A Victory for Chaos and Cruelty – The Logic of Internment Advanced Against the Unhoused
Keith McHenry | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
We can only hope that the celluloid avatars at the Santa Cruz City Council are clueless, otherwise their "Camping Services and Standards Ordinance" is just naked sadism.
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib Speaks Truth to Power on Palestine
Stop US Aid to Israel | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
On the floor of the US Congress on 5/13/21, Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan stated in her moving 10 minute speech below, that "If there's one thing Detroit instilled in this Palestinian girl from Southwest, it's you always speak truth to power, even if your voice shakes. The freedom of Palestinians is connected to the fight against oppression all over the world." We will be there for her and Palestine on 5/15/21 at 16th & Valencia, SF in opposition to the 75% of US Congress who, as Tlaib stated: "signed a letter pledging that Israel shall never be made to comply with basic human rights laws that other countries th…
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Sunday 5/16: Monterey: Stand in Solidarity with Palestine
Islamic Society of Monterey County | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
Window on the Bay, 717 Del Monte Ave., Monterey, CA…
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Friday 5/21: Mental Health Rights and Resources Video Forum on Friday May 21st 5pm
Raia & Jean-Jacques Zenger | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
Online video…
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Saturday 5/15: Nakba 73 — We Will Return to Palestine
repost | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
24th and Mission, 24th St BART and Valencia and Liberty between 20th and 21st Streets, San Francisco…
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Thursday 6/17: A Joy Unexpected: Exhibition + Virtual Panel Discussion
Root Division | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
Online…
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California to ban new fracking permits by Jan. 2024, phase out oil extraction by 2045
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
Representatives of environmental justice and climate justice groups praised the directive for being a step in the right direction, but said phasing out oil extraction in California by 2045 is too late and noted that frontline communities need an immediate 2500 foot health and safety buffer now, not later.
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MLB pressures Oakland to support A's waterfront ballpark scheme
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
Oakland A's Baseball Players:…
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Tomorrow morning! (Saturday, 5/15): Two online events about Palestine!
Networker | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
Here are 2 online events about Palestine taking place tomorrow morning, Saturday, May 15. These events are hosted in Canada and the UK, however, the listed times are for our "Pacific time zone". Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.
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Wealth Issues in Sonoma County
Madison Young | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
This piece focuses on the issues revolving around the building of the Green Music Center, while Sonoma County is facing a poverty and homelessness crisis.
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End of CDC masking guidelines aimed at "normalizing" death
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
The CDC's guidance is a political, not a scientific decision. It is intended to signal that all remaining measures that impinge on business interests, from social distancing requirements to enhanced sanitary guidelines, are to be dropped.
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Saturday 5/22: Seaspiracy Postering
DXE | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
Cha-Ya Vegetarian Japanese Restaurant…
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Stephanie Bice Dismisses Q-Anon
Cat Wilmott | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
This is a response to a Politico article about incoming GOP member Stephanie Bice. It addresses her denial of Q-Anon.
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Sunday 5/23: SOUPSTOCK 2021 – The 41st Anniversary of the founding of Food Not Bombs
Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
Laurel and Front Streets, Santa Cruz…
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Monday 5/17: Gaza: Palestinians Under Siege Webinar w/ Joel Beinin, Middle East Scholar Stanford
Peninsula Peace, Justice Center | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
Online event via Zoom…
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No, Biden's Not Banning Burgers – But Meat is a Real Climate Problem
Madison Geramoni | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
This article goes into detail about the misconceptions created by right winged politicians in regards to Biden's expectation to meet the Green New Deal.
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Self Serving Pro-Growth Media
Marissa Land | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
How power and control is affecting Sonoma County.
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Saturday 6/5: Santa Cruz Dyke Trans Bike March – Let's Ride
Santa Cruz Dyke Trans March | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
Town Clock Downtown Santa Cruz…
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Wednesday 5/19: Open Rescue Training: The Basics and Roles
DXE | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
online…
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Santa Rosa Police Department underscores changes since summer 2020 protests
Nashelly Chavez | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
The outcome of the 2020 BLM movement on Santa Rosa Police department. There has now been changes that have been made within the police department involving stricter rules for less-lethal munitions and long-range sound system for orders. Awareness of human right violations that were done with the use of tear gas and the less-lethal munitions. In need of better communication of protocols in handling situations like that better.
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Latinx Threat Narrative: Are We Dangerous?
Jorge Valle Medina | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
This piece discusses the Latinx Threat Narrative propaganda that has become well known in America's everyday conversations. This piece also touches on topics like racialization of minority groups and how these dangerous tools are use to further divide groups in America.
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Saturday 5/15: San Francisco Protest for Palestine
Palestine Action Network | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
16th and Valencia BART Station…
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Zionism, Israel & The Witch Hunt In UK Labour Party & Universities With Tony Greenstein
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
Tony Greenstein a former member of the UK Labour Party was interviewed about the role of Zionists and Israel in the Labour Party and also in the witch hunt against professors in the United Kingdom. He also talks about the history of the Zionists working with rightwingers including Trump and the Nazis in the 1930's…
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Venezuela: Regional & Municipal Elections Scheduled for November 21–Complete Electoral Calendar Announced
Lucía Eugenia Córdova | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-15
Venezuela's regional and municipal elections will take place on Sunday, November 21, 2021. This was announced to the country on Thursday, May 13, by the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Pedro Calzadilla, following the approval of the corresponding electoral calendar. | RELATED CONTENT: Venezuela Inaugurates CNE Board: Meet the New Authorities | This calendar comprises, as usual, a set of dates: | ‚Ä¢ The special day for new voter registration and data update will be…
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Forced Sterilizations Haunt Peruvian Candidate Keiko Fujimori
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-15
Peru's Association of Women Affected by Forced Sterilizations (AMPAEF) announced that this Tuesday they will hold a sit-in at the headquarters of the Palace of Justice, in the capital Lima, to continue demanding "truth, justice, and reparations" in their case. | A representation of women affected by a program that was implemented during the neoliberal government of Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) will participate in the protest, through which hundreds of thousands of women in situations of poverty and vulnerability were forced to deprive themselves of their rights, and their possibility of conceiving children. | Thi…
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The Republics of 'Rumplandia' & the Security of the Unborn
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-15
By El Cayapo — May 11, 2021 | The global monopolistic process of the large transnationals pursues the goal of a single owner on the planet. This requires the elimination of nation-states and corporate taxation, the appropriation of the wealth administered by the states. We are talking about savings banks, trusts, contributions, health and housing insurance, subsidies, benefits, pensions and other demands, achieved by the working class during their struggles. They also seek to control directly the areas of natural resources, raw materials, energies and very cheap labor. | Let us look at the cases of Iraq, Lib…
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Venezuela's Attorney General Unveils Corruption Plot at Lácteos Los Andes: Its President was Arrested
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-15
Earlier today the Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab announced the dismantling of a corruption scheme at Lácteos Los Andes CA, a public enterprise in the dairy industry, carried out by the president of the company, Colonel Luis Augusto Piligra Jiménez. | During a press conference, Saab indicated that the Public Ministry (MP) together with the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM ) pursued an investigation following complaints about irregularities within the company. | The prosecutor announced the arrest of the president of Lácteos Los Andes, Colonel Luis Augusto Piligra Jiméne…
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Murray Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-15
By Joe Lauria — May 11, 2021 | Craig Murray, the former British diplomat, has been sentenced to 8 months in prison for contempt of court during the 2020 trial of former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond. | Craig Murray, an ex-British ambassador and blogger, has been sentenced to eight months in prison after being found guilty in March of contempt of court during the 2020 trial of former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond. He was given three weeks to turn himself into police, pending his appeal. Judge Lady Dorrian issued the sentence, she said, despite Murray's health issues. | Murray faced up to two yea…
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Biden Administration Affirms US Support for Corrupt Jordanian Monarchy Amidst Suppression of Alleged Coup Attempt
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-15
By Christian Sorensen — May 5, 2021 | Pattern of U.S. Support for Autocracy across the Middle East | In early April, Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, the former crown prince of Jordan, was imprisoned under house arrest. | King Abdullah II, who is Hamzah's half-brother and the absolute ruler of Jordan, ordered Prince Hamzah to cease communications with the outside world. | Prince Hamzah said he would not keep quiet, tweeting, "I'm not going to obey when they say you can't go out, you can't tweet, you can't communicate with people." | The Jordanian deputy prime minister, Ayman Safadi, claimed that the prince was inv…
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One more "flashpoint" in the Los Angeles homelessness crisis
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-05-15
On the morning of March 24, local activists and unhoused residents gathered at Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles to oppose city councilmember Mitch O'Farrell's looming eviction of the homeless people living around the lake. | May 15, 2021…
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[Correspondence] Working upstream
Mary Owen, Michael Westerhaus, Amy Finnegan, Laalitha Surapaneni, Winona LaDuke | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
Health-care workers often conceptualise addressing the social and structural determinants of health as working upstream.1 In response to the racial disparities of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Movement for Black Lives, health systems are acknowledging systemic racism, promoting implicit bias training, and screening for the social determinants of health. Although welcome, these changes will not achieve the social transformation necessary to eliminate health inequities. We must move even further upstream.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00923-5/fulltext?rss=yes

