco sales age from 18 to 21. Their new study published in Preventive Medicine examines smoking behavior after the state implemented one of the first tobacco 21 (T21) policies. | The study, conducted by UC Davis researchers Melanie Dove, Susan Stewart and Elisa Tong, looked at smoking patterns before and after the law passed and compared California and other st…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-25). Patching Up Your Health. eurasiareview.com Scientists at Osaka University, in cooperation with JOANNEUM RESEARCH (Weiz, Austria), introduced wireless health monitoring patches that use embedded piezoelectric nanogenerators to power themselves with harvested biomechanical energy. This work may lead to new autonomous health sensors as well as battery-less wearable electronic devices. | As wearable technology and smart sensors become increasingly popular, the problem of providing power to all of these devices become more relevant. While the energy requirements of each component may be modest, the need for wires or even batteries become burdensome and inco…

Paul Goble (2021-04-25). Small Size Of Navalny Protests A Victory For The Kremlin — OpEd. eurasiareview.com While the Navalny protests may have attracted more attention than Vladimir Putin's address to the Federal Assembly, the reality is that those behind the protests overrated their possibilities because of their focus on the Internet, something which "gave rise to the illusion" that they were already at the head of a mass movement, Vladislav Inozemtsev says. | Statistics show why that is the case, the Russian economist and commentator says. While 130 million people viewed the film on Putin's palace, only 465,000 declared themselves Navalny supporters, and while 2.5 million said they would protest, fewer than 60,0…

Richard Gale (2021-04-24). J & J's "One Shot and You're Done Vaccine":" A New "Experimental" COVID Vaccine. "We Need to Challenge J&J's Reputation" globalresearch.ca First published on March 10, 2021 | All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | For decades, according to a …

Eurasia Review (2021-04-24). Ancient Indigenous Forest Gardens Promote A Healthy Ecosystem. eurasiareview.com A new study by Simon Fraser University historical ecologists finds that Indigenous-managed forests–cared for as "forest gardens"–contain more biologically and functionally diverse species than surrounding conifer-dominated forests and create important habitat for animals and pollinators. The findings are published in Ecology and Society. | According to researchers, ancient forests were once tended by Ts'msyen and Coast Salish peoples living along the north and south Pacific coast. These forest gardens continue to grow at remote archaeological villages on Canada's northwest coast and are composed of native fr…

Staff (2021-04-24). IMF Refuses to Provide Assets to Venezuela: What's Behind It? orinocotribune.com Once again, the genocidal blockade that affects the people of Venezuela was demonstrated through the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which explained that "it will not provide reserves of $5 billion in special drawing rights to Venezuela to reinforce its reserves" bases on the "legitimacy "of the government of President Nicolás Maduro. | In addition, in a new Bloomberg research, it was found that the Bolivarian country would be among the largest recipients in terms of percentage of gross domestic product. | The IMF plans to deliver $650 billion to member nations to boost liquidity. It announced that Venezuela w…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-04-24). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Should pregnant women be vaccinated for COVID-19? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: ?I am a teacher at a middle school that is teaching students in person. I have been vigilant about following safety guidelines, but now that I am pregnant, I worry even more about contracting COVID-19 and the risk to my baby. Our state is opening up COVID-19 vaccines to educators, and I am …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-04-24). "Wipe the Soviet Union Off the Map", 204 Atomic Bombs against 66 Major Cities, US Nuclear Attack against USSR Planned During World War II. globalresearch.ca According to a secret document dated September 15, 1945, "the Pentagon had envisaged blowing up the Soviet Union with a coordinated nuclear attack directed against 66 major urban areas.

Juan Cole (2021-04-24). Palestinian NASA Scientist Elbasyouni: Easier to Fly a Helicopter on Mars than to Visit Home in Gaza. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Long time readers may know that I am a science buff and a science fiction fan. I have therefore been geeking out since February about the Perseverance rover on Mars. This week there was even more to marvel at, as the Ingenuity helicopter that accompanied the rover managed a couple …

Stephen Lendman (2021-04-24). Medical Tyranny on US College Campuses. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | It's the wrong time for US youths with higher education aspirations …

South Front (2021-04-24). Video: Syria to Pay for "Planned Explosion" in Israeli Weapon Factory. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | On April 20 a large explosion took place in central Israel, …

WSWS (2021-04-24). TAFE college sales accelerate attack on public education in Australia. wsws.org The Scone TAFE sell-off is part of a wider assault on jobs, courses and conditions for teachers and students alike.

