(2021-04-18). El arma oculta del Lejano Oriente contra la COVID-19. globalizacion.ca Desde la perspectiva confuciana, los occidentales serían muy propensos al individualismo: no sacrificaríamos libertades personales y careceríamos de rigor laboral en favor del grupo familiar, empresarial y nacional. Tampoco resignaríamos demasiado por la salud pública. | El uso del barbijo es…
(2021-04-18). Syrian Refugees In Germany Want Citizenship And Political Representation — Analysis. eurasiareview.com Even though Syrian refugees have been integrated relatively faster in Germany, social integration continues to be a challenge in the labour market.: | By Anchal Vohra* | Tareq Alaows, a Syrian who studied law and international affairs in Damascus, ended up as a refugee in Germany. Along with hundreds of thousands of others, Alaows protested against the Syrian government and called for an end to political repression, better education, and economic opportunities. But along with 5.5 million compatriots, he had to flee his home country. | Like the million-plus Syrian refugees in Europe, Alaows had hoped fo…
(2021-04-18). Environmental Protection Could Benefit From 'Micro' As Well As 'Macro' Thinking. eurasiareview.com Scientists at the University of Southampton have conducted a study that highlights the importance of studying a full range of organisms when measuring the impact of environmental change – from tiny bacteria, to mighty whales. | Researchers at the University's School of Ocean and Earth Science, working with colleagues at the universities of Bangor, Sydney and Johannesburg and the UK's National Oceanography Centre, undertook a survey of marine animals, protists (single cellular organisms) and bacteria along the coastline of South Africa. | Lead researcher and postgraduate student at the University of Southampton…
(2021-04-18). AI Pinpoints Local Pollution Hotspots Using Satellite images. eurasiareview.com Researchers at Duke University have developed a method that uses machine learning, satellite imagery and weather data to autonomously find hotspots of heavy air pollution, city block by city block. | The technique could be a boon for finding and mitigating sources of hazardous aerosols, studying the effects of air pollution on human health, and making better informed, socially just public policy decisions. | "Before now, researchers trying to measure the distribution of air pollutants throughout a city would either try to use the limited number of existing monitors or drive sensors around a city in vehicles,"
(2021-04-18). Water Crisis Took Toll On Flint Adults' Physical, Mental health. eurasiareview.com Since state austerity policies initiated a potable water crisis seven years ago in Flint, Michigan, public health monitoring has focused on potential developmental deficits associated with lead exposure in adolescents or fetuses exposed in utero. | New research from Cornell and the University of Michigan offers the first comprehensive evidence that the city's adult residents suffered a range of adverse physical and mental health symptoms potentially linked to the crisis in the years during and following it, with Black residents affected disproportionately. | In a survey of more than 300 residents, 10% reported…
(2021-04-17). Students Bashed In Battle Over Mumia Abu-Jamal's Healthcare. indybay.org The author Linn Washington Jr. of ThisCantBeHappening.net has given the Jamal Journal permission to reprint this April 16 article.