Soviet Jews "stand with Israel forever"
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-05-15
This is what happens when a whole group of people gets converted to ethno-nationalism, which has become a kind of secular religion for them–a belief system predicated on messianic ethnic cleansing and blood-and-soil thinking. Most of my old Soviet immigrant friends aren't religious, but Zionism fills in that gap for them. | May 15, 2021…
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Trump Officials Used Secret Terrorism Unit to Question Lawyers at Border
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-15
Taylor Levy couldn't understand why she'd been held for hours by Customs and Border Protection officials when crossing back into El Paso, Texas, after getting dinner with friends in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in January 2019. And she didn't know why she was being questioned by an agent who'd introduced himself as a counterterrorism specialist. | Levy was part of the legal team representing the father of a girl who'd died the previous month in the custody of the Border Patrol, which is part of CBP. "T…
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[Correspondence] Global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out: time to randomise vaccine allocation?
Samuel I Watson, Richard J Lilford | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
The global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out might be the largest public health exercise ever done. COVAX, the vaccines access pillar of the COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, supported by WHO, UNICEF, and others, expects to deliver two billion doses to 190 countries in 1 year. At present, 13 vaccines have received approval in various jurisdictions. The roll-out provides an opportunity, unparalleled in human history, to learn about vaccines.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00895-3/fulltext?rss=yes