Bette Lee (2021-04-24). Chauvin's Conviction is Far From Justice. zcomm.org There is no justice as long as Black, brown and people of color are deprived of their humanity and access to decent jobs, housing, education and health care…

WSWS repost (2021-04-24). SEIU calls off Sacramento school strike at last minute, allowing all schools to reopen. indybay.org With less than two months left in the school year, scrapping the current distance learning plans and building new hybrid education models and work schedules from scratch is disastrous for public health, academics and family life. Over 90 percent of the union's members had authorized the strike, demanding greater personal protective equipment (PPE) and accommodations for workers with young children at home.

Lise Saffran (2021-04-24). [Perspectives] Public health storytelling practice. thelancet.com Medicine is rich with storytelling, and scholars such as Rita Charon, Sayantani DasGupta, and Arthur Frank have argued convincingly for the role of narrative in the health humanities. Literary non-fiction is frequently used in medical and public health education. Narrative interventions, such as one that Aline Gubrium and colleagues piloted to investigate and address reproductive health inequities among adolescent women of Puerto Rican descent, are proliferating in public health. The stories they generate find their way into advocacy, reporting, and fundraising.

Natylie Baldwin (2021-04-24). Americans Are Complacent When It Comes to the Dangers of Nuclear War. globalresearch.ca First published on June 27, 2019 | *** | In a recent

Robert F. Kennedy Jr (2021-04-24). "Digital Vaccine Passports": Yes, Bill Gates Said That. Here's the Proof. globalresearch.ca First published on December 14, 2020 | *** | Gates and his minions insist the billionaire never said we'd need digital vaccine passports. But in a June 2020 TED Talk, Gates said exactly that. Someone edited out the statement, but CHD tracked …

Robin McCall (2021-04-24). Lawsuit Claims Merck's Gardasil Papilloma Virus Vaccine Caused Severe Injuries to Teen. globalresearch.ca First published on August 24, 2020 | It is vitally important to acknowledge that the same so-called "experts" in the medical/academic/scientific community, many of whom have serious undisclosed financial conflicts of interest at the NIH, the CDC, the NIAID, the FDA, …

Eurasia Review (2021-04-24). US And Iranian Researchers Collaborate On Lake Urmia Restoration. eurasiareview.com In a rare exchange, scientists and water resources engineers from Iran and Utah are collaborating on a bold scientific study to restore one of the world's largest saline lakes. | Lake Urmia — a massive salt lake in Iran's northwest and a sister to Utah's Great Salt Lake — has lost nearly 95 percent of its volume over the last two decades. As water levels drop, salinity spikes, threatening the lake's brine shrimp population and the flamingos and other bird species that depend on the shrimp for food. Lake levels are so low that at some coastal resorts, tourism boats must be pulled a kilometer (0.6 mile) or mor…

Published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute (2021-04-24). Palm Oil: Malaysian Economic Interests And Foreign Relations — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Felix K. Chang* | The relative importance of the factors that drive Malaysian foreign policy has long been opaque. Historically, decisions have been made within a small coterie of senior officials and without much debate or discussion of their policy options in civil society. As a result, observers are often left to guess as to what Malaysian leaders' true foreign-policy priorities are from their occasional public remarks. Among the factors that they most commonly talk about are Malaysia's economic interests, particularly those of its palm-oil industry. | Intuitively, palm oil's significance makes sense. In…

Manlio Dinucci (2021-04-24). The Nuclear Bomb Is Ready: In Italy Soon. The B61-12 has a Nuclear Warhead with 4 "Selectable Power Options" globalresearch.ca First published on December 3, 2020 | *** | A video was released on November 23 2020 by Sandia National Laboratories that shows a US F-35A fighter flying at supersonic speed 3000 meters above sea level, launching a B61-12 nuclear bomb (non-nuclear …

