(2021-08-21). The Road from Kabul to Idlib. Afghanistan and the Role of Al Qaeda. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-21). Reopening of French schools threatens children's lives. wsws.org Despite the deadly impact of the Delta variant on children, and tens of thousands of daily infections, the Macron government has ruled out online education.
(2021-08-21). Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) Abolition Propaganda and Zine Fair. peoplesforum.org A space where people who have created educational and organizing materials including zines, pamphlets, posters, stickers, buttons and more can share abolitionist ideas and messages and can freely give away, trade and sell some of these items.
(2021-08-21). Data Contradicts Ukrainian Claims that Russia Is Cheating Europe Out of Paid for Gas. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-21). COVID Propaganda Roundup: Corporate State Declares All-Out War on the "Unvaccinated" globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-21). The Great Fear: The Accelerating Apocalypse. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-21). U.S. divisions prove fatal in pandemic. ecns.cn The United States' polarized politics has accelerated the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 and undermined the country's fight against the pandemic, researchers said.
(2021-08-21). The "Killer Vaccine" Worldwide. 7.9 Billion People. globalresearch.ca The stated objective is to enforce the Worldwide vaccination of 7.9 billion people in more than 190 countries, to be followed by the imposition of a digitized "vaccine passport". The evidence of mortality and morbidity resulting from the vaccine is overwhelming. Needless to say this is a multi-billion dollar operation for Big Pharma.
(2021-08-21). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Collagen and biotin supplements. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've read that collagen and biotin are good for the body. What are these supplements, and are they beneficial? ANSWER: Collagen and biotin supplements appear to be getting attention in the media for promoting healthy aging, along with joint and bone health. However, it is important to understand what collagen and biotin are and what research is available to support these claims. Collagen is concentrated in bones, ligaments, tendons, skin, blood vessels and internal…
(2021-08-21). The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Near-Meltdown is a Lasting Tragedy. zcomm.org Decades of research have shown that there is no safe level of radiation, according to the National Academy of Sciences. Any exposure to radiation increases an individual's risk of developing cancer…
(2021-08-21). Migration Crisis In US Reaches Unprecedented Levels. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageAs the calamity escalates, the greater the crisis of legitimacy for the Biden government. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | The migration crisis in the US seems far from over. Recently, Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, confirmed what everyone already suspected: the number of migrants on the southern border reached an "unprecedented" mark in the country's history. With this, the challenges appe…
(2021-08-21). [Perspectives] Ollie Jay: managing heat, improving health. thelancet.com "Our work is all about driving multidisciplinary efforts to help find solutions to complex health problems arising from the impact of heat stress, all within the context of increasing extreme weather events as a result of climate change", explains Ollie Jay, Professor of Heat and Health in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney, Australia. Jay is also Director of the Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory within the Sydney Heat and Health Research Centre. "We have a rich research environment with many opportunities to work across broad sections of academia, industry, and in our collaborations with…
(2021-08-21). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Breaking down the booster terminology for COVID-19 vaccines. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 vaccine boosters are being recommended eight months after a person's second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. "A vaccine booster dose is generally an additional dose above and beyond the primary series needed to achieve protective immunity," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "So the dose that was approved this past week would be better classified as an 'additional dose' for those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised." Dr….
(2021-08-21). The WHO Blames China for Covid-19. The WHO Is Supporting Criminal Injections Falsely Called Vaccines? globalresearch.ca If WHO were seriously interested in the health of people Worldwide, it would investigate the so-called vaccines, which in fact are not vaccines, but at best "experimental gene therapies"
(2021-08-21). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: It's like a Code Red hospital alert. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases is underway in the U.S. The delta variant continues to spread, the lambda variant is showing up, and some people are refusing to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or wear face masks. "My message today is a hospital term and that's Code Red," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "It is Code Red in the U.S. and for the globe regarding…
(2021-08-21). Science Saturday: Could regenerative medicine relieve neck, back pain? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic is looking to regenerative medicine as a potential long-term solution for degenerative disk disease that has for years eluded medical science. Millions of people in the U.S. are afflicted with chronic neck and back pain that often comes after years of wear and tear on the spine. Current treatments provide only temporary relief for this common disorder and finding a cure has been a great challenge for researchers. Wenchun Qu, M.D., Ph.D., a physiatrist and pain…
(2021-08-21). Cross-species transmission most likely source of COVID-19: Cell. ecns.cn Animal trans-species transmission is the most likely origin of COVID-19 based on current scientific data, said a recent article in the U.S. science journal, the Cell.
(2021-08-21). Science, Salvation and Heretics: From Monsanto to Pfizer, Same Old Playbook. dissidentvoice.org Why are numerous 'independent alternative' media outlets and writers not questioning the COVID-19 vaccine rollout? If anything, they are promoting it without even considering the serious concerns being voiced by top scientists. When there are experts like cardiologist and epidemiologist Professor Peter McCullough, Dr Robert Malone (credited with inventing mRNA vaccine technology), former vice president …
(2021-08-21). [Correspondence] Revisiting the evidence for physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection. thelancet.com Derek Chu and colleagues reported that face mask wearing in hospitals and health-care settings reduces risk of respiratory infection.1 Surprisingly, this recommendation was extended to the general population. Summary estimates were calculated using results of three severe acute respiratory syndrome studies, of which only two yielded statistically significant results. The first study was done in households, a situation that is similar to a health-care setting.2 The second was a case-control study in the general population where infected and uninfected individuals were asked via telephone interviews whether they ha…
(2021-08-21). Oppose the school reopening drive in Australia amid COVID-Delta pandemic! Form rank-and-file safety committees and prepare strike action! wsws.org The CFPE calls on all teachers, school workers, students, and working families to mobilise against the school reopening drive in Sydney and other parts of Australia experiencing dangerous waves of Delta-variant COVID-19.
(2021-08-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: Tips for a healthy school year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org After a year of full or partial distance learning, many students will be headed back into a physical classroom this fall. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician at Mayo Clinic Children's Center, offers some tips for a healthy school year. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/QeFoQkM-x9U Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 05) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. "Going…
(2021-08-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: Catching up on childhood vaccinations. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As students prepare to return to the classroom, it's important to ensure that they keep up with their immunization schedules. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a dramatic drop in routine childhood vaccinations. August is National Immunization Month. And Mayo Clinic experts are reminding you that a part of the back-to-school routine is making sure your kids are up to date on their shots. Jason Howland has…
(2021-08-20). Chicago Public Schools prepares deadly reopening of schools with sanction of Chicago Teachers Union. wsws.org The current plan for in-person classes walks back a significant number of already-insufficient restrictions put in place when schools first reopened last spring.
(2021-08-20). White House doubles down on reopening schools as COVID-19 cases surge. wsws.org Education Secretary Miguel Cardona declared Wednesday that "our priority must be" to "return to school in person," even as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients nationwide hit 85,000.
(2021-08-20). Afghanistan and the Nature of US Military Intervention: Kabul versus Saigon. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-20). Nessuna lezione dalla catastrofe afghana. globalresearch.ca Nel discorso del 16 agosto alla Casa Bianca, il presidente Biden ha fatto una lapidaria dichiarazione: ´La nostra missione in Afghanistan non ha mai avuto come scopo la costruzione di una nazione, non ha mai avuto come scopo la creazione …
(2021-08-20). British and US Troops at Odds in Afghanistan as UK Engages Rescue Missions. Reports. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-20). The Afghanistan Debacle and "The Great Reset". The Strategic Role of Zalmay Khalilzad. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-20). Forced Evictions Near and Far: Canada's Complicity in the Dispossession of Palestinian Homes. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-20). Report: Increased College Education Widened The Wealth Gap For Black America. moguldom.com Education is supposed to pave the path to a better life with better jobs and higher-paying salaries. Many thought that if more African Americans attended and graduated from college, it would help to close the massive racial wealth gap. But it turns out college education actually widened the wealth gap, according to a new report. …
(2021-08-20). Corporate blueprint predicts "death" of higher education in Australia. wsws.org The EY report demands the end of universities as they currently exist, to be replaced by corporate vocational and research services, tailored to the dictates of the corporate elite.
(2021-08-20). Repeated Booster Jabs May be Lethal Researcher Warns. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-20). Nicaragua: Media Disinformation and Fraudulent Misreporting in Support of U.S Foreign Policy Interventionism. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-20). COVID-19 origin tracing: Is the U.S. prone to rely on politics or science?>. ecns.cn A study conducted by researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has detected SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in a blood sample of a U.S. white-tailed deer collected in 2019.
(2021-08-20). Our War Against Nature. Humanity's March Toward Extinction? globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-20). End of Deforestation Tracker for Brazil's Cerrado an 'Incalculable Loss'. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-20). Ukraine: Will Zelensky Renew Multimillion Dollar Business Ties with Russia after His Presidency? globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-20). Selected Articles: Vaccine Deaths Pile Up Without Media Coverage. globalresearch.ca 
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(2021-08-20). Inspired by barnacles, medical glue stops bleeding in seconds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ‚Äï Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a rapid-sealing paste that can stop bleeding organs independent of clotting. The details are published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. The inspiration for this paste? Barnacles. Barnacles are those sea animals that adhere to rocks, the bottom of ships and large fish with the aim of staying in place despite wet conditions and variable surfaces. They're successful because they exude…
(2021-08-20). Mayo researchers develop algorithm to predict rheumatoid arthritis disease activity. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Individualized Medicine and Division of Rheumatology have developed a first-of-its-kind machine learning algorithm that can predict rheumatoid arthritis disease activity in a patient. The algorithm analyzes biochemical metabolites ‚Äï the product of the body's metabolism ‚Äï in blood. Close up of rheumatism/arthritis medical examination. "Having fast, reliable and scalable measures for predicting the clinical course of disease activity is an important unmet need for patients with rheumatoid arthritis," says Jaeyun Sung, Ph.D., a computational biologist within the Center…
(2021-08-20). COVID-19: Where Is the Virus? British Medical Journal (BMJ). globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-20). Why Are We Being Deceived About COVID? globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-20). Preliminary Findings of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Safety in Pregnant Persons: NEJM. globalresearch.ca Important study by the …
(2021-08-20). Self-healing 'living materials' used as 3D building blocks. imperial.ac.uk Imperial researchers have created 3D building blocks that can heal themselves in response to damage.
(2021-08-20). Slave-Built Infrastructure Still Creates Wealth In US, Reparations Should Cover Past Harms & Current Value Of Slavery. moguldom.com 
Joshua F.J. Inwood, Associate Professor of Geography Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State and Anna Livia Brand, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley American cities from Atlanta to New York City still use buildings, roads, ports and rail lines built by enslaved people. The fact that centuries-old relics of slavery still …
(2021-08-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: Music on the brain. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Music soothes, energizes and inspires. It also fortifies pathways in your brain that neurologists say can lead to a better understanding of cognition and dementia. To help better understand how music strengthens the brain, Dr. Bernard Bendok, chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, explains how music strikes a chord with researchers in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Note: Music composed by the musician and free to use. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/UrGabRHqWFs…
(2021-08-20). Donbass In Deadlock As Ukrainian President Makes Indecent Remarks About Russians. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | The situation in Donbass seems to have become a deadlock; Ukrainian authorities in Kiev keep hampering peace negotiations and hostilities go on — for example, last week the Ukrainian military moved at least nine airborne infantry fight vehicles to the disengagement line in…
(2021-08-20). CDC's Own Stats Show a "Pandemic of the Vaccinated" with Vaccine Injuries — 2,604,121 Injuries from 571,831 People Reported. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-20). Video: HTS Congratulates Taliban While Ankara and the Kurds Continue Their Fight. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-20). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: How Mayo hopes to slam the door when COVID-19 comes knocking. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The COVID-19 pandemic has brought public awareness to vaccines and how vaccines work. A vaccine is any agent that causes the immune system to remember a specific disease-causing entity, thereby preventing future infections. In the case of COVID-19, that's a coronavirus. At Mayo Clinic, decades of research have led to development of a new vaccine platform — a single-cycle adenovirus nasal vaccine — that is now being tested in a phase 1 clinical trial for COVID-19….