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Signs of depression in teens and how to help
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
Depression is a serious mental health problem that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities. Although depression can occur at any time in life, symptoms may differ between teens and adults. Issues such as peer pressure, academic expectations and changing bodies can bring a lot of ups and downs for …
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Children bearing brunt of escalating violence between Israelis and Palestinians: UNICEF
news.un.org | 2021-05-15
More than 40 children have been killed in the current crisis in the Middle East, a senior official with the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, said on Saturday.
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Hamas To Cease Rocket Attacks On Tel Aviv For Two Hours
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-15
Abu Ubaida, a spokesman for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, with the logo of the ongoing Operation al-Quds Sward. | In a sign of a near de-escalation, the Hamas Movement announced that it will cease rocket attacks on the Israeli capital until the midnight of March 15. | Abu Ubaida, a spokesman for Hamas' military wing the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, said that rocket attacks on Tel Aviv will be halted for two hours, from 10: 00 to 12: 00 pm local time."By order of Chief of Staff [of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades] Abu Kh…
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The Attack on our Movement Continues
Abahlali baseMjondolo | zcomm.org | 2021-05-15
Another comrade appeared in court today on trumped up charges of conspiracy to murder…
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Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente announce strategic investment in Medically Home to expand access to serious or complex care at home
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
ROCHESTER, Minn., and OAKLAND, Calif. ? Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente are partnering in an unprecedented collaboration to allow more patients to receive acute level of care and recovery services in the comfort, convenience and safety of their homes. Beginning with significant strategic investments in Medically Home Group, a Boston-based, technology-enabled services company, Mayo Clinic …
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New Zealand: International mining experts release plan for full investigation of Pike River disaster
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
Technical experts have demolished the Labour government's claims that a thorough underground investigation into the 2010 Pike River avoidable disaster would be too expensive and difficult.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/pike…

[Correspondence] Working upstream
Mary Owen, Michael Westerhaus, Amy Finnegan, Laalitha Surapaneni, Winona LaDuke | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
Health-care workers often conceptualise addressing the social and structural determinants of health as working upstream.1 In response to the racial disparities of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Movement for Black Lives, health systems are acknowledging systemic racism, promoting implicit bias training, and screening for the social determinants of health. Although welcome, these changes will not achieve the social transformation necessary to eliminate health inequities. We must move even further upstream.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00923-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out: time to randomise vaccine allocation?
Samuel I Watson, Richard J Lilford | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
The global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out might be the largest public health exercise ever done. COVAX, the vaccines access pillar of the COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, supported by WHO, UNICEF, and others, expects to deliver two billion doses to 190 countries in 1 year. At present, 13 vaccines have received approval in various jurisdictions. The roll-out provides an opportunity, unparalleled in human history, to learn about vaccines.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00895-3/fulltext?rss=yes

Hamas To Cease Rocket Attacks On Tel Aviv For Two Hours
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-15
Abu Ubaida, a spokesman for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, with the logo of the ongoing Operation al-Quds Sward. | In a sign of a near de-escalation, the Hamas Movement announced that it will cease rocket attacks on the Israeli capital until the midnight of March 15. | Abu Ubaida, a spokesman for Hamas' military wing the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, said that rocket attacks on Tel Aviv will be halted for two hours, from 10: 00 to 12: 00 pm local time."By order of Chief of Staff [of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades] Abu Kh…
southfront.org/hamas-to-cease-rocket-att…