Eurasia Review (2021-04-24). Violence-Legitimizing Verses In Religious Scriptures Increase Support For Lethal Violence. eurasiareview.com Extremist perpetrators of violence often quote verses from their religion's holy scriptures that authorize, or even prescribe, attacks on enemies of the faith. Abdullah H., the Syrian now on trial who stabbed a homosexual couple with a knife and killed a man in Dresden in October 2020, also testified that he had been inspired to commit the crime by a Quranic sura. However, whether the religious motivation that extremist perpetrators of violence emphasize is causally related to their actions is often doubted. Now, WZB researchers Ruud Koopmans and Eylem Kanol can prove for the first time that verses in religiou…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-04-24). Mayo study finds colon cancer driven by hereditary gene mutations in 1 in 6 patients. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. –?A new Mayo Clinic study bolsters evidence that colorectal cancer is often imprinted in family genes and passed on from one generation to the next. In the study, published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, researchers within the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine found 1 in 6 patients with colorectal cancer had an …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-04-24). Mayo researchers, collaborators identify 'instigator' gene associated with Alzheimer's disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In a new paper published in Nature Communications, Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators report the protein-coding gene SERPINA5 may worsen tau protein tangles, which are characteristic of Alzheimer's disease, and advance disease. By combining clinical expertise, brain tissue samples, pathology expertise and artificial intelligence, the team clarified and validated the relevance of …

Tony Cartalucci (2021-04-24). US Seeks South China Sea Conflict. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Despite hopes by some that with Joe Biden a new US …

Elias Marat (2021-04-24). Japan Says Dumping Fukushima Radioactive Water in Pacific Ocean Is Now "Unavoidable" globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | While Japan last month marked the 10th anniversary of the devastating …

Dr. Dina Y. Sulaeman (2021-04-24). "Endless Wars": Biden and US Foreign Policy in the Middle East. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | For at least the last twenty years, the United States have …

Nick Corbishley (2021-04-24). Seven Reasons Why a Vaccine Passport (Pass, Certificate or Whatever They Want to Call It) Should Give Us Pause for Thought. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Vaccine passports (or passes or certificates) are being rushed through around …

Rima Najjar (2021-04-24). "Let's Talk about what Zionism Means to Palestinians" globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | For Palestinians, it takes a lot of courage to say, "Let's …

Steve Watson (2021-04-24). UK Government Has Planned for Vaccine Passports All Along. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | First published on April 6, 2021 | *** | Despite consistently denying it, the …

Dr. Mike Yeadon (2021-04-24). Former Pfizer VP Issues Warning: The VaxPass or Vaccine Passport. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Former Pfizer Vice President and Chief Science Officer

Richard Lane (2021-04-24). [Perspectives] Faith Osier: inspirational immunologist. thelancet.com "There's never been a better time to be an immunologist. The entire world is acutely aware of the expertise and value we bring to help solve some of the world's most pressing health problems", says Faith Osier, who at the start of 2021 became Executive Director of the Human Immunology Laboratory at the non-profit scientific research organisation IAVI, based at Imperial College London, UK. There, Osier directs a team of researchers working on clinical immunology in line with IAVI's vaccine development partnerships.

sputniknews (2021-04-24). Astronomers Trace Back 22-Million-Year Trip of Meteorite Before It Burst Just Above Earth. sputniknews.com The asteroid 2018 LA was found to have at some point detached from the giant Vesta, a celestial body that can sometimes be distinctly seen from ground-based telescopes on Earth.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-04-24). Iran's FUM, Austrian FHJ agree on student exchange program. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) —The Iranian Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM) and Austria's Joanneum University of Applied Sciences (FHJ) have agreed on the fifth round of the student exchange program.

