ecns.cn (2022-04-13). Chinese scientists find molecular pathway for critical COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn An international team led by Chinese researchers has identified a molecular pathway that intensifies the severity of critical COVID-19 cases, lending clues to potential treatment for such cases.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Chinese-built project boosts vocational education in Ghana. ecns.cn A Chinese-built vocational institutions upgrade project in Ghana was completed on Tuesday, injecting a new impetus to the development of vocational education in the West African country.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-14). Taking Mayo Clinic research beyond the lab and into space. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's a historic mission to space, and Mayo Clinic research will be on board. Larry Connor, a Mayo Clinic benefactor, well-known philanthropist and CEO of The Connor Group, will make history in April 2022 when he pilots the first-ever all-civilian flight to the International Space Station. Connor will take part in some research projects for Mayo Clinic during the 10-day Axiom Space flight. Watch: Taking Mayo Clinic research beyond the lab and into space. youtu.be/bdjrGrgH6nk…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-14). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 metrics improve, expert still urges caution. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19 continue to decline, leading to some optimism about the way forward from pandemic to endemic. But experts still urge caution as the omicron subvariant, named BA.2, has quickly become the dominant strain in the U.S. "When you look around the nation, all of the metrics, with the exception of BA.2, have fallen precipitously," explains Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "But we need to be very cautious about…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-14). Science Saturday: Nanopore sequencing method rapidly detects, identifies antibiotic-resistant microbes, Mayo Clinic research shows. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A growing number of people are dying from antibiotic-resistant infections. These infections are fueled by microbial species that are mutating to evade the drugs developed to destroy them. More than 1.2 million people worldwide died in 2019 from antibiotic-resistant infections. In response, a team of researchers from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine has developed a sequencing technology to rapidly detect and identify microbes and antibiotic-resistant phenotypes in a single test. The innovative nanopore sequencing method is published in Surgery and mSphere,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-14). Heart procedure to reduce stroke risk should manage small leaks. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Leakage after left atrial appendage closure matters more than previously thought, according to new Mayo Clinic research. This research shows that even small leaks are associated with a 10%—15% higher risk of adverse events. A news release from the American College of Cardiology further outlines the research study and the findings published in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology. The left atrial appendage is a small, irregular-shaped sac on the left side of the heart where blood clots…

WSWS (2022-04-14). Students occupy Sorbonne University as anger mounts at French elections. wsws.org Students opposed to both of France's right-wing presidential candidates, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, occupied the university on Wednesday afternoon.

Julia Conley (2022-04-14). 'Keep fighting': Schumer 'making progress' on canceling student debt. nationofchange.org "Write, call, email," urged the Democratic leader, who said President Joe Biden is "more open" to the proposal than ever before.

ROSE (2022-04-14). Rising Up for Abortion Rights in Berkeley. indybay.org On April 9, about a hundred demonstrators rallied in Sproul Plaza on the University of California campus, then marched across campus and through the city's downtown. They stopped at high rise student dorms where they shouted and cheered in the courtyards, calling up for students to join in.

Editor (2022-04-14). The Mecca of African Liberation: Walter Rodney in Tanzania. mronline.org Karim Hirji, a Tanzanian student, was in a good mood when he went to bed on the 10 July 1969. That evening he had heard the most impressive lecture of his life at the University of Dar es Salaam. The lecture was on the Cuban Revolution and its relevance to Africa. Back in his dorm, he praised the speaker in his diary: "one could almost feel the strong conviction and deep emotions from which he spoke". The man he admired and later befriended was Dr Walter Rodney.

