(2022-07-16). Science Saturday: Leveraging technology to transform Anatomic Pathology. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In January, as part of Mayo Clinic's Digital Pathology Program, the Division of Anatomic Pathology in Mayo's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology in Rochester, Minnesota, transitioned a significant portion of its clinical practice, including both surgical and biopsy cases, into digital workflows. The transition means all surgical — or frozen section — biopsy slides will be scanned into digital images prior to a pathologist's review. Historically, patient tissue has been evaluated by generating glass slides, applying stains, and evaluating…
(2022-07-16). Destroying the Narrative: 20 Reasons Why a COVID-19 Pandemic Never Existed/By Jesse Smith. marktaliano.net 
Part I By Jesse Smith Global Research, July 15, 2022 Truth Unmuted 19 September 2021 *** First published by GR on September 30, 2021 …
(2022-07-16). Biden's approval rating below 39%: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — News sources announced that US President Joe Biden's approval rating is now below 39%; the statistics come days after Biden has kicked off his West Asia tour.
(2022-07-16). Stop Privatization Of Education, Port & Public Services: SLAP Educational Conf Intros Pt 1. indybay.org The Schools and Labor Against Privatization SLAP had an educational conference on July 9, 2022 and these were the first two presentations…
(2022-07-16). [Correspondence] Payment and progress in peer review. thelancet.com Phaik Y Cheah and Jan Piasecki1 raise important issues about the peer review process arising from the assessment of Aczel and colleagues,2 including the under-representation of female reviewers and reviewers from low-income countries, and they suggest that payment for reviews should be trialled to address these issues. Traditionally, agreeing to review manuscripts and grant applications has been largely motivated by philanthropic motives to contribute to a key aspect of biomedical research and the pursuit of knowledge, ultimately offering a potential public benefit.
(2022-07-16). Ttra poco. In Italia le nuove bombe nucleari made in USA. globalresearch.ca "Inizia la produzione della bomba nucleare B61-12": lo annunciano dagli Stati Uniti i Sandia National Laboratories. La B61-12, che sostituisce la precedente B61 dislocata dagli USA ad Aviano e Ghedi e in altre basi europee, è un'arma di nuovo tipo. …
(2022-07-16). [Correspondence] A fair day's wage for a fair day's work. thelancet.com We read with interest the discussion about compensation for scientific peer review.1 Voluntary peer review used to be the foundation of high-quality science. Peer review was based on an honour system, by which scientists would review the work of their peers for free, as part of their scientific duty, with the implicit assumption that someone else would do the same for them in the future. Although the system had flaws, including a limited number of scientific journals and insufficient access to science outside of academic circles, a certain balance was possible.
(2022-07-16). What you need to know about the BA.5 omicron variant. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cases of COVID-19 are once again surging in the U.S., and the BA.5 omicron variant is fueling this latest wave, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, says the BA.5 variant is hypercontagious and is contributing to increases in hospitalizations and ICU admissions. A new study published in Nature found the variant was four times more resistant to messenger RNA vaccines than earlier strains of…
(2022-07-15). Kiev's PR Campaign Resulted In Massive Shelling Of Mykolaiv. southfront.org 
On the morning of July 15th, Russian missiles hit several targets in the city of Mykolaiv and the Mykolaiv region. The mayor of Nikolaev Alexander Senkevich confirmed more than ten powerful explosions as a result of strikes of high-precision weapons of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. | Missile strikes hit the buildings of two educational institutions in the city which were turned into accommodation facilities for Ukrainian servicemen and foreign fighters. | The first target of the…
(2022-07-15). Will our children be literate? Will they look forward to the future with dignity?: The Twenty-Eighth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org 
The world is adrift in the tides of hunger and desolation. It is difficult to think about education, or anything else, when your children are not able to eat.
(2022-07-15). Will Our Children Look Forward To The Future With Dignity? popularresistance.org The world is adrift in the tides of hunger and desolation. It is difficult to think about education, or anything else, when your children are not able to eat. And yet, the sharp attack on education during this past decade forces us to consider the kind of future that young people will inherit. In 2018, before the pandemic, the United Nations calculated that 258 million, or one in six, school age children were out of school. By March 2020, the start of the pandemic, UNESCO estimated that 1.5 billion children and youth were affected by school closures; a staggering 91% of students worldwide had their education disr…
(2022-07-15). Challenging the AFL-CIO's Labor Imperialism. orinocotribune.com 
A little known fact, even to those who work there, is that the AFL-CIO organizes in support of US imperialist policies that drive a global race to the bottom in wages and working conditions, negatively impacting US workers too. The AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center is one of the four core components of the National Endowment for Democracy. Clearing the FOG speaks with Kim Scipes, a co-founder of the new Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO's International Operations (LEPAIO). Scipes describes the long history of labor imperialism and how unions are challenging it. Adrienne Pine provides a brief report on workers prot…
(2022-07-15). Ecuadorian teachers mobilize in defense of equalization of salary. peoplesdispatch.org On July 13, hundreds of Ecuadorian teachers took to the streets across the country in a new national day of mobilization in defense of equalization of teachers' salaries at national level. The teachers demanded that the government publish the Organic Law of Intercultural Education (LOEI) with all its reforms in the Official Registry. | The teachers condemned that 45 days had passed since the equalization of salary was agreed on in the Constitutional Court's NRO ruling, however, the law has not been published yet due to the presentation of appeals by conservative President Guillermo Lasso. They urged the national…
(2022-07-15). Bogus Report on Nicaragua by "60 Minutes" Exposed as Propaganda from CIA-linked National Endowment for Democracy. covertactionmagazine.com [Below is an open letter to 60 Minutes written by Susan Lagos, a Spanish and ESL teacher who has lived …
(2022-07-15). Nearly Four Thousand Healthcare Professionals Graduate in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
This Thursday, July 14, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, led a graduation ceremony of 3,894 new professionals from the Hugo Chávez Frías University of Health Sciences, whom he requested to be incorporated immediately into the public healthcare system. | "They must receive their official positions immediately," he said from the Poliedro de Caracas during the graduation ceremony of the promotion "honoring our commitment to social medicine." | Upon the graduates, he explained that 2,199 new community comprehensive doctors were graduating, 177 graduates in nursing and 641 associate degrees in the same area…
(2022-07-15). Venezuelan Government Waives Export Duties on Cocoa and Derivatives. orinocotribune.com 
This Wednesday, July 13, President Nicolás Maduro announced the exemption of export duties and fees on cocoa and its derivatives at the opening of the Cocoa and Rum Expo Miranda 2022. | "We must continue solving problems and promoting mechanisms in ports and airports to stimulate exports," he stressed. | From the Bolívar Park, La Carlota in Caracas, the head of state reported on the prohibition of the introduction, propagation and cultivation of non-Venezuelan-origin crops in order to protect national genetics. | In this sense, he appointed the Minister for Science and Technology, Gabriela Jiménez, as protector o…
(2022-07-15). Purchasing power of workers' wages take biggest tumble in 40 years. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – Real earnings, or workers' wages after adjusting for inflation, had their biggest drop in 40 years last month, as prices continued to rise faster than paychecks. Real average weekly earnings, which best reflect workers' paychecks after adjusting for changes in wages, prices and hours worked, fell 1% in June of 2022 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over the last year, real average weekly earnings fell 3.9% as inflation outpaced pay raises and average weekly hours fell by almost an hour. | Prices paid by production and non-supervisory workers (the CPI-W) rose 9.7% as compared to June…
(2022-07-15). FSU Students for a Democratic Society condemns Patriot Front organizing in South Florida. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the followings statement from FSU Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). | On July 2nd, less than 100 Patriot Front members from across the country convened in Boston for a march through the downtown. Patriot Front is a white nationalist hate group that engages in street protests, offensive attack training, and utilizes American fascist imagery for propaganda and recruitment purposes. Outfitted with steel police shields and flags depicting the fasces, a symbol used by Mussolini's National Fascist Party, the cowardly group marched with their faces covered in an attempted sh…
(2022-07-15). How to avoid the mother of all recessions. cpusa.org 
The financial markets shook in April as the Federal Reserve announced that the United States Gross Domestic Product (GDP) had shrunk in the past quarter by 1.4%. Economists began to fret about the possibility of recession. Strictly speaking, the contraction (shrinking) of the economy over two quarters signals the beginning of a recession. Concerns …
(2022-07-14). Admission letters catch eyes of freshmen. ecns.cn When newly admitted college students receive their letter of admission this summer, they may get more than just a mundane letter.
(2022-07-15). Patients with severe brachial plexus injuries who undergo amputation report benefits, Mayo study finds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Reconstruction surgery may not work for some people with severe brachial plexus injuries, so they choose to undergo amputation. In a retrospective review by Mayo Clinic researchers, these patients reported less mechanical shoulder pain, higher employment rates and more satisfaction after amputation. The paper appears online in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that sends signals from the spinal cord to the shoulder,…
(2022-07-15). New book to inspire next generation of engineers. imperial.ac.uk Imperial has partnered on a project to show the broad ranging possibilities of engineering in a new educational book.
(2022-07-15). Science Saturday: What happens in medical research before clinical trials begin? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When scientific advances burst into the news, such as a new medication to treat COVID-19 or a new concept like CRISPR for gene editing, people get a glimpse of how a scientific idea becomes a treatment or a tool. But what's the full story? Where did that idea come from? What happens in the research lab before clinical trials begin? How is scientific discovery transformed into a potential therapy that is ready to be tested…
(2022-07-15). Plant power: Using diet to lower cancer risk. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The choices you make at the grocery store have a bigger impact than just your dinner plans. Filling your plate with foods that are grown in the ground may be the best diet for cancer prevention. An estimated 1.9 million cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2022, according to the American Cancer Society. While some people have a higher genetic risk to develop cancer, research shows that nearly 25% of overall…
(2022-07-15). World Bronchiectasis Day targets chronic, progressive lung disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A chronic, progressive lung disease is attracting new global attention. Today marks the inaugural World Bronchiectasis Day, an awareness day set for July 1 each year. Goals include increasing recognition and treatment of the disease by health care providers and encouraging more research, says a Mayo Clinic expert helping to lead the effort internationally. In bronchiectasis, the walls of the bronchial tubes, which carry air into and out of the lungs, are injured, becoming enlarged….
(2022-07-15). Michigan's Hillsdale College set to expand far-right charter schools. wsws.org Despite its small size and remote location, Hillsdale College is playing a massively outsized and wholly reactionary role in government policy and attacks on democratic rights.
(2022-07-15). All IYSSE candidates elected to Berlin's Humboldt University student parliament. wsws.org The IYSSE's strong result is also an expression of the growing support for a socialist and internationalist perspective among students and young people.