Fight Back (2021-04-24). Tampa students protest budget cuts and bill that would implement cuts to Bright Futures. fightbacknews.org Tampa, Fl – Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a 20-person protest outside the University of South Florida's (USF) entrance on April 20 opposing the university's budget cuts and a state bill restricting the Bright Futures scholarship. Bright Futures provides 75 to 100% of an eligible student's tuition. USF is implementing $36.7 million in cuts to areas such as student success, financial aid and health services. | Senate Bill 86 initially restricted Bright Futures based on whether a student's major would lead to employment. The current bill version requires students to complete modules on caree…

ecns.cn (2021-04-24). 30% Chinese college students 'unqualified' in physical health: official data. ecns.cn The percentage was much higher than that of other student groups, the survey found. In 2020, the ratios of students failing to pass the physical health level were 6.5 percent, 14.5 percent and 11.8 percent among pupils, middle-schoolers and high-schoolers, respectively.

Adam Dick (2021-04-24). Guinea Pigs On Campus — OpEd. eurasiareview.com When I was in college, there was a place called Pharmaco in the same city as my university. At Pharmaco students could earn thousands of dollars for doing little. | Here is how it worked. Agree to take some experimental pharmaceutical and to be monitored some, and answer some questions, regarding how you feel. In return, receive a payment. | Some students took Pharmaco up on its lucrative offer. Many other students worked for months at regular jobs to earn the same amount of money, even though they knew of Pharmaco's easier path to income. | The offered income at Pharmaco had to be high to provide sufficient i…

Fight Back (2021-04-24). Students host rally for trans-inclusive housing. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – A group of transgender students and community members gathered on Florida State University's campus to demand changes to the campus housing policy for trans students. The student organization Gender Odyssey has been leading a campaign to adopt a new student housing policy that would, among other things, create an opt-in system for trans students to stay in dorms with fellow trans students, allow for students to change their name in the electronic housing registry system, and discipline students for transphobic harassment. | Student organizations such as Students for a Democratic Society, the Pri…

Nowick Gray (2021-04-23). To Jab or Not to Jab. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | To Jab or Not to Jab | The topic of COVID-19 vaccination …

Megan Redshaw (2021-04-23). FDA Slams Troubled COVID Vaccine Manufacturer over Quality Control Issues as Shareholders Sue Company. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | A new FDA report said Emergent BioSolutions, which received millions in …

Ilaria Lega, Lorenza Nisticà≤, Luigi Palmieri, Emanuele Caroppo, Cinzia Lo Noce, Chiara Donfrancesco, Nicola Vanacore, Maria Luisa Scattoni, Angelo Picardi, Antonella Gigantesco, Silvio Brusaferro, Graziano Onder, the Italian National Institute of Health COVID-19 Mortality Group* (2021-04-23). [Research Paper] Psychiatric disorders among hospitalized patients deceased with COVID-19 in Italy. thelancet.com even where equal treatment is in place, the vulnerability of patients with a PD may reduce their chance of recovering from COVID-19. The promotion of personalised therapeutic projects aimed at including people with PD in the community rather than in non-psychiatric LTCFs should be prioritised.

WSWS (2021-04-23). UK teaching unions stifle fight against pandemic and attacks on jobs and conditions. wsws.org The purpose of the conferences was to whitewash the role played for the NEU and NASUWT in creating this catastrophe, while signalling that the union bureaucracy would continue in the same corporatist role in support of the government.

Editor2 (2021-04-23). West-Backed Color Revolution a 'Top Threat' to China's National, Political Security. orinocotribune.com By Yang Sheng and Chen Qingqing — Apr 15, 2021 | The sixth National Security Education Day falls on Thursday, with the Chinese national security agency releasing a series of cases related to the threat against China's political security. Experts on international intelligence and security said under the intensifying China-US competition, foreign hostile forces have increased efforts to target the political security of China rather than merely conducting regular espionage activities. | The law enforcement cases released by relevant national security agencies this year are different from the past, which specifi…

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2021-04-23: News Headlines

Dr. Vandana Shiva (2021-04-23). Video: "The Way You Design the World in Your Mind is the Way you Relate to It in the Real World": Dr. Vandana Shiva. globalresearch.ca Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental …

Dr. Vandana Shiva (2021-04-23). Video: Divide & Rule: The Plan of the 1% to Make You Disposable. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental …

Stephen Lendman (2021-04-23). Russia Begins Withdrawing Forces Near Ukraine's Border. Shelling of Donbass by Ukrainian Forces. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Russian forces near Ukraine's border have been engaging in regularly scheduled …