Ferdowsi preserver of Persian identity, language, heritage
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Ordibehesht 25 in the Persian calendar corresponding with May 15 is National Commemoration Day of Ferdowsi, the greatest of Persian poets whose masterpiece, Shahnameh, preserved Persian identity, language, and heritage.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173325/Ferdowsi-pre…

Venezuelan FM calls on UN to take action on Palestine
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has called on the United Nations to take action in support of the Palestinian people.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173470/Venezuelan-F…

Israel Doesn't Have A 'Right To Exist'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-15
In 1991, Israeli and Palestinian representatives gathered in Madrid, Spain to restart a "peace process" they hoped, at least ostensibly, would lay the groundwork for a future "two-state solution." Three decades later, as Israeli bombs rain down on Gaza, the creation of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza seems further from realization than ever. | The idea of a two-state solution never made much sense. The West Bank and Gaza are geographically disconnected, and the Gaza Strip takes up all of 140.9 square miles. Under the terms of a future two-state deal, the residents of this tiny strip of…
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Can Palestinian Lives Matter?
Sarah Aziza | zcomm.org | 2021-05-15
George Floyd's death penetrated the American imagination. Now Palestinians fight for the right to be human. Will the world see them?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/can-palestinian-li…

Charity considers legal action against Home Office over Glasgow immigration raid
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2021-05-15
A migrant charity has said it's investigating legal action against the Home Office for "casting aspersions" on two Indian nationals detained in Glasgow as "illegal" immigrants. | Legal action: | Lakhvir Singh and Sumit Sehdev were released from Border Force detention after crowds swarmed around the van in which they were held, preventing it from leaving Kenmure Street in Pollokshields on 13 May. | Demonstrators blocked the vehicle for several hours, with one even lying underneath its axles, before police released the pair on public safety grounds. | Scottish justice secretary Humza Yousaf has blamed the H…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2021/05/15/charity-…

Bicentenary of Napoleon's death: Macron praises Bonapartist police-state rule
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
On May 5, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke on the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte in exile on the island of Saint Helena.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/bice…

Thousands join the protest against Israeli attacks on Palestine
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2021-05-15
Thousands of people have gathered in central London to march in solidarity with the people of Palestine following the Israeli bombardment of Gaza and attacks in the West Bank. | Organisers say "immediate action" is needed by the UK Government to help end the "brutal" violence against the Palestinian people. | At midday on Saturday, demonstrators arrived at Hyde Park near Marble Arch to march to the Israeli embassy, holding banners and chanting. | People gather at Marble Arch in central London (Dominic Lipinski/PA) | "Free free Palestine": | Thousands of people marched through the park chanting "free, free…
thecanary.co/uk/2021/05/15/thousands-joi…

WFDY condemns Zionist occupation and violence on Nakba Day
Editorial Team | challenge-magazine.org | 2021-05-15
The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) has released a statement marking the 73rd Anniversary of the Nakba denouncing the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the ongoing horrific violence against Palestinians. | The YCL is Britain's affiliate to WFDY, one of over 180 progressive and anti-imperialist youth organisations from more than 100 countries that are members. WFDY organises campaigns as well as solidarity brigades in support of peace, self-determination for all people and social and economic progress. | This 15th of May, like every 15th of May since 1948, marks Nakba Day. Although it is a date th…
challenge-magazine.org/2021/05/15/wfdy-c…

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
Striking health workers sacked in India; Sri Lankan public health inspectors walk out; New Zealand nurses vote to strike…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/labo…

Johnson authorises neutered Covid-19 inquiry as Indian mutation surge takes first lives in Britain
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
The many thousands of relatives seeking justice for the preventable deaths of their loved ones will be denied, as Britain's ruling elite again turns to its favourite means of escaping responsibility for social murder–the "independent" public inquiry.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/couk…

[World Report] Serbia begins paying citizens to receive a COVID-19 vaccine
Ed Holt | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
The decision to pay €25 per person is raising ethical questions and concerns that the scheme could backfire. Ed Holt reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)01097-7/fulltext?rss=yes

Talking to your children about vaccines
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expanding its emergency use authorization of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 12-15 years. So parents and caregivers may be getting even more questions from children about whether vaccines are safe and how vaccines can help end the COVID-19 pandemic. Information in this article was contributed by Jennifer …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ta…