(2021-04-17). Ireland: Study of COVID-19 Deaths. globalresearch.ca Objectives | The goal of this study is not to impress academics …
(2021-04-17). PM Sánchez Reaffirms Government Support For Spanish COVID-19 Vaccine. eurasiareview.com Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited the installation of the pharmaceutical company HIPRA in Amer (Girona), where he saw first-hand the progress in the research for the vaccine against COVID-19 being performed by this Spanish multinational – one of the most advanced in its development in the country, which plans to hold clinical trials in June and produce 400 million doses in 2022. | Sánchez described the visit as "inspirational" and underlined that the government will continue to offer its full support in the hope of obtaining a Spanish vaccine against the virus. | Research and innovation, Sánchez arg…
(2021-04-17). The Hawks Who Want War with Iran Are Working Overtime. globalresearch.ca Last week's cyberattack on an Iranian nuclear facility, reportedly by Israeli …
(2021-04-17). Colleges Are Using COVID as an Excuse for Austerity. Unions Are Pushing Back. truthout.org 
As COVID-19 swept across the U.S. last winter and spring, colleges and universities adapted swiftly to the situation. Though it was swift, it was not without pain: Just as quickly as professors learned to teach through a screen on Zoom, administrations slashed budgets. In the early days of the pandemic, little was certain about the future — if students would defer fall enrollment, how states might cut education funding or if the federal government would step in to offset the financial im…
(2021-04-17). "Shock and Awe" Is a State of Mind: Millions of Deaths Have Not Made Americans Safer. globalresearch.ca That the United States likes to use expressions like "shock and …
(2021-04-17). Exiting Afghanistan: Biden Sets the Date. globalresearch.ca It had to be symbolic, and was represented as such. Forces …
(2021-04-17). In Small Black Southern Towns, The Cops Remain Undaunted. popularresistance.org Almost a year ago, the roaring chants echoed in the streets: Defund the police! Abolish the police! The tide of public opinion spurred some of the nation's more liberal cities into action. Los Angeles cut $150 million from its police department budget, New York City pledged to shift $1 billion from its police department to social services, and the Minneapolis City Council removed the requirement for a police department from its city charter. But in Southern states—home to the nation's largest Black population—the pattern has been one of strengthening police departments in rural communities. This has b…
(2021-04-17). How Persistent Student Organizing Forced the University of Michigan to Divest from Fossil Fuels. juancole.com By Jonathan Morris | — ( Waging Nonviolence ) — Last month, the University of Michigan became the latest to accept the obvious — that investing in the destruction of society is fundamentally counter to the mission of higher education. With its endowment of $14.2 billion, Michigan now becomes one of the largest public universities …
(2021-04-17). Oakland Education Association attempts to defuse anger over reckless return to schools. indybay.org After pushing members to ratify their deal to resume in-person instruction, union leadership is now trying to restrain teachers' opposition by declaring an impasse over negotiating schedules.
(2021-04-17). Media Allegations of Genocide in Xinjiang. globalresearch.ca In February, I asked, " …
(2021-04-17). Concerned Ontario Doctors: The Harms of Lockdowns and the Dangers of Censorship. globalresearch.ca President and Co-Founder of
(2021-04-17). University of Science and Technology of China develops soft-bodied robots. ecns.cn Soft-bodied robots have been developed by a research team of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).
(2021-04-17). [Perspectives] Dawn Edge: advancing inclusivity in mental health services. thelancet.com In the mid-1990s, Dawn Edge was intrigued by the lack of data on mental health among Black women in the UK, given the volume of research on Black men's increased risk of diagnosis with serious mental illness. It was an observation that influenced her PhD on depression during pregnancy and…
(2021-04-17). Germany: The "Dictatorship of Democracy" Secretly Transformed into an "Open Dictatorship" globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on November 22, 2020 | Author's Note and Update | On 13 April 2021, the government of the Federal Republic of Germany amended or tightened the Infection Protection Act ( ß 28b IfSG). It is the draft of …
(2021-04-17). [Perspectives] Mary Susan Malahlela: practising medicine under apartheid. thelancet.com Until well into the 20th century, the only way Black South Africans could train as doctors was to travel abroad. This was an expensive option and there were few scholarships, so the numbers remained small. Not until 1941 did South African medical schools agree to admit a small minority of students of Indian or African ancestry. One of the first through the doors at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg was Mary Susan Malahlela. In 1947, she became the first Black woman to qualify in South Africa.
(2021-04-17). 'Kill the transphobic bill' urge protesters. greenleft.org.au Protesters took to the streets to support trans people's rights and to oppose moves by NSW MLC Mark Latham to make it illegal for schools to teach inclusiveness and respect. Isaac Nellist reports.