Stephen Lendman (2021-04-23). Russia's Red Lines, Weaponizing Ukraine for War. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Ukraine is a virtual US military base along Russia's border — …

Ilaria Lega, Lorenza Nisticà≤, Luigi Palmieri, Emanuele Caroppo, Cinzia Lo Noce, Chiara Donfrancesco, Nicola Vanacore, Maria Luisa Scattoni, Angelo Picardi, Antonella Gigantesco, Silvio Brusaferro, Graziano Onder, the Italian National Institute of Health COVID-19 Mortality Group* (2021-04-23). [Research Paper] Psychiatric disorders among hospitalized patients deceased with COVID-19 in Italy. thelancet.com even where equal treatment is in place, the vulnerability of patients with a PD may reduce their chance of recovering from COVID-19. The promotion of personalised therapeutic projects aimed at including people with PD in the community rather than in non-psychiatric LTCFs should be prioritised.

Brian Shilhavy (2021-04-23). COVID Natural Remedies Banned as DOJ and FTC Seek to Silence Doctors Promoting Vitamin D, C, Zinc, etc. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | When people in Europe started dying from fatal blood clots shortly …

Zero Hedge (2021-04-23). Fake COVID Vaccines Discovered in Mexico and Poland. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | While scammers have been

Ryan McMaken (2021-04-23). Texas Ended Lockdowns and Mask Mandates. Now Locked-Down States Are Where COVID Is Growing Most. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Early last month, Texas governor Greg Abbott announced he would end …

Nowick Gray (2021-04-23). To Jab or Not to Jab. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | To Jab or Not to Jab | The topic of COVID-19 vaccination …

Megan Redshaw (2021-04-23). FDA Slams Troubled COVID Vaccine Manufacturer over Quality Control Issues as Shareholders Sue Company. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | A new FDA report said Emergent BioSolutions, which received millions in …

Eurasia Review (2021-04-23). Pregnant Women With COVID-19 Face High Mortality Rate. eurasiareview.com In a worldwide study of 2,100 pregnant women, those who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy were 20 times more likely to die than those who did not contract the virus. | UW Medicine and University of Oxford doctors led this first-of-its-kind study, published in JAMA Pediatrics. The investigation involved more than 100 researchers and pregnant women from 43 maternity hospitals in 18 low-, middle- and high-income nations; 220 of the women received care in the United States, 40 at UW Medicine. The research was conducted between April and August of 2020. | The study is unique because each woman affected by COVID-…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-04-23). The WHO Confirms that the Covid-19 PCR Test is Flawed: Estimates of "Positive Cases" are Meaningless. The Lockdown Has No Scientific Basis. globalresearch.ca One year later the WHO retracts. They don't say "We Made a Mistake". It's carefully formulated. While they do not officially deny the validity of their misleading January 2020 guidelines, they recommend RT-PCR "Re-testing" (which everybody knows is an impossibility).

WSWS (2021-04-23). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Spanish steelworkers at Tubacex in Alva province continue strike begun February against redundancies; UK bus strikes continue at Go North West in Manchester and London United over fire and rehire and attacks on pay and conditions; Italian students at high school in Naples refuse in person and online lessons over lack of Covid safety; delivery workers at Uber Eats and Deliveroo strike in Nantes, France over low pay…

sputniknews (2021-04-23). COVID-Vaccinated & Recovered Mothers Sell 'Antibody Breast Milk' Online but Science is Still Murky. sputniknews.com Breastfeeding mothers were not part of COVID 'emergency use' vaccine trials in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, so it's not clear what kind of effects vaccination might have on infants whose mums have just received jabs.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-04-23). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Should pregnant women be vaccinated for COVID-19? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: ?I am a teacher at a middle school that is teaching students in person. I have been vigilant about following safety guidelines, but now that I am pregnant, I worry even more about contracting COVID-19 and the risk to my baby. Our state is opening up COVID-19 vaccines to educators, and I am …

WSWS (2021-04-23). UK teaching unions stifle fight against pandemic and attacks on jobs and conditions. wsws.org The purpose of the conferences was to whitewash the role played for the NEU and NASUWT in creating this catastrophe, while signalling that the union bureaucracy would continue in the same corporatist role in support of the government.