[Correspondence] Peruvian research: striving for the highest standards
Jorge Arévalo, Francisco C Villafuerte, Martin Montes, Theresa J Ochoa, researchers from Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, from Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
For 60 years, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru, has contributed to world-class knowledge in tropical medicine, high-altitude medicine and physiology, public health, and basic sciences with the highest research standards and ethics. We therefore read with interest the World Report by Lucien Chauvin,1 in which we found some inaccuracies that we would like to clarify.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00890-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Palestinian community in Lydda calls for international protection from Israeli state-sanctioned pogroms
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-05-15
Following a night of racist attacks by far-right Israeli extremists, Palestinians living in Lydda (Lod) are calling for immediate international intervention to defend them before it is too late. | May 15, 2021…
mronline.org/2021/05/15/palestinian-comm…

Ukrainian government accuses pro-Russian oligarch and opposition leader of "high treason"
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
The indictment and prosecution of Medvedchuk will undoubtedly further worsen relations between Kiev and Moscow.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/ukr-…

Wisconsin bill would cut funding to cities that defund the police
Hayden Harwood | zcomm.org | 2021-05-15
Wisconsin's legislature is largely dominated by Republican minded bodies, who blatantly disregard Black, Brown and Indigenous communities…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/wisconsin-bill-wou…

Consumer Health: Considering a vaginal birth after a cesarean
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
If you've delivered a baby by cesarean section, or C-section, and you're pregnant again, you might be able to choose between scheduling a repeat C-section or a vaginal birth after cesarean. Many women are candidates for a vaginal birth after cesarean. Still, the choice to pursue a vaginal birth after cesarean or schedule a repeat C-section can …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/co…

Why I am not a climate doomist
Patrick Mazza | zcomm.org | 2021-05-15
People power is changing the story…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-i-am-not-a-cli…

[Correspondence] Vaccine scarcity in LMICs is a failure of global solidarity and multilateral instruments
Irene Torres, Daniel Lopez-Cevallos, Osvaldo Artaza, Barbara Profeta, JaHyun Kang, Cristiani Vieira Machado | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
To address COVID-19 vaccine scarcity, Ivan Sisa and colleagues1 justify placebo-controlled trials in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), arguing that these countries have "less capacity to negotiate and purchase vaccines than do high-income countries" and that the global shortage can be overcome with more vaccine producers coming from such trials. We are concerned that this reasoning sets the wrong precedent because approving such a trial should show that evidence can only be reached with this design.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00893-X/fulltext?rss=yes

Gaza and Israel's Kidnapper's Dilemma: Keeping a Million Children Brutalized in its dark Basement
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-15
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — A war is when two antagonists fight one another all-out, until in fairly short order one wins and the other loses. On December 11, 1941, Mussolini declared war on the United States. Then later on the US invaded Italy from Tunisia under Gen. Patton. On July 25, 1943, Mussolini lost …
juancole.com/2021/05/kidnappers-children…

Sanders Rejects Top Dems' Push for a Big Tax Break for the Rich
Jake Johnson | zcomm.org | 2021-05-15
"You can't be on the side of the wealthy and the powerful if you're going to really fight for working families."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/sanders-rejects-to…

Trial demonstrates early AI-guided detection of heart disease in routine practice
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Heart disease can take a number of forms, but some types of heart disease, such as asymptomatic low ejection fraction, can be hard to recognize, especially in the early stages when treatment would be most effective. The ECG AI-Guided Screening for Low Ejection Fraction, or EAGLE, trial set out to determine whether …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/tr…

[Correspondence] Long-term effects of COVID-19 on kidney function — Authors' reply
Lixue Huang, Xiaoying Gu, Yeming Wang, Chaolin Huang, Bin Cao | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
In our study,1 we observed a considerable number of patients presenting with low estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) over time without acute kidney injury and an eGFR of 90 mL/min per 1 ∑73 m2 or more during hospitalisation. Another study has shown that the use of creatinine to diagnose acute kidney injury might underestimate the patients with acute kidney injury at acute phase.2 We found that reduced eGFR at follow-up is possibly associated with kidney injury at acute phase, which was not recognised on the basis of serum creatinine values.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00875-8/fulltext?rss=yes