United We Dream (2022-04-14). Wednesday 4/20: Know Your Immigration Rights, Know Your Power w/ UWD. indybay.org Online teach-in / webinar…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-14). Sharing Mayo Clinic: Back on the bandstand. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Heintz of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, is no stranger to hospitals. Born with a congenital hip defect, he has had several hip surgeries over the years, beginning as a toddler. When Robert was scheduled for hip revision surgery at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in 2021, he was happy to learn he could complete his recovery at home with the Mayo Clinic Advanced Care at Home Program. Hitch in his stride Robert, 66, who teaches…

Michael Welch (2022-04-13). The Collapse of America: Distant Early Warning Signs of Uncle Sam's Demise. Andrei Martyanov. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-04-13). Crisis in Ukraine Through the Prism of Middle Eastern Social Media. journal-neo.org The Russian special operation in Ukraine continues to resonate prominently on social media in the Middle East region. Local analysts monitor how the Internet views these events and their impact on different areas of life and politics. According to a Moroccan researcher, the picture here is a mosaic, as evidenced by the flood of user …

Staff (2022-04-13). Third night of the Revolution Art Week. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) — In the ceremony on the third night of the Revolution Art Week, researchers and narrators of the Islamic Revolution and the sacred defense were honored.

Olivia Rosane (2022-04-13). Brazilian Amazon endured record deforestation in first three months of 2022. peoplesworld.org Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon during the first three months of 2022 has increased by 64 percent compared to the same time period last year, Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) said in a new report. That's a record increase in deforestation for January through March since data collection began in 2015. The report, …

Jenny Pierson (2022-04-13). Kids Are Really Worried About the Climate Crisis. independentmediainstitute.org Middle school student activists write their elected representatives to urge climate action. By Reynard Loki In 2019, Earth | Food | Life writing fellow Lucy Goodchild van Hilten, a science writer and mother of a young child, wrote a piece titled, "How to Talk to Kids About Climate Change." Now I am pleased to report …

Mark Niu (2022-04-13). How artificial intelligence helps students learn. america.cgtn.com It's been a challenging time for schools and students around the world. Many studies have shown a drop in test scores during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. But some educators believe there may be a new tool ready to help rejuvenate …

_____ (2022-04-13). Crisis in Ukraine Through the Prism of Middle Eastern Social Media. journal-neo.org The Russian special operation in Ukraine continues to resonate prominently on social media in the Middle East region. Local analysts monitor how the Internet views these events and their impact on different areas of life and politics. According to a Moroccan researcher, the picture here is a mosaic, as evidenced by the flood of user …

Staff (2022-04-13). Third night of the Revolution Art Week. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) — In the ceremony on the third night of the Revolution Art Week, researchers and narrators of the Islamic Revolution and the sacred defense were honored.

Michael Welch (2022-04-13). The Collapse of America: Distant Early Warning Signs of Uncle Sam's Demise. Andrei Martyanov. globalresearch.ca

Jenny Pierson (2022-04-13). Kids Are Really Worried About the Climate Crisis. independentmediainstitute.org Middle school student activists write their elected representatives to urge climate action. By Reynard Loki In 2019, Earth | Food | Life writing fellow Lucy Goodchild van Hilten, a science writer and mother of a young child, wrote a piece titled, "How to Talk to Kids About Climate Change." Now I am pleased to report …

Mark Niu (2022-04-13). How artificial intelligence helps students learn. america.cgtn.com It's been a challenging time for schools and students around the world. Many studies have shown a drop in test scores during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. But some educators believe there may be a new tool ready to help rejuvenate …

ROSE (2022-04-13). Rising Up for Abortion Rights in Berkeley. indybay.org On April 9, about a hundred demonstrators rallied in Sproul Plaza on the University of California campus, then marched across campus and through the city's downtown. They stopped at high rise student dorms where they shouted and cheered in the courtyards, calling up for students to join in.

United We Dream (2022-04-13). Wednesday 4/20: Know Your Immigration Rights, Know Your Power w/ UWD. indybay.org Online teach-in / webinar…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-12). Venezuela Seeks Investigation by International Criminal Court (ICC) as to Whether U.S. Sanctions Constitute Crimes Against Humanity. libya360.wordpress.com Ryan Swan Adopted as part of regime-change operation, sanctions have killed at least 40,000 Venezuelans. Economic coercive measures, commonly known as economic sanctions, are a means of coercive pressure through disruption of trade relations and economic isolation. The use of sanctions under international law is governed chiefly by Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter,…

teleSUR (2022-04-12). Scientists Find Trends of 'Enhanced Warming' in the Arctic. telesurenglish.net Researchers have reconstructed the Arctic amplification index over the past 1,000 years and found that the index has decreased during the time range, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences. | RELATED: | The Arctic has warmed more than twice the global average since the preindustrial era. The "Arctic amplification" refers to the enhancement of near-surface air temperature change over t…