Editor2 (2021-04-23). West-Backed Color Revolution a 'Top Threat' to China's National, Political Security. orinocotribune.com By Yang Sheng and Chen Qingqing — Apr 15, 2021 | The sixth National Security Education Day falls on Thursday, with the Chinese national security agency releasing a series of cases related to the threat against China's political security. Experts on international intelligence and security said under the intensifying China-US competition, foreign hostile forces have increased efforts to target the political security of China rather than merely conducting regular espionage activities. | The law enforcement cases released by relevant national security agencies this year are different from the past, which specifi…

Tomdispatch (2021-04-23). Why We Forget Epidemics and Why This One Must Be Remembered. juancole.com By Nina Burleigh | — The second Moderna shot made me sick — as predicted. A 24-hour touch of what an alarmed immune system feels like left me all the more grateful for my good fortune in avoiding the real thing and for being alive at a time when science had devised a 95% effective …

Alex Liebman (2021-04-23). Whose agriculture drives disease? mronline.org We concur that linking land-use change science, ecology, and epidemiology is a critical step towards developing a more robust understanding of zoonotic diseases. Yet we are wary of the way the authors omit the historical specificities, political economy, and agroecological dynamics of land-use change, and their implications for disease ecologies. | April 23, 2021 | Commentary…

Nina Burleigh (2021-04-23). Why We Forget Epidemics and Why This One Must Be Remembered. counterpunch.org The second Moderna shot made me sick — as predicted. A 24-hour touch of what an alarmed immune system feels like left me all the more grateful for my good fortune in avoiding the real thing and for being alive at a time when science had devised a 95% effective vaccine in record time. To

Global Research News (2021-04-23). Selected Articles: To Jab or Not to Jab. globalresearch.ca By

a guest author (2021-04-23). Imperialism in the name of 'water preservation'. workers.org By Jason Cohen (City College of New York student) Vice President Kamala Harris, while appearing with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, made a stunning remark that illuminated the perilous future ahead due to climate change. Discussing the need for policies to bolster the crumbling infrastructure that is needed to provide adequate . . . |

Anonymous007 (2021-04-23). DARPA'S Aerial Dragnet Hunts Drones With Drones. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing the Aerial Dragnet. | It is a system that provides a wide-area surveillance capability that uses sensors mounted on drones to detect, classify and track small drones in dense urban environments. | DARPA's Aerial Dragnet program aims to achieve the technically difficult goal of detecting and tracking small UAS in urban terrain. The program seeks innovative technologies to provide persistent, wide-area survei…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2021-04-23). Virtual Bunny Hugging: Boasting About Climate Change Goals. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | He seemed frustrated. While Scott Morrison's international colleagues at the

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-04-23). William Shakespeare and the New World Order: "Hell is Empty and all the Devils are Here" globalresearch.ca William Shakespeare's birthday: he taught us never to despair in our resolve to confront the Lie. "to unmask falsehood and bring truth to light". War criminals in high office are celebrated as messengers of peace: "And thus I clothe my naked villany. And seem a saint, when most I play the devil." (Shakespeare, the words of King Richard III)…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-24). Ancient Indigenous Forest Gardens Promote A Healthy Ecosystem. eurasiareview.com A new study by Simon Fraser University historical ecologists finds that Indigenous-managed forests–cared for as "forest gardens"–contain more biologically and functionally diverse species than surrounding conifer-dominated forests and create important habitat for animals and pollinators. The findings are published in Ecology and Society. | According to researchers, ancient forests were once tended by Ts'msyen and Coast Salish peoples living along the north and south Pacific coast. These forest gardens continue to grow at remote archaeological villages on Canada's northwest coast and are composed of native fr…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-23). Climate 'Tipping Points' Need Not Be End Of World. eurasiareview.com The disastrous consequences of climate "tipping points" could be averted if global warming was reversed quickly enough, new research suggests. | Once triggered, tipping points may lead to abrupt changes such as the dieback of the Amazon rainforest or melting of major ice sheets. | Until now, crossing these thresholds has been assumed to be a point of no return, but the new study – published in the journal Nature – concludes that thresholds could be "temporarily exceeded" without prompting permanent shifts. | The research team, from the University of Exeter and the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH), s…

Lise Saffran (2021-04-24). [Perspectives] Public health storytelling practice. thelancet.com Medicine is rich with storytelling, and scholars such as Rita Charon, Sayantani DasGupta, and Arthur Frank have argued convincingly for the role of narrative in the health humanities. Literary non-fiction is frequently used in medical and public health education. Narrative interventions, such as one that Aline Gubrium and colleagues piloted to investigate and address reproductive health inequities among adolescent women of Puerto Rican descent, are proliferating in public health. The stories they generate find their way into advocacy, reporting, and fundraising.

Richard Lane (2021-04-24). [Perspectives] Faith Osier: inspirational immunologist. thelancet.com "There's never been a better time to be an immunologist. The entire world is acutely aware of the expertise and value we bring to help solve some of the world's most pressing health problems", says Faith Osier, who at the start of 2021 became Executive Director of the Human Immunology Laboratory at the non-profit scientific research organisation IAVI, based at Imperial College London, UK. There, Osier directs a team of researchers working on clinical immunology in line with IAVI's vaccine development partnerships.

Eurasia Review (2021-04-24). US And Iranian Researchers Collaborate On Lake Urmia Restoration. eurasiareview.com In a rare exchange, scientists and water resources engineers from Iran and Utah are collaborating on a bold scientific study to restore one of the world's largest saline lakes. | Lake Urmia — a massive salt lake in Iran's northwest and a sister to Utah's Great Salt Lake — has lost nearly 95 percent of its volume over the last two decades. As water levels drop, salinity spikes, threatening the lake's brine shrimp population and the flamingos and other bird species that depend on the shrimp for food. Lake levels are so low that at some coastal resorts, tourism boats must be pulled a kilometer (0.6 mile) or mor…

Published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute (2021-04-24). Palm Oil: Malaysian Economic Interests And Foreign Relations — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Felix K. Chang* | The relative importance of the factors that drive Malaysian foreign policy has long been opaque. Historically, decisions have been made within a small coterie of senior officials and without much debate or discussion of their policy options in civil society. As a result, observers are often left to guess as to what Malaysian leaders' true foreign-policy priorities are from their occasional public remarks. Among the factors that they most commonly talk about are Malaysia's economic interests, particularly those of its palm-oil industry. | Intuitively, palm oil's significance makes sense. In…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-24). Violence-Legitimizing Verses In Religious Scriptures Increase Support For Lethal Violence. eurasiareview.com Extremist perpetrators of violence often quote verses from their religion's holy scriptures that authorize, or even prescribe, attacks on enemies of the faith. Abdullah H., the Syrian now on trial who stabbed a homosexual couple with a knife and killed a man in Dresden in October 2020, also testified that he had been inspired to commit the crime by a Quranic sura. However, whether the religious motivation that extremist perpetrators of violence emphasize is causally related to their actions is often doubted. Now, WZB researchers Ruud Koopmans and Eylem Kanol can prove for the first time that verses in religiou…

Fight Back (2021-04-24). Students host rally for trans-inclusive housing. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – A group of transgender students and community members gathered on Florida State University's campus to demand changes to the campus housing policy for trans students. The student organization Gender Odyssey has been leading a campaign to adopt a new student housing policy that would, among other things, create an opt-in system for trans students to stay in dorms with fellow trans students, allow for students to change their name in the electronic housing registry system, and discipline students for transphobic harassment. | Student organizations such as Students for a Democratic Society, the Pri…

Adam Dick (2021-04-24). Guinea Pigs On Campus — OpEd. eurasiareview.com When I was in college, there was a place called Pharmaco in the same city as my university. At Pharmaco students could earn thousands of dollars for doing little. | Here is how it worked. Agree to take some experimental pharmaceutical and to be monitored some, and answer some questions, regarding how you feel. In return, receive a payment. | Some students took Pharmaco up on its lucrative offer. Many other students worked for months at regular jobs to earn the same amount of money, even though they knew of Pharmaco's easier path to income. | The offered income at Pharmaco had to be high to provide sufficient i…

news.un (2021-04-23). World Book and Copyright Day celebrates 'fundamental importance' of literature. news.un.org At a period of global uncertainty and confinement, books open the door to freedom, transporting readers beyond time and borders, the head of the UN's educational and cultural agency, UNESCO, said on Friday.

WSWS repost (2021-04-23). SEIU calls off Sacramento school strike at last minute, allowing all schools to reopen. indybay.org With less than two months left in the school year, scrapping the current distance learning plans and building new hybrid education models and work schedules from scratch is disastrous for public health, academics and family life. Over 90 percent of the union's members had authorized the strike, demanding greater personal protective equipment (PPE) and accommodations for workers with young children at home.

Michael Welch (2021-04-23). Earth Day 2021: Hope Illusions and Daunting Realities. globalresearch.ca "We're here at this summit to discuss how each of us, each country, can set higher climate ambitions that will in turn, create good paying jobs, advance innovative technologies, and help vulnerable countries adapt to climate impacts. We have to …

WSWS (2021-04-23). Johnson halts travel to India as "there will be another wave" as UK sports venues and nightclubs reopen. wsws.org The coming fortnight will see large attendances at events as part of the government's Events Research Programme (ERP)—aimed at the full reopening of the economy by June 21—that will inevitably lead to more infections and deaths.

_____ (2021-04-23). USDA May Allow Genetically Modified Trees To Be Released Into The Wild. popularresistance.org On August 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a petition by researchers at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) seeking federal approval to release their genetically engineered (GE) Darling 58 (D58) American chestnut tree into U.S. forests. Researchers claim the transgenic D58 tree will resist the fungal blight that, coupled with rampant overlogging, decimated the American chestnut population in the early 20th century. In fact, the GE American chestnut is a Trojan horse meant to open the doors to commercial GE trees designed for industrial…

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newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-04-23). Mayo study finds colon cancer driven by hereditary gene mutations in 1 in 6 patients. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. –?A new Mayo Clinic study bolsters evidence that colorectal cancer is often imprinted in family genes and passed on from one generation to the next. In the study, published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, researchers within the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine found 1 in 6 patients with colorectal cancer had an …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-04-23). Mayo researchers, collaborators identify 'instigator' gene associated with Alzheimer's disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In a new paper published in Nature Communications, Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators report the protein-coding gene SERPINA5 may worsen tau protein tangles, which are characteristic of Alzheimer's disease, and advance disease. By combining clinical expertise, brain tissue samples, pathology expertise and artificial intelligence, the team clarified and validated the relevance of …

imperial.ac.uk (2021-04-23). €2.5m ERC Advanced grant to make AI more accessible for health and law. imperial.ac.uk The European Research Council has awarded an Imperial College London researcher €2.5m to make AI more easily available in the areas of health and law.

Sustainability Times (2021-04-23). Fossil fuels cause several million deaths each year. zcomm.org In 2018 alone more than 8 million people died from fossil fuel-related pollution, according to new research…

Yves Engler (2021-04-23). Does the NDP Want a War with Russia? globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Does the NDP want to go to war with Russia? Unfortunately …

Christopher Black (2021-04-23). Joe Biden: Who is the "Killer President"? globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | On March 18th President Biden made the absurd accusation that President …

Saheli Chowdhuri (2021-04-23). US Sanctions Against Venezuela Violate the Human Rights They Claim to Protect, Says UN Special Rapporteur on Sanctions. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | "You cannot claim to protect human rights by violating human rights," …

Phillip W. Magness (2021-04-23). The Failure of Imperial College Lockdown Modeling Is Far Worse than We Knew. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | A fascinating exchange played out in the UK's House of Lords …

Dr. Mike Yeadon (2021-04-23). Video: Experimental Gene-based Injections: "An Urgent Warning to the World" by Dr. Mike Yeadon. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Two of the experimental gene-based injections have been paused or halted, …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2021-04-23). The Prospect of a Major False-Flag Operation in the Middle-East Grows by the Day: Remembering June 8th, 1967 the Day Israel Attacked the USS Liberty. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | June 8th, 1967 is a date in history that …

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