Iran's ambassador, Russian dep. FM confer on JCPOA revival
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Iran's ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali and Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov discussed the revival of the Iran nuclear deal.
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[Correspondence] Long-term effects of COVID-19 on kidney function
Philipp Enghard, Jan-Hendrik Hardenberg, Helena Stockmann, Christian Hinze, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Kai M Schmidt-Ott | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
We read with interest the long-term follow-up data from hospitalised patients with COVID-19 study by Chaolin Huang and colleagues.1 The investigators report that 107 (13%) of 822 study participants with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR; calculated with the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation2) of 90 mL/min per 1 ∑73 m2 or more and no acute kidney injury during the acute phase had an eGFR of less than 90 mL/min per 1 ∑73 m2 at follow-up. Huang and colleagues interpret this observation as persistent renal dysfunction.
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Israel Bombs Civilian Home in Gaza, Killing 8, Including 6 Children
Dave DeCamp | news.antiwar.com | 2021-05-15
Early Saturday morning, Israeli airstrikes targeted a residential building in the al-Shati refugee camp. According to the latest reports, the bombing killed at least eight people; two women and six children. | The airstrike wounded at least 20 other people, and the death toll could rise as rescue teams are searching the rubble of the three-story house, where several families lived. | A local resident said the Israelis…
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Previously deleted video shows fascist Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene harassing Representative Ocasio-Cortez's congressional office in 2019
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
In the previously uploaded February 2019 video, Greene, along with several other Trump supporters, taunted Ocasio-Cortez's staff from outside her locked office door.
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95th Tehran Derby
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Persepolis football team edged past Esteghlal 1-0 in Iran Professional League (IPL) here at the Azadi Stadium on Friday.
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The Power of One
Extinction Rebellion | zcomm.org | 2021-05-15
From Alaska to Israel, lone rebels are sitting in the streets. They are facing not only arrest but oncoming traffic, baffled onlookers, and potentially aggressive drivers…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-power-of-one/

This vile article in the Times shows us why we must unite to stamp out anti-GRT racism
Sophia Purdy-Moore | thecanary.co | 2021-05-15
On 15 May, the Times published an openly racist article by former Tory MP Matthew Parris. In the shocking article, Parris calls for the systematic eradication of the Traveller way of life, and the removal of the community's rights as an ethnic minority group. Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) community members, campaigners, and allies took to Twitter to call out the abhorrent article — and the mainstream media at large — for its consistent promotion and normalisation of anti-GRT racism. | The article: | According to the Equality and Hum…
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Elbowed and Hustled: Australia's Yellow Peril Problem
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-15
With the babble about Cold War paranoia becoming a routine matter in Canberra, the treacherous ground for war with China is being bedded down and readied. The Yellow Peril image never truly dissipated from Australia's politics. It was crucial in framing the first act of the newly born Commonwealth in 1901: the Immigration Restriction Act. …
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Consumer Health: Stroke awareness
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
May is National Stroke Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about stroke. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and a major cause of serious disability for adults. More than 795,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control …
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[Correspondence] Long-term effects of COVID-19 on kidney function
Pierre Delanaye, Justine Huart, Antoine Bouquegneau, Franàßois Jouret | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
Chaolin Huang and colleagues1 have highlighted the putative renal consequences of COVID-19 at 6 months from discharge. A decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was defined as less than 90 mL/min per 1 ∑73 m2 and was observed in 35% of participants during follow-up. The term decreased eGFR is ambiguous. According to the mean age of the cohort, chronic kidney disease should be defined as an eGFR of less than 60 mL/min per 1 ∑73 m2.2 The usual prevalence of eGFR less than 90 mL/min per 1 ∑73 m2 in the Chinese general population of similar ages to those in Huang and colleagues' cohort range…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00881-3/fulltext?rss=yes

[Perspectives] A call to arms to change capitalism
Joseph Stiglitz | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
In Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism, Mariana Mazzucato captures…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)01004-7/fulltext?rss=yes

Gaza Split In U.S. Congress, But Who Cares?
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-05-15
Illustrative image | The ongoing Gaza crisis has sparked a major split in the U.S. Congress. President Joe Biden remained silent during the first days of military escalation. Only on May 12th, speaking for the first time since violence started flaring, Biden took a pro-Israeli position, without even mentioning the Palestinians in his comments. | President's claims were treated like a betrayal of liberal values that his administration claims to promote all over the world. | Several Democratic members of the House of Representa…
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Zarif visit canceled in protest of Vienna's Zionist support
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) –The Austrian Foreign Ministry was quoted by an Austrian journalist as claiming that the Iranian Foreign Minister had canceled his visit to Vienna in protest of the Austrian government's support for the Zionist regime.
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Harvesting garlic in Savadkuh County of Mazandaran
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
SARI, May 15 (MNA) — Mazandaran province is one of the main poles of garlic cultivation in Iran and its garlic has attracted many consumers due to its high durability and quality.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/173459/Harvesting-…

[Correspondence] Canada is no global health leader on COVID-19 vaccine equity
Adam R Houston, Srinivas Murthy | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
In the 2018 Lancet Series on Canada's global leadership on health, the authors reported on measures such as the Feminist International Assistance Policy and concluded that "the world, more than ever, needs Canada's leadership on health".1 Unfortunately, Canadian leadership on vaccine equity was an early casualty of COVID-19. A year into the pandemic, Canada's international image is that of a country who secured over ten doses of scarce vaccine per capita.2…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00888-6/fulltext?rss=yes

