Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-18
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, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-pregnancy-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

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

Neither 'lab' nor 'wet market'? Covid-19 outbreak started months EARLIER and NOT in Wuhan, ongoing Cambridge study indicates
rt.com | 2020-04-18
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…
rt.com/news/486194-study-coronavirus-southern-china/

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

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/

Science Saturday: The new super power of handwashing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-18
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/

Iran to produce antiviral drug "Remdesivir" to treat COVID-19 disease: researchers
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-18
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA)

Feinstein implores Newson to collaborate with Trump to weaken fish protections
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-04-18
"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

Feinstein implores Newson to collaborate with Trump to weaken fish protections
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-04-18
"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

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

Wuhan lab origin of Covid-19 'seems to make sense', Trump says as Fauci douses cold water on 'man-made virus' conspiracy
rt.com | 2020-04-18
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…
rt.com/news/486193-fauci-coronavirus-man-made/

142 Iranian students, citizens return to home from Azerbaijan amid pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-18
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA)

Seminary students assisting medical staff in Baqiatallah Hospital amid outbreak
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-18
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA)

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…

Prescribing an overdose: A chapter in the opioid epidemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-18
ROCHESTER, Minn.

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/

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

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

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

Blaming China for the COVID-19 crisis is deceitful
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-17
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.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/17/blaming-china-for-the-covid-19-crisis-is-deceitful/

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/

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/

Brazil's Squabble with China Brings Unexpected Results Which Annoy US
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/brazil-squabble-china-brings-unexpected-results/5709973

Too Little Too Late for EU to Offer Apologies to Italy for Lack of Coronavirus Support
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/late-eu-offer-apologies-italy-lack-coronavirus-support/5709958

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

Opening Up America, States to Decide on Current COVID-19 Restrictions
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
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." …
globalresearch.ca/opening-up-america-states-decide/5709938

Surrendered US-backed Rebels Admit to Receiving Training to Destroy Syrian Oil Sites
Almasdar News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/surrendered-us-backed-rebels-admit-receiving-training-destroy-syrian-oil-sites-russia/5709980

Working Class Heroes…. Stiffed! John Lennon
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
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 | …
globalresearch.ca/working-class-heroes-stiffed-john-lennon/5709911

Are COVID-19 Outbreaks Peaking or Heading Higher Ahead?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
The short answer is it's unknown

Covid-19 much more widespread than thought, and NO MORE DEADLY THAN FLU, suggests new Stanford study
rt.com | 2020-04-17
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…
rt.com/usa/486183-stanford-coronavirus-infection-rate-higher/

5 Million Nigerians Oppose Monsanto's Plans to Introduce GMO Cotton and Corn
Lorraine Chow | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
This article was originally published in 2016. | Millions of Nigerians are urging the Nigerian government to reject Monsanto's attempts to introduce genetically modified (GMO) cotton and maize into the country's food and farming systems. | One-hundred organizations representing more than …
globalresearch.ca/5-million-nigerians-oppose-monsantos-plans-introduce-gmo-cotton-corn/5709977

Treatments for COVID-19: Drugs Being Tested Against the Coronavirus. Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine
Live Science | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
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 clinical trials of COVID-19 treatments or vaccines that are either ongoing or …
globalresearch.ca/treatments-covid-19-drugs-being-tested-against-coronavirus/5709922

Canada Member of Parliament Says 'We Need to Get Back to Work', "Successful Treatment of Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin and Zinc Sulphate"
Marilyn Gladu | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/canada-member-of-parliament-says-we-need-to-get-back-to-work-successful-treatment-of-hydroxychloroquine-azithromycin-and-zinc-sulphate/5709923

New Indonesian Capital in Borneo: From Rural Misery to Grody Dreams of Urban Glory
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
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' …
globalresearch.ca/indonesian-borneo-rural-misery-urban-glory/5709933

Video: US-trained Militants Surrender to Syrian Army. Israel Tries to Assassinate Hezbollah Commanders
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/video-us-trained-militants-surrender-syrian-army-israel-tries-assassinate-hezbollah-commanders/5709915

The Big Lie: Today's Mainstream Corporate Media
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
The liberal media

Further government funding secured for Imperial coronavirus research
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-17
Three Imperial research projects have received £2.4 million of national funding to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.
imperial.ac.uk/news/196802/further-government-funding-secured-imperial-coronavirus

Cutting the Funding: The WHO, Trump and the Coronavirus Wars
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
The US president is in a warring mood. Having declared himself a president at war, a meaningless gesture given that the US is always, somewhere in the world, at war, finding necessary enemies in distraction was always going to be …
globalresearch.ca/cutting-funding-who-trump-coronavirus-wars/5709912

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"

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

Russia -China Relations: "Exchange of Criticisms" Regarding COVID-19 Crisis
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/russia-china-exchange-criticisms-over-world-war-c/5709936

Die Utopie als politisches Mittel, in Zeiten gesellschaftlicher Krisen nicht in Passività§t und Resignation zu versinken
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
Vor àºber 500 Jahren schrieb Thomas Morus, englischer Staatsmann und humanistischer Gelehrter den philosophischen Dialog ‚ÄûUtopia". Als kleiner Inselstaat ist ‚ÄûUtopia"

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

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

How Complex Is this Pneumonia Crisis? Millions of People Lost Their Jobs, Food is Disappearing
Cal Crilly | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
How complex is this? If 8 Million people die from air pollution a year, is the virus THE crisis? | Today is 8th of April 2020 and as I type this millions and millions of people have lost their jobs …
globalresearch.ca/how-complex-pneumonia-crisis/5709953

Covid-19 much more widespread than thought, and NO MORE DEADLY THAN FLU, suggests new Stanford study
rt.com | 2020-04-17
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…
rt.com/usa/486183-stanford-coronavirus-infection-rate-higher/

Antiviral Remdesivir Might Quickly Cure COVID-19 Symptoms
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-17
The science-specialized web portal STAT Thursday reported that the antiviral Remdesivir could cure the COVID-19 symptoms in less than a week. | RELATED: | Cuba Is Developing a Vaccine to Activate the Immune System | 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…
telesurenglish.net/news/remdesivir-antiviral-may-quickly-cure-covid19-symptoms-20200417-0008.html

Canceling Student Loan Debt Isn't Just the Right Thing to Do—It Makes Economic Sense
Remington A. Gregg | commondreams.org | 2020-04-17
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… …
commondreams.org/views/2020/04/17/canceling-student-loan-debt-isnt-just-right-thing-do-it-makes-economic-sense?cd-origin=rss

Drowning with our money belts: Putting profits before people in time of crisis
Brandon James O'Neil | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-17
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 …
peoplesworld.org/article/drowning-with-our-money-belts-putting-profits-before-people-in-time-of-crisis/

Colombia Reports suspends publishing government coronavirus statistics
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-04-17
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…
colombiareports.com/colombia-reports-suspends-publishing-government-coronavirus-statistics/