(2021-04-16). Beware of Covid PCR Testing and the Relentless "Vaccinate Vaccinate Vaccinate" Campaign. globalresearch.ca The validity of the PCR test has been questioned for months, …
(2021-04-16). Medical Oxygen Plant Reactivated in Venezuela to Tackle COVID-19 Spike. orinocotribune.com The company Oxígenos del Centro CA (Oxicentro), was reactivated by government authorities and the healthcare staff in the municipality of Independencia (Santa Teresa del Tuy), Miranda state, with the goal of helping to provide oxygen to healthcare centers in the region. The privately owned industrial and medicinal oxygen plant had been inoperative for more than eight years. | The facilities were supervised and refurbished by officials from the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), the scientific-technological council of Miranda, and the mayor's offices of the municipalities Independencia (Santa Ter…
(2021-04-16). Mexico to Vaccinate Education Sector Personnel. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced the beginning of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign for education sector personnel starting on April 20. | RELATED: | The immunization campaign will cover almost 3 million teachers and administrative personnel from public and private schools. | Chiapas, Coahuila, Nayarit, Veracruz and Tamaulipas will be the first states where the COVID-19 CanSino Bi…
(2021-04-16). The Country Moves Forward, Education Falls Back. popularresistance.org There's hope in the air, a scent of spring, anticipation of change, democracy may pull through. Why, then, with K-12 public schools, the broken promise, the dismay? | Biden raised hopes when he promised, Dec 16, 2019, that he'd "commit to ending the use of standardized testing in public schools," saying (rightly) that "teaching to a test underestimates and discounts the things that are most important for students to know." Yet on Feb 22, his Department of Education did an about-face, announcing, "we need to understand the impact COVID-19 has had on learning …parents need information on how their children are do…
(2021-04-16). COVID-19 mortality rates linked to poor air quality: UCLA research. ecns.cn A research project led by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) found that neighborhoods in Los Angeles County with poor air quality had the highest death rates from the coronavirus.
(2021-04-16). National Security Education Day events kick off in HK. ecns.cn A worker performs a quality check in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech in Beijing on Sept 24, 2020.BEIJING – China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech works well with clinical coronavirus symptoms, especially in moderate-to-severe cases, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.
(2021-04-16). [Research Paper] A systematic review and meta-analysis of discharged COVID-19 patients retesting positive for RT-PCR. thelancet.com To date, the causes and risk factors of RP result in discharged patients are not fully understood. High-quality etiological and clinical studies are needed to investigate these issues to further help us to make strategies to control and prevent its occurrence.
(2021-04-16). Forced Patriotism is Un-American: Arkansas and the Anthem. counterpunch.org 
Should student-athletes and those attending athletic events be forced into displays of patriotism? Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge thinks so. She recently introduced the "Star-Spangled Banner Act," which would require each public school to play the National Anthem at the beginning of all school-sanctioned sporting events. A second piece of legislation, the "Moment of Silence
(2021-04-16). Selected Articles: Biden Declares National Emergency: U.S. and NATO Brand Russia an International Pariah. globalresearch.ca 
By The thirty-member North Atlantic Council, the political decision-making body of NATO consisting of the ambassadors of all member states, posted a…
(2021-04-16). Blood-clotting illness PVT 30x more prevalent in Moderna, Pfizer Covid-19 recipients than AstraZeneca — Oxford researchers. rt.com 
A potentially fatal blood-clotting disease is 30 times more common among people who have received the Covid-19 vaccines produced by Moderna and Pfizer than those given the troubled AstraZeneca jab, researchers have found. | A team of scientists from the University of Oxford has found that after vaccination, Vaxzevria (formerly AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine) recipients were less likely to suffer portal vein thrombosis (PVT) — blood clots in the artery from the intestines to the liver. | For recipients of the viral vector Vaxzevria vaccine, the incidence rate for splanchnic thrombosis — clotting in the…
(2021-04-16). Scientists discover over 500 genes common to both anxiety disorders and depression in major breakthrough. rt.com 
A new study by researchers in Australia has found hundreds of commonly shared genes in people living with both anxiety disorders and depression, in a significant step towards tackling two of humanity's intractable mental enemies. | Scientists at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia identified 509 genes common to both anxiety and depression by parsing the records of 400,000 participants in the UK Biobank, grouping genomes as they went, compiling a list of 28 individual and shared traits. | They then deployed a number of modelling tools to search for overlap and tested the results against a…