French police raid pro-Palestinian rally in Paris
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — French police blocked the way of protesters demonstrated the criminal act of the Zionist regime against Palestinians in Paris on Saturday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173469/French-polic…

Fatigue, perceived cognitive impairment and mood disorders associated with post-COVID-19 syndrome
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
ROCHESTER, Minn. ?– Patients diagnosed with post-COVID-19 syndrome, also known as "PCS," "COVID-19 long-haul syndrome" and "Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS COV-2," experience symptoms such as mood disorders, fatigue and perceived cognitive impairment that can negatively affect returning to work and resuming normal activities, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The …
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New therapy shortens treatment for HPV-related cancers of the tonsils, tongue
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
Patients with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer who undergo surgery and are treated with chemotherapy, may be able to forgo significant radiation therapy without increasing the risk of their cancer spreading, according to the results of a clinical trial led by researchers at Mayo Clinic. "We found that decreasing the amount of radiation therapy after a minimally invasive robotic …
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[Editorial] 20 years of precision medicine in oncology
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
In the 20 years since the publication of the first draft of the human genome project, the use of genotyping and genomics have become part of standard treatment for some cancers. The desire to go beyond blanket, and often difficult, treatments for patients to a more refined, efficient, and patient-centred approach is an ideal that is hard to oppose. But as precision medicine in oncology expands to include big data, proteomics, transcriptomics, molecular imaging, and more, there are serious challenges ahead to translate that ideal into meaningful and equitable health care for patients.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)01099-0/fulltext?rss=yes

Macron government shifts further right after far-right generals' coup threats
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
The government has made clear that there will be no legal repercussions for the far right's open threat of a military coup.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/fran…

[World Report] COVID-19 in Turkey: a nation on edge
Kaya Genàß | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
Turkey has the fifth most COVID-19 cases in the world and has now entered a nationwide lockdown. How did it get here? Kaya Genàß reports from Istanbul.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)01098-9/fulltext?rss=yes

Iranian, Spanish FMs exchange views on economic, trade coop
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister and Spanish minister of industry, trade, and tourism discussed and exchange views on economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173439/Iranian-Span…

Lebanese protesters cross borders to occupied Palestine, face Israeli gunfire
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-15
According to a report from Lebanon's authoritative news outlet Al-Manar, a demonstration supporting the resistance in Palestine crossed the border between Lebanon and the territory under Israeli occupation on May 13. | "A number of Lebanese protesters demonstrated spontaneously near the barbed-wire fence off the Israeli settlement of Al-Metula, storming the border an crossing shortly into the occupied Palestinian territories," reports Al-Manar, which had a reporter on the scene. | "The protesters held Lebanon's, Hezbollah's and Palestine's flags and chanted slogans in support of Gaza against the Israeli agg…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/15/lebanese…

China's probe lands on Red Planet
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — The lander carrying China's first Mars rover has touched down on the Red Planet, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) confirmed on Saturday morning.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173445/China-s-prob…

Venezuelan Oil Production Down as PDVSA Targets Major Investment
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2021-05-15
The state oil company is reportedly looking for "new business models" with bigger private sector involvement.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/15203

COVID-19 infections in Sweden surpass 1 million
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
In a country of just 10 million people, officially recorded infections equate to more than 10 percent of the population, with the real figure undoubtedly much higher.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/swed…

A Timeline of "The Great Reset" Agenda
Tim Hinchliffe | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-15
Say it's 2014 …
globalresearch.ca/timeline-great-reset-a…

Last day of presidential candidates registration in Tehran
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — The last day of registration of Iran 2021 Presidential Candidates kicked off at the venue of Elections Headquarters of the Ministry of Interior on Saturday.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/173443/Last-day-of…

Australian budget underscores preparations for war
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
The $44.6 billion allocated for military spending in 2021–22 stands in stark contrast to the chronic under-funding of essential social programs, including the over-stretched public hospitals.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/warb…

VIDEO: Thousands gather at Free Palestine rally in Sydney CBD
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Thousands of Australian people have marched through Sydney's CBD on Saturday for a Free Palestine rally.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173450/VIDEO-Thousa…

Consumer Health: Staying active and exercising with osteoporosis
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about this bone disease, which affects approximately 10 million Americans, according to the Office on Women's Health. Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and brittle — so brittle that a fall or even mild stresses, such as bending over …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/co…

Danish police deal with Palestinian supporters violently
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — In a hostile move, Danish police violently arrested Palestinian supporters who were protesting in front of Israeli Embassy in Denmark and dispersed them with the tear gas.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173457/Danish-polic…

Hidden Causes And Apparent Results Of Gaza Crisis
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-05-15
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[Correspondence] Venezuela is collapsing without COVID-19 vaccines
Enrique S López Loyo, Marino J González, José Esparza | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
Once considered a rich oil-producing country, Venezuela is confronting a rapidly increasing COVID-19 epidemic that adds to a complex humanitarian crisis that has been affecting the country since 2016.1 The health-care system has collapsed and is incapable of responding to the ever-increasing number of patients who require hospitalisation. Health-care personnel, including doctors, nurses, and other first-line health staff, have been substantially affected by the epidemic, leading to the highest lethality reported in the Americas.
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Consumer Health: Endometriosis, ovarian cancer and infertility — what are the connections?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
If you've been diagnosed with endometriosis, you may have questions about whether that raises your risk for other conditions, including ovarian cancer and infertility. With endometriosis, tissue similar to the tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus grows outside your uterus. Endometriosis most commonly involves your ovaries, fallopian tubes and the tissue lining …
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[Department of Error] Department of Error
thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
Greenhalgh T, Jimenez JL, Prather KA, Tufekci Z, Fisman D, Schooley R. Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Lancet 2021; 397: 1603–05–In this Comment, the conflict of interest statement for David Fisman has been corrected according to what was declared on his ICMJE form to read: "DF is funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (2019 COVID-19 rapid researching funding OV4-170360), received consulting fees as a legal expert for Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario in August and September, 2020, related to COVID-19 transmission in schools, including t…
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Mother and son share rare muscle disorder, treated decades apart by same doctor
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
Twenty-four years ago, Bobbi Heinold, 17, was diagnosed with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, a genetic muscle condition characterized by weakness, especially in the face, shoulder blades and upper arms. Doctors told her it could affect her quality of life. Bobbi and her mom drove from their Indiana home to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to learn …
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[Perspectives] Facts and values in the history of spina bifida
Bart Lutters, Thomas Schlich | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
Over the past two decades, maternal–fetal surgery has become a clinical reality for some pregnant women carrying a fetus diagnosed with spina bifida. Since its conception, maternal–fetal surgery has been the focus of ethical deliberation, because expected health benefits for the fetus come at the cost of potential health risks for the pregnant woman. Somewhat less attention has, however, been given to the nature of the medical criteria used to determine patient eligibility for maternal–fetal surgery from a historical perspective.
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: Mammograms and COVID-19 vaccine
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend of mine shared that she went for her annual mammogram last week. At the appointment, she was asked whether she had been vaccinated for COVID-19 and had experienced any changes in her breasts. I recently received my first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Although I feel fine, I'm wondering if there …
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Israeli settlers' aggressive takeover of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem is part of a decades-long struggle
Global Voices | juancole.com | 2021-05-15
Written byÿ£ŸäŸÖŸÜ ÿ≠ÿ≥ŸàŸÜÿ© Translated byYasmeen Omera ( GlobalVoices.org) — "If I don't steal your house, someone else will." This is how an Israeli settler called "Yakob" responded to the Jerusalemite journalist Muna ElKurd when she asked him to leave the garden of her home in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. shows Israeli settler trying to take …
juancole.com/2021/05/aggressive-palestin…

Tanzania helpline calls time on child marriage and abuse
news.un.org | 2021-05-15
Child marriage continues to affect many young girls across Tanzania, in East Africa, but now a series of interventions supported by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) are allowing children to get the support they need to avoid unwanted and potentially damaging relationships.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2021/05/1…

New Zealand Labour-led government imposes public sector wage freeze
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
The Labour-Green Party government is stepping up its austerity agenda, with the trade unions at the centre of the operation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/nzwa…

[Department of Error] Department of Error
thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
Marson A, Burnside G, Appleton R, et al. The SANAD II study of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of valproate versus levetiracetam for newly diagnosed generalised and unclassifiable epilepsy: an open-label, non-inferiority, multicentre, phase 4, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2021; 397: 1375–86–In this Article, N Vora should not have been included in the SANAD II collaborators list. This correction has been made to the online version as of May 13, 2021.
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Blinken to Seek Arctic Cooperation in Greenland Visit
Dave DeCamp | news.antiwar.com | 2021-05-15
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will travel to Greenland next week and seek stronger cooperation in the Arctic as the US sees the northern region as a future battlefield with Russia and China. | The State Department said Blinken will meet with Greenland's Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede and other officials to discuss "the strong partnership between the United States and Greenland and our shared commitment to increase…
news.antiwar.com/2021/05/14/blinken-to-s…

University of Shahrekord sings MