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Video: "The House Cat Flu" is Coming. The Meow Apocalypse
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
The following episode of the Simpsons was released in 2010. | It is a satire. But at the same time it reveals the unspoken truth. The writer of the script is award winning author Michael Price. | This episode was not taken …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-house-cat-flu-is-coming-the-meow-apocalypse/5710033

After the Lockdown: A Global Coronavirus Vaccination Program
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
The tendency is towards a Worldwide lockdown spearheaded by fear and media disinformation. Currently, hundreds of millions of people Worldwide are under lockdown. | What is the next step in the evolution of the COV-19 Crisis? A multibillion dollar coronavirus vaccination program to be implemented in the wake of the Lockdown.
globalresearch.ca/after-the-lockdown-a-global-coronavirus-vaccination-program/5706547

Iran Will Allow Low-Risk Businesses to Resume Work
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-19
Iran's capital Tehran was allowed to resume low-risk businesses on Saturday, a week after kindred deregulations were adopted in other parts of the country amid the COVID-19 epidemic. | RELATED: | COVID-19 Mideast Updates: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel | The move came as per the smart distancing plan, whereby Iran loosened quarantine regulations and allowed the re-opening of businesses with lower risk indices. | According to Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education, high-r…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Will-Allow-Low-Risk-Businesses-to-Resume-Work-20200419-0004.html

Rotating on Boredom's Spit
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
"And all the news just repeats itself | Like some forgotten dream we've both seen" |

A Line in the Sand Is Drawn: The US Military Must Leave Iraq
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
The chaos that Iraq is experiencing today has roots in the 2003 US invasion, which set-up sectarian divisions that have been used to keep the country in turmoil. The US foreign policy is based on creating chaos in Afghanistan, Iraq, …
globalresearch.ca/us-military-must-leave-iraq/5710058

Herd immunity? 1 in 3 test positive for Covid-19 ANTIBODIES in pilot Massachusetts street study
rt.com | 2020-04-19
Nearly a third of 200 randomly tested residents of Chelsea, Massachusetts were found to have Covid-19-related antibodies in yet another indication that the virus could be far more widespread and much less lethal than believed. | All of the participants "generally appeared healthy," but around half of them admitted that they had suffered at least one coronavirus symptom in the past month, according to the Massachusetts General Hospital researchers. Those who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 in the regular nasal swab were deliberately excluded from the study. | A total of 64 out of 200 blood samples t…
rt.com/usa/486235-massachusetts-covid-19-antibody-study/

Politics and Corruption at the World Health Organization (WHO)
Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
This article, translated from French, was written prior to Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic outbreak | *** | The WHO [OMS in French] is the World Health Organisation. 'WHO' in English

The Coronavirus Death Toll Numbers Game
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
To the casual observer, there appear to be 'hot' pockets of coronavirus infections in certain areas of the country such as NYC which reportedly has been ravaged by CV infections as well as the State of Michigan which, according to …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-death-toll-numbers-game/5710057

Memories of Old Brooklyn: The Man in the Yard
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
He was standing there, in the middle of the school yard…alone. At first I envisioned him as a pitcher, standing on the mound with a field full of players, some behind him, and some facing him, in the middle of …
globalresearch.ca/memories-of-old-brooklyn-the-man-in-the-yard/5710063

Puppet Dictators Play a Covid Card Too Far
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
The attempt to make the irrational and implausible appear rational and plausible has now reached dizzying new heights. The ceaseless flow of blatantly contradictory proclamations and actions emanating out of governments and global institutions that represent health, the economy and …
globalresearch.ca/puppet-dictators-play-covid-card/5710086

Science Saturday: The new super power of hand-washing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-19
Researchers are hard at work identifying ways to help patients with COVID-19, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But in the meantime, one common household object can be used to help prevent infection. Soap. Good old soap, the Clark Kent of clean, is really the superhero fatty acid salt, the Superman of clean. Soap …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-the-new-super-power-of-handwashing/

Why Did Hundreds Of CEOs Resign Just Before The World Started Going Absolutely Crazy?
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
In the months prior to the most ferocious stock market crash in history and the eruption of the biggest public health crisis of our generation, we witnessed the biggest exodus of corporate CEOs that we have ever seen. And as | …
globalresearch.ca/why-did-hundreds-of-ceos-resign-just-before-the-world-started-going-absolutely-crazy/5707970

US Blame Game Twist: Suing China for COVID-19 Outbreaks
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
No evidence suggests that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab or from bat-eating Chinese people. | Writer Allen Yu explained that no Chinese tradition of bat-eating exists. Videos suggesting otherwise weren't from Wuhan or elsewhere in China. | Filming was "in Palau …
globalresearch.ca/suing-china-covid-19-outbreaks/5710066

US COVID-19 vs. Economy Related Polls: Homelessness, Unemployment and Hunger in America
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
A new Gallup poll showed Trump's mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis and indifference toward infected Americans is catching up to him. | Concerned only about his own self-interest and monied ones he serves at the expense of the health and welfare …
globalresearch.ca/us-covid-19-vs-economy-related-polls-homelessness-unemployment-and-hunger-in-america/5710069

China Bashing, a Bipartisan US Obsession
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
For bipartisan US hardliners and their establishment media press agents, any pretext will do to bash China and other sovereign independent nations on the US target list for regime change. | Blaming China for spreading COVID-19 outbreaks plays out daily in …
globalresearch.ca/china-bashing-bipartisan-us-obsession/5710076

The USS Navy's Pacific Command COVID-19, from Guam to Puget Sound
Ann Garrison | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
While the world confronts a real-life deadly epidemic, the Covid-afflicted US Navy struggles to maintain the farce of keeping the planet safe from fictitious threats. | "The US Navy's Pacific Command is not in its normal operational mode." | On April …
globalresearch.ca/uss-covid-19-guam-puget-sound/5710062

Stanford Study Proves Covid-19 Was Overhyped. "Death Rate Is Likely Under 0.2%"
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
MIT Tech Review's hyped coverage of the Covid-19 outbreak is led by the tag-line, "Navigating a world reshaped by Covid-19." | Their articles reflect an eager embracement of the public hysteria prompted by Covid-19's spread, the socioeconomic paralysis it has created, …
globalresearch.ca/mit-tech-review-smears-study-proving-covid-19-overhyped/5710088

Trump's Best Ever Economy Craters
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
Time and again, Trump's hyperbole defies reality. | As US economic conditions peaked in mid-February and began declining sharply, he falsely claimed that "(o)ur economy (is) the greatest…we've had in the history of our country." | His fantasy assessment was reminiscent of …
globalresearch.ca/trump-best-ever-economy-craters/5710073

Lock Step, This Is No Futuristic Scenario: Panic and the Post-Pandemic Future?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
First published by New Eastern Outlook and Global Research March 10, 2020 | Every day world mainstream news reports more people in more countries diagnosed "positive" for the coronavirus illness, now called COVID-19. As the reported numbers grow, so does widespread …
globalresearch.ca/lock-step-no-futuristic-scenario/5705972

Oil Profits for Protection: US Extorts Saudi Arabia
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
Legislation circulating in the US Congress threatens to withdraw military support from Saudi Arabia. | This is not because Saudi Arabia is an absolute dictatorship which still severs heads off in public. It is not because Saudi Arabia arms and funds …
globalresearch.ca/oil-profits-protection-us-extorts-saudi-arabia/5710090

China Denies the Coronavirus Came from One of Its Labs
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-19
Authorities at a maximum-security laboratory in Wuhan, the city where the coronavirus outbreak emerged last December, rejected claims that they could be the source of the COVID-19 surge, following recent accusations by the President of the United States, Donald Trump. | RELATED: | G7 to Back Debt Relief for the Poorest Countries If China Joins | "In no way has this virus left us," said researcher Yuan Zhiming, director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, capital of central Chi…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Denies-the-Coronavirus-Came-from-One-of-Its-Labs-20200419-0003.html

Feinstein implores Newson to collaborate with Trump to weaken fish protections
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-04-19
"It is imperative that California not only stand up to the Trump administration to protect our water supply, but also restore our rivers and protect our drinking water quality with regulations that are guided by science, not politic," said Regina Chichizola, co-director of Save California Salmon.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/17/18832444.php

Iran extends prisoner furloughs, closure of holy sites amid coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-19
Iran has extended furloughs for prisoners for another month, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, as the Islamic Republic endeavours to stem the spread of the new coronavirus in its crowded jails. Iran's reported temporary release of 100,000 prisoners since February – including prisoners of conscience and dual and foreign nationals – was welcomed by the United Nations on Friday as a good step, but one that must be expanded."Furloughs of those prisoners, who pose no threat to the society, have been extended until May 20," Rouhani said in a televised cabinet meeting.However, a letter by U.N. human right…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-extends-prisoner-furloughs-closure-of-holy-sites-amid-coronavirus-3517352

Elvis Has Left the Planet, and Returned? Gravitational Wave Detectors Catch Harmony From Pop Hit
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-19
The King's fascination with UFOs and alien life forms has been written about extensively, with his shocking death in 1977 dismissed by some fans who desperately wanted to believe that maybe he was abducted by aliens, or that he was an alien himself. Now, scientists monitoring space for gravitational waves may have given them another reason to hope.
sputniknews.com/science/202004191079020090-elvis-has-left-the-planet-and-returned-gravitational-wave-detectors-catch-harmony-from-pop-hit/

Mystery of Hotter Than Should be Solar Winds Hitting Earth Finally Revealed
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-19
Earth is constantly bombarded by winds coming from the centre of our Solar System, yet the problem that has been puzzling scientists is why the solar winds that reach our planet are hotter than they should be, in defiance of the laws of physics.
sputniknews.com/science/202004191079020131-mystery-of-hotter-than-should-be-solar-winds-hitting-earth-finally-revealed/

2nd group of Iranian students arrive in Tehran from Italy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)

60 days of living with COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)

Prescribing an overdose: A chapter in the opioid epidemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-19
ROCHESTER, Minn.

Free, universal access to AI-MED Covid-19 detection system
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)

Iran getting prepared to commence exports of anti-coronavirus medical equipment: VP
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)

More evidence that official figures don't reflect the true scale of care home deaths from coronavirus
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-19
A study of deaths linked to Covid-19 in care homes predicts that thousands more people have died than official figures show. | The National Care Forum (NCF), which represents not-for-profit care providers, has estimated that more than 4,000 people may have died after contracting Covid-19 across all residential and nursing homes before April 13. | This is significantly higher than the official weekly figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which recorded 217 care home deaths connected to the virus up until April 3. | The NCF collected data from 47 care homes which support more than 30,000 peo…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/04/19/more-evidence-that-official-figures-dont-reflect-the-true-scale-of-care-home-deaths-from-coronavirus/

Bill Gates and the Depopulation Agenda. Robert F. Kennedy Junior Calls for an Investigation
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-18
For over twenty years Bill Gates and his Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) have been vaccinating foremost children by the millions in remote areas of poor countries, mostly Africa and Asia. Most of their vaccination program had …
globalresearch.ca/bill-gates-and-the-depopulation-agenda-robert-f-kennedy-junior-calls-for-an-investigation/5710021

Bret Stephens' Employers May Keep Big Pharma Haters Out of the New York Times, but We Are Everywhere Else
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-04-18
The sub-headline of Bret Stephens' latest column tells readers "there should be no big-pharma haters in pandemics." The point is that researchers at Gilead Sciences, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies, are working tirelessly on the testing of remdesivir, which at the moment is the most promising treatment for the coronavirus. Stephens' column focuses on …
cepr.net/bret-stephens-employers-may-keep-big-pharma-haters-out-of-the-new-york-times-but-we-are-everywhere-else/

Video: How COVID-19 Death Certificates Are Being Manipulated. Montana Physician Dr. Annie Bukacek
Dr. Annie Bukacek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-18
First published by GR on April 8, 2020 | Dr. Annie Bukacek is a longtime Montana physician with over 30 years experience practicing medicine. Signing death certificates is a routine part of her job. | In this brief video, Dr. Bukacek blows …
globalresearch.ca/video-montana-physician-dr-annie-bukacek-discusses-how-covid-19-death-certificates-manipulated/5709062

Bill Gates and the Depopulation Agenda. Robert F. Kennedy Junior Calls for an Investigation
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-18
Robert F Kennedy Jr, an avid Defender of Children's Rights and anti-vaccination activist, has launched a petition sent to the White House, calling for "Investigations into the 'Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation' for Medical Malpractice & Crimes Against Humanity"
globalresearch.ca/bill-gates-and-the-depopulation-agenda-robert-f-kennedy-junior-calls-for-an-investigation/5710021

Decades of science denial related to climate change has led to denial of the coronavirus pandemic
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-18
After the fossil fuel industry spent hundreds of millions of dollars undermining climate science, it's easy to see how epidemiology came next.
mronline.org/2020/04/18/decades-of-science-denial-related-to-climate-change-has-led-to-denial-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=decades-of-science-denial-related-to-climate-change-has-led-to-denial-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic

Texas students fight for Dreamer Center
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-18
Arlington, TX

Calls for early reopening of UK schools met with widespread opposition
wsws.org | 2020-04-18
The plan is for primary schools to start reopening in a "regionalised approach," despite reports of three teacher deaths from COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/18/brit…

The Important Role of the Gig Economy Worker in Times of Crisis
Beau Peters | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-18
In 2017, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 55 million Americans were gig economy workers, making up 34% of the working population. At that time, it was expected for the number to rise to 43%, but due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the gig economy is changing. Currently, about 95% of Americans are on …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/the-important-role-of-the-gig-economy-worker-in-times-of-crisis/

7,500 feared to have died with coronavirus in care homes
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-18
As many as 7,500 people are feared to have died after contracting coronavirus (COVID-19) in care homes, according to a leading industry body.Care England, which represents independent care firms, said it had collected data which suggested fatalities are far higher than those released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). ONS recorded 217 care home deaths from the virus until 3 April.Care England's chief executive Martin Green told the Telegraph: If we look at some of the death rates since 1 April and compare them with previous years' rates, we estimate a figure of about 7,500 people may have died as a resul…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/04/18/7500-feared-to-have-died-with-coronavirus-in-care-homes/

Video: COVID-19. The Unspoken Truth. The Most Serious Global Crisis in Modern History
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
This video featuring Prof. Michel Chossudovsky is part of a Global Research series on the corona virus crisis. | The unspoken truth is that the novel coronavirus provides a pretext to powerful financial interests and corrupt politicians to trigger the …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-the-unspoken-truth-the-most-serious-global-crisis-in-modern-history/5709304

Towards A New World Order? The Global Debt Crisis and the Privatization of the State
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
This is the true picture of what is happening. Poverty is Worldwide. While famines are erupting in Third World countries, closer to home, in the richest country on earth, "millions of desperate Americans wait in long crowded lines for handouts"
globalresearch.ca/towards-a-new-world-order-the-global-debt-crisis-and-the-privatization-of-the-state/5709755

Selected Articles: The 2020 Global Economic Crisis
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
Towards A New World Order, The Global Debt Crisis and the Privatization of the State | By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, April 17, 2020 | There is a serious health crisis which must be duly resolved. And this is a number one …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-will-global-economy-recover-2021/5709997

March 2020 Update on the State of Independent Federal Agencies
Eleanor Eagan | cepr.net | 2020-04-17
The federal government's independent federal agencies receive too little attention relative to their importance to our collective safety and prosperity. The Revolving Door Project has worked through multiple channels to shed light on these overlooked agencies and the threats that they face. We hope public education will generate pressure to safeguard the independence of these agencies and …
cepr.net/march-2020-update-on-the-state-of-independent-federal-agencies/

February 2020 Update on the State of Independent Federal Agencies
Eleanor Eagan | cepr.net | 2020-04-17
As we have previously highlighted, the federal government's independent federal agencies receive too little attention relative to their importance to our collective safety and prosperity. The Revolving Door Project has worked through multiple channels to shed light on these overlooked agencies and the threats that they face. We hope public education will generate pressure to safeguard the …
cepr.net/february-2020-update-on-the-state-of-independent-federal-agencies/

Pentagon Escalates Tensions with Iran in Persian Gulf
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
The US Navy charged Wednesday that 11 Iranian vessels had "repeatedly conducted dangerous and harassing approaches against multiple US naval ships operating in international waters." | The protest, issued by the command of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, represented a further …
globalresearch.ca/pentagon-escalates-tensions-iran-persian-gulf/5709955

Why Are They Inflating the Numbers? New York City Adding 3,800 Unconfirmed Cases to COVID-19 Death Toll
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
New York City recently added close to 3,800 deaths due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19). The problem is that the Coronavirus death toll is unconfirmed. | According to a report by Bloomberg News, 'NYC Adds 3,800 Probable Virus Victims to Death …
globalresearch.ca/why-inflating-numbers-new-york-city-adding-3800-unconfirmed-cases-covid-19-death-toll/5709968

Coronavirus vaccine team secures funding to move towards human trials
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-17
Imperial researchers working on a vaccine for COVID-19 have been awarded government funding to take the work forward towards human trials.
imperial.ac.uk/news/196775/coronavirus-vaccine-team-secures-funding-move

Utopia as a Political Means of Not Sinking into Passivity and Resignation
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
Over 500 years ago Thomas Morus, English statesman and humanist scholar, wrote the philosophical dialogue "Utopia". As a small island state, "Utopia"

Exactly 18 Years After US Coup Against Venezuela, Pompeo and Abrams Warn Another Is Coming
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
On the eighteenth anniversary of the U.S.-backed coup against the government of Venezuela, senior American officials announced that the people should prepare for another imminent push. "The goal is to replace [President Nicolas] Maduro's illegitimate dictatorship with a legitimate …
globalresearch.ca/exactly-18-years-after-us-coup-against-venezuela-pompeo-abrams-warn-another-coming/5709986

2020-04-18: News Headlines

Peter Koenig (2020-04-18). Bill Gates and the Depopulation Agenda. Robert F. Kennedy Junior Calls for an Investigation. globalresearch.ca For over twenty years Bill Gates and his Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) have been vaccinating foremost children by the millions in remote areas of poor countries, mostly Africa and Asia. Most of their vaccination program had …

Dean Baker (2020-04-18). Bret Stephens' Employers May Keep Big Pharma Haters Out of the New York Times, but We Are Everywhere Else. cepr.net The sub-headline of Bret Stephens' latest column tells readers "there should be no big-pharma haters in pandemics." The point is that researchers at Gilead Sciences, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies, are working tirelessly on the testing of remdesivir, which at the moment is the most promising treatment for the coronavirus. Stephens' column focuses on …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-18). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 is the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Because SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus, researchers are still learning how the virus affects the body. And this raises questions for pregnant women. Can COVID-19 affect pregnancy? Is breastfeeding safe? How can a pregnant woman protect herself from the disease? On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, …

en.mehrnews (2020-04-18). Iran to produce antiviral drug "Remdesivir" to treat COVID-19 disease: researchers. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) — A knowledge-based company in Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Research Center of Iran is trying to produce an antiviral drug named "Remdesivir" which is effective in treatment of COVID-19 disease.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-18). Science Saturday: The new super power of handwashing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Researchers are hard at work identifying ways to help patients with COVID-19, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But in the meantime, one common household object can be used to help prevent infection. Soap. Good old soap, the Clark Kent of clean, is really the superhero fatty acid salt, the Superman of clean. Soap …

Dr. Annie Bukacek (2020-04-18). Video: How COVID-19 Death Certificates Are Being Manipulated. Montana Physician Dr. Annie Bukacek. globalresearch.ca First published by GR on April 8, 2020 | Dr. Annie Bukacek is a longtime Montana physician with over 30 years experience practicing medicine. Signing death certificates is a routine part of her job. | In this brief video, Dr. Bukacek blows …

RT (2020-04-18). Neither 'lab' nor 'wet market'? Covid-19 outbreak started months EARLIER and NOT in Wuhan, ongoing Cambridge study indicates. rt.com The novel coronavirus may have first passed to humans somewhere in southern China months before the outbreak in the city of Wuhan, a new study found, cutting against widely held theories about the origins of the pandemic. | Mapping a "network" of coronavirus genomes and tracing mutations over time, a team of researchers led by a Cambridge University geneticist determined the first Covid-19 infection may have come as early as September in a region south of Wuhan, noting the pathogen could have been carried by humans well before it mutated into a more lethal form. | "The virus may have mutated into its final 'hu…

Eds. (2020-04-18). Decades of science denial related to climate change has led to denial of the coronavirus pandemic. mronline.org After the fossil fuel industry spent hundreds of millions of dollars undermining climate science, it's easy to see how epidemiology came next.

Dan Bacher (2020-04-18). Feinstein implores Newson to collaborate with Trump to weaken fish protections. indybay.org "It is imperative that California not only stand up to the Trump administration to protect our water supply, but also restore our rivers and protect our drinking water quality with regulations that are guided by science, not politic," said Regina Chichizola, co-director of Save California Salmon.

RT (2020-04-18). Wuhan lab origin of Covid-19 'seems to make sense', Trump says as Fauci douses cold water on 'man-made virus' conspiracy. rt.com A top expert on the White House Covid-19 task force shot down the notion that the coronavirus was created in a Chinese lab, arguing the theory is not backed by science, as the US president continues to blame Beijing regardless. | Asked about the possibility that the lethal pathogen was "man-made" in a laboratory at Friday's White House briefing, Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading member of the task force, brushed the speculative theory aside, stating the coronavirus in all likelihood passed naturally from animals to humans. | The mutations that it took to get to the point where it is now are totally consistent with…

en.mehrnews (2020-04-18). Seminary students assisting medical staff in Baqiatallah Hospital amid outbreak. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) — Following the outbreak of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, seminary students in Jihadi Group 'Narjes Khatoon" are assisting medical staff and nurses in different wards of Tehran's Baqiatallah Hospitals spontaneously through observing health and sanitary protocols.

en.mehrnews (2020-04-18). 142 Iranian students, citizens return to home from Azerbaijan amid pandemic. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) — A number of 142 Iranian students and nationals residing in the Republic of Azerbaijan comeback home on Sat. amid the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic.

WSWS (2020-04-18). Calls for early reopening of UK schools met with widespread opposition. wsws.org The plan is for primary schools to start reopening in a "regionalised approach," despite reports of three teacher deaths from COVID-19.

The Canary (2020-04-18). 7,500 feared to have died with coronavirus in care homes. thecanary.co As many as 7,500 people are feared to have died after contracting coronavirus (COVID-19) in care homes, according to a leading industry body.Care England, which represents independent care firms, said it had collected data which suggested fatalities are far higher than those released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). ONS recorded 217 care home deaths from the virus until 3 April.Care England's chief executive Martin Green told the Telegraph: If we look at some of the death rates since 1 April and compare them with previous years' rates, we estimate a figure of about 7,500 people may have died as a resul…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-04-17). Towards A New World Order? The Global Debt Crisis and the Privatization of the State. globalresearch.ca This is the true picture of what is happening. Poverty is Worldwide. While famines are erupting in Third World countries, closer to home, in the richest country on earth, "millions of desperate Americans wait in long crowded lines for handouts"

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-04-17). Video: COVID-19. The Unspoken Truth. The Most Serious Global Crisis in Modern History. globalresearch.ca This video featuring Prof. Michel Chossudovsky is part of a Global Research series on the corona virus crisis. | The unspoken truth is that the novel coronavirus provides a pretext to powerful financial interests and corrupt politicians to trigger the …

Peoples Dispatch (2020-04-17). Blaming China for the COVID-19 crisis is deceitful. peoplesdispatch.org Vijay Prashad, Director, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, talks about China's response to the COVID-19 crisis, especially in the light of the accusations that are being leveled against the country. He talks about how the novel coronavirus was identified, the steps taken by the Chinese authorities and the active participation of the community in combating the disease.

Eleanor Eagan (2020-04-17). February 2020 Update on the State of Independent Federal Agencies. cepr.net As we have previously highlighted, the federal government's independent federal agencies receive too little attention relative to their importance to our collective safety and prosperity. The Revolving Door Project has worked through multiple channels to shed light on these overlooked agencies and the threats that they face. We hope public education will generate pressure to safeguard the …

Eleanor Eagan (2020-04-17). March 2020 Update on the State of Independent Federal Agencies. cepr.net The federal government's independent federal agencies receive too little attention relative to their importance to our collective safety and prosperity. The Revolving Door Project has worked through multiple channels to shed light on these overlooked agencies and the threats that they face. We hope public education will generate pressure to safeguard the independence of these agencies and …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-17). Are COVID-19 Outbreaks Peaking or Heading Higher Ahead? globalresearch.ca The short answer is it's unknown — why it's better to be safe than sorry. More below on what may lie ahead. | COVID-19 is a more contagious version of seasonal flu/influenza. | According to Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases/Epidemiologist Dr. …

Cal Crilly (2020-04-17). How Complex Is this Pneumonia Crisis? Millions of People Lost Their Jobs, Food is Disappearing… globalresearch.ca How complex is this? If Today is 8th of April 2020 and as I type this

Almasdar News (2020-04-17). Surrendered US-backed Rebels Admit to Receiving Training to Destroy Syrian Oil Sites. globalresearch.ca The head of the Russian Reconciliation Center affiliated with the Russian Ministry of Defense, Oleg Goralev, announced on Wednesday that the 27 militants who surrendered to the Syrian authorities, reported that they had received training by the American military …

Bill Van Auken (2020-04-17). Pentagon Escalates Tensions with Iran in Persian Gulf. globalresearch.ca The US Navy charged Wednesday that 11 Iranian vessels had "repeatedly conducted dangerous and harassing approaches against multiple US naval ships operating in international waters." | The protest, issued by the command of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, represented a further …

RT (2020-04-17). Covid-19 much more widespread than thought, and NO MORE DEADLY THAN FLU, suggests new Stanford study. rt.com A study out of Stanford University tested California residents and found that the Covid-19 infection rate is likely far higher than has been reported, but the virus could also be far less lethal than commonly believed. | Researchers used 3,300 residents in Santa Clara County to conduct their tests, which found that the coronavirus could have infected far more people than has been reported. The study distinguishes itself from past Covid-19 research by using seroprevalence data, meaning the level of a pathogen measured in the blood streams of a specific population. | Titled 'COVID-19 Antibody Seroprevalence in S…

Andrew Korybko (2020-04-17). Russia -China Relations: "Exchange of Criticisms" Regarding COVID-19 Crisis. globalresearch.ca The recent so-called "exchange of criticisms" between Russia and China over their respective border policies in response to World War C is more of a rare wrinkle in their relations caused by media reports than a growing rift that could …

Alan MacLeod (2020-04-17). Exactly 18 Years After US Coup Against Venezuela, Pompeo and Abrams Warn Another Is Coming. globalresearch.ca On the eighteenth anniversary of the U.S.-backed coup against the government of Venezuela, senior American officials announced that the people should prepare for another imminent push. "The goal is to replace [President Nicolas] Maduro's illegitimate dictatorship with a legitimate …

imperial.ac.uk (2020-04-17). Further government funding secured for Imperial coronavirus research. imperial.ac.uk Three Imperial research projects have received £2.4 million of national funding to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Philip A Farruggio (2020-04-17). Working Class Heroes…. Stiffed! John Lennon. globalresearch.ca John Lennon, prolific as a writer as much as a performer, wrote this: | Working Class Hero | As soon as you're born they make you feel small | By giving you no time instead of it all | Till the pain is so …

Richard Gale (2020-04-17). The Big Lie: Today's Mainstream Corporate Media. globalresearch.ca The liberal media — New York Times and Washington Post, CNN and MSNBC, The Daily Beast, Alternet, Mother Jones, Daily Kos and others—has in

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-17). Opening Up America, States to Decide on Current COVID-19 Restrictions. globalresearch.ca According to US constitutional experts, state governors and local officials, not Trump, are empowered to decide on when and to what extent current COVID-19 restrictions may be eased. | Days earlier, Trump falsely said "ultimately, I have to make that decision." …

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2020-04-17). Die Utopie als politisches Mittel, in Zeiten gesellschaftlicher Krisen nicht in Passività§t und Resignation zu versinken. globalresearch.ca Vor àºber 500 Jahren schrieb Thomas Morus, englischer Staatsmann und humanistischer Gelehrter den philosophischen Dialog ‚ÄûUtopia". Als kleiner Inselstaat ist ‚ÄûUtopia" — griechisch ‚ÄûNirgendwo" oder ‚ÄûNicht-Ort" — ein Gegenmodell zum zeitgenà∂ssischen England und ein Heilmittel fàºr eine verfallende Gesellschaft. Wenn …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-04-17). Brazil's Squabble with China Brings Unexpected Results Which Annoy US. globalresearch.ca The verbal attacks by members of the Brazilian government on China have been costly, not only to Brazil, but also to Jair Bolsonaro's biggest international ally, the United States. The offensive words to China recently spoken by Deputy Eduardo …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2020-04-17). Why Are They Inflating the Numbers? New York City Adding 3,800 Unconfirmed Cases to COVID-19 Death Toll. globalresearch.ca New York City recently added close to 3,800 deaths due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19). The problem is that the Coronavirus death toll is unconfirmed. | According to a report by Bloomberg News, 'NYC Adds 3,800 Probable Virus Victims to Death …

imperial.ac.uk (2020-04-17). Coronavirus vaccine team secures funding to move towards human trials. imperial.ac.uk Imperial researchers working on a vaccine for COVID-19 have been awarded government funding to take the work forward towards human trials.

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-04-17). Too Little Too Late for EU to Offer Apologies to Italy for Lack of Coronavirus Support. globalresearch.ca Italy has been affected by the coronavirus more than any other European country, with over 168,000 confirmed cases and 22,000 deaths. Europe is mobilizing to help Italy but this has not always been the case, and rather was a reaction …

Lorraine Chow (2020-04-17). 5 Million Nigerians Oppose Monsanto's Plans to Introduce GMO Cotton and Corn. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in 2016. | Millions of Nigerians are urging the Nigerian government to reject One-hundred organizations representing more than …

South Front (2020-04-17). Video: US-trained Militants Surrender to Syrian Army. Israel Tries to Assassinate Hezbollah Commanders. globalresearch.ca On April 15th, 27 members of Maghawir al-Thawra, a militant group in the Al-Tanf zone, which is both funded and trained by the US-led coalition, surrendered to the Syrian Army with all of their weapons and equipment. These …

Andre Vltchek (2020-04-17). New Indonesian Capital in Borneo: From Rural Misery to Grody Dreams of Urban Glory. globalresearch.ca An old road between Balikpapan and Samarinda passes through the poor villages, through rural slums, as well as stalls selling second-rate local fruits. The cheap, unhygienic eateries, are now half-empty. While the traffic is still heavy here, the 'real action' …

Live Science (2020-04-17). Treatments for COVID-19: Drugs Being Tested Against the Coronavirus. Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine. globalresearch.ca The world is now desperate to find ways to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus and to find effective treatments. As of April 6, more than 200

Marilyn Gladu (2020-04-17). Canada Member of Parliament Says 'We Need to Get Back to Work', "Successful Treatment of Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin and Zinc Sulphate" globalresearch.ca Sarnia-Lambton's MP wants Canada to implement COVID-19 cures she claims have been proven in the United States, but are opposed by Canadian health experts. | Marilyn Gladu, the former Conservative health critic, said the Liberals are talking about waiting for …

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2020-04-17). Utopia as a Political Means of Not Sinking into Passivity and Resignation. globalresearch.ca Over 500 years ago Thomas Morus, English statesman and humanist scholar, wrote the philosophical dialogue "Utopia". As a small island state, "Utopia" — Greek for "Nowhere" or "Non-place" — is a counter-model to contemporary England and a cure for a …

graham (2020-04-17). 5G — What's true, what's not and what you really need to know. truepublica.org.uk Last year, TruePublica published statistical and scientific evidence that the 5G was not as safe as we are being told. We also published a report stating that simply saying that more health research is needed on 5G —the latest generation of cell phone technology— was going to be hazardous to your reputation. And so it …

Global Research News (2020-04-17). Selected Articles: The 2020 Global Economic Crisis. globalresearch.ca By There is a serious health crisis which must be duly resolved. And this is a number one …

teleSUR (2020-04-17). Antiviral Remdesivir Might Quickly Cure COVID-19 Symptoms. telesurenglish.net The science-specialized web portal STAT Thursday reported that the antiviral Remdesivir could cure the COVID-19 symptoms in less than a week. | RELATED: | The drug was developed by the U.S. biotechnology company Gilead Sciences to fight Ebola, although it was not effective in that disease. | While the results are still preliminary, patients treated with this drug showed a rapid improvement in fever and respiratory sympt…

graham (2020-04-17). WATCH: 'Counting the Dead' — Shocking New Evidence. truepublica.org.uk We keep being told by the government that they are following the science, but what does that even mean? This report questions not the advice of government scientists but the scientists themselves. Four leading experts in different aspects of COVID-19 discuss and tell us what it is that we do know, what it is that …

Remington A. Gregg (2020-04-17). Canceling Student Loan Debt Isn't Just the Right Thing to Do—It Makes Economic Sense. commondreams.org Even before the coronavirus crisis upended our economy and sent millions all at once into unemployment, student loan debt threatened the economic security of every borrower.(Photo: YouTube/screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Brandon James O'Neil (2020-04-17). Drowning with our money belts: Putting profits before people in time of crisis. peoplesworld.org Think back with me to your first books and the stories you were told as a child. For many children all over the world, fables form the core of their early narratives. These short stories with deep lessons use allegory to teach children about themselves and the human social world they are growing into. When …

teleSUR (2020-04-17). WHO Asks Govts to Review COVID-19 Statistics ASAP. telesurenglish.net The World Health Organization (WHO) requested Friday that each affected country review its COVID-19 contagions and death rates "as soon as possible" to determine the true extent of the disease, after the figures reported of deaths in Wuhan, the origin of COVID-19, will increase on Friday. | RELATED: | "The numbers may change over time, but it is better to update the data as soon as possible because it helps us to better understand the situation and direct collective efforts agai…

Adriaan Alsema (2020-04-17). Colombia's medical community calls on governors to ignore Duque's plans to lift quarantine. colombiareports.com Colombia's government said it would lift a quarantine in place to slow down the spread of the coronavirus citing faulty statistics and twisting the words of a leading scientist. President…

Adriaan Alsema (2020-04-17). Colombia Reports suspends publishing government coronavirus statistics. colombiareports.com Colombia Reports is suspending the publication of coronavirus statistics provided by the government because of indications they misrepresent the truth. This website updated these statistics provided by the National Health…