Staff (2022-04-12). China's carbon emissions soar to record high. aninews.in Beijing [China], May 22 (ANI): While the world is battling COVID-19 pandemic, China's carbon emissions has reached a new record high with a growth of 14.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 as compared to the previous year, according to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).

ecns.cn (2022-04-12). Chinese experts reveal genetic variation basis in watermelon seed size. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have revealed the genetic variation basis in watermelon seed size based on a systematic study on the molecular basis of natural variation, according to the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

Bousquet C, Coulet A. (2022-04-12). Supporting Diagnosis With Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent Viewpoint proposed to support diagnosis with next-generation artificial intelligence that not only predicts diagnosis but also accompanies physicians on their journey. The wayfinding metaphor poses interesting research questions about the best way to represent the map from an ergonomic point of view, but it also calls into question the volume of interventions of the system and its level of autonomy. A high volume of alerts accompanied clinical decision support systems for prescription and laboratory ordering. The strategy of alerting physicians initially seemed relevant and necessary to hel…

Abbasi J. (2022-04-12). Large US Study Examines First 6 Months of COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Data. jamanetwork.com During the first 6 months of the US COVID-19 vaccination campaign, most adverse events reported to surveillance systems were mild and short-lived, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The study examined safety data collected through the new v-safe surveillance system and the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

Keane F, Du M, O'Reilly EM. (2022-04-12). Incidence of Pancreatic Cancer by Age and Sex in the US From 2000 to 2018. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent Research Letter highlighted concerning trends in the incidence of pancreatic cancer in individuals younger than 55 years, with a significantly greater increase in the average annual percentage change in women compared with men. The difference was most pronounced in individuals aged 15 to 34 years, with the average annual percentage change of 7.68% in women and 4.20% in men. These directional trends are profoundly worrisome.

Michas-Martin S. (2022-04-12). Transfigured in the Underground. jamanetwork.com When I have a learning in me I go to science a place soundproofed by the heavy breathing of strangers who stay strange behind a-tonal language in the concrete halls winding between fact and personhood I search for open doors when I have an embryo in me and thus a learning science says it knows from urine and blood and the brain's profound anatomical changes science says neurogenesis for adaptive purposes or becoming less voluminous in the head…

Kuehn BM. (2022-04-12). Food Insecurity Common Among US Children. jamanetwork.com About 1 in 10 US children lived in a food-insecure household, according to a new report from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-12). King's forces occupy University of Swaziland campus; students evicted using live fire, tear gas. peoplesdispatch.org Students in various campuses across the country have been boycotting classes since April 7, demanding the transfer of living allowances that remain unpaid for many since the academic year began in November 2021…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-04-12). Protests Return To Howard University: Hospital Staff Go On Strike Over Pay, Working Conditions. moguldom.com Howard University faced another strike yesterday, just months after students took over the school's Blackburn Center last October and November for 33 days to protest unsuitable living conditions. This time staff at its namesake hospital protested staffing conditions and wages. More than 300 nurses, pharmacists, dietitians and social workers began striking on Monday, April 11, …

imperial.ac.uk (2022-04-12). Imperial teams reach semi-finals of Mayor's Entrepreneur Competition. imperial.ac.uk Scores of students from Imperial have been named semi-finalists at the Mayor of London's annual Entrepreneur Competition.

WSWS (2022-04-12). Race versus class at Howard University: $20 million for Hannah-Jones' racialist journalism center. wsws.org While student and faculty demands for improved housing conditions and higher wages have been ignored, the promotion of racialist politics has been showered with money.

WSWS (2022-04-12). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Truckers in Honduras began a strike April 7, blocking various highways around the country while teachers in Peru joined forces with other workers to demand an increase in minimum wages.