(2021-04-16). Science also Wants Jim Jordan to Shut his Mouth— it isn't Just Rep. Maxine Waters. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Ohio Republican congressman Jim Jordan chomped on to Dr. Anthony Fauci on Thursday like a rabid dog and spewed foam and spittle while prattling on about people being deprived of "liberty" during the pandemic. He also managed to show complete disrespect to the chairman of the session, Rep. Jim Clyburn, …
(2021-04-16). Anti-Science Republicans Like Jim Jordan Have Blood on Their Hands. commondreams.org The attitude of people like Jordan is why we are heading for 600,000 dead in the pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2021-04-16). Brazil: Food Insecurity Hits 125 Million Amid COVID-19 Crisis. telesurenglish.net At least 125.6 million Brazilians have not eaten in appropriate quantity and quality since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest data by the Food for Justice Research Group. | RELATED: | Based at the Free University of Berlin, the project measured the levels of food insecurity in Brazil and found that over 59.3 percent of Brazilians currently live under these conditions. | Bolsonaro ayer pid…
(2021-04-16). Pandemic Discrimination Against Asian Americans Has Long Roots. popularresistance.org "I have pepper spray and I hold it every time I'm alone right now in case I see someone that is really frightening," said New York City teacher Annie Tan, who is Chinese American. | By February 2020, friends of hers had already been verbally harassed on the subway. One had been deliberately coughed on. Another was too scared to take the train anymore. | Many Asian Americans and Asian immigrants are experiencing similar incidents. | A neighbor pointed to her and said "China virus," said Ah Ying, a homecare worker in San Francisco who immigrated years ago from Taishan, China. A physical assault on an Asian American…
(2021-04-16). US Withdrawal from Afghanistan May Lead to a Civil War and Proxy Struggle. globalresearch.ca U.S. President Joe Biden officially announced the withdrawal of American troops …
(2021-04-16). U.S. Joins Past Empires in Afghan Graveyard. globalresearch.ca An Afghan taxi-driver in Vancouver told one of us a decade …
(2021-04-16). UK further and higher education staff suffer attacks on pay and conditions. wsws.org Several strikes have erupted or are breaking out, indicating the determination of workers to defend their conditions. These are opposed by the unions, chief among them the University and College Union, which is isolating and shutting down every trace of opposition by staff.
(2021-04-16). Oakland Education Association attempts to defuse anger over reckless return to schools. wsws.org After pushing members to ratify their deal to resume in-person instruction, union leadership is now trying to restrain teachers' opposition by declaring an impasse over negotiating schedules.
(2021-04-16). US to Withdraw from Afghanistan after Two Decades of War Leaving Behind a Tortured Wasteland and Having Accomplished… Nothing. globalresearch.ca The US decision to leave Afghanistan without any conditions represents a …
(2021-04-16). Genocide Drowned out by Media Silence: The Yemen War Six Years Later. globalresearch.ca "Life has become very difficult. We spend all our time looking for basic life necessities. We spend hours searching for either oil, electricity, solar energy, gas, any way to provide for our basic necessities, a life that is difficult in …
(2021-04-16). White House Won't Say If Special Forces Will Leave Afghanistan Under Biden's Withdrawal Plan. globalresearch.ca After President Biden formally announced his plan to withdraw from Afghanistan …
(2021-04-16). Biden Declares National Emergency: U.S. and NATO Brand Russia an International Pariah. globalresearch.ca The thirty-member North Atlantic Council, the political decision-making body of NATO …
(2021-04-16). This Week's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca …
(2021-04-16). Labour Disclosure 'Shows Antisemitism Was Weaponised Against Corbyn', Activists Say. globalresearch.ca A group of Labour activists fighting through the courts to discover …
(2021-04-16). [Research Paper] Safety and effectiveness of a non-electric infant warmer for hypothermia in Rwanda: A cluster-randomized stepped-wedge trial. thelancet.com Introduction of the warmer increased rates of euthermia with no associated safety concerns.
(2021-04-16). [Research Paper] Association of maternal lipid profile and gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 292 studies and 97,880 women. thelancet.com Elevated lipids, particularly, TG, are associated with GDM.
(2021-04-16). New Study Finds Undisclosed Ingredients in Roundup Lethal to Bumblebees. commondreams.org Researchers found that one of the herbicide formulations killed 96% of the bees within 24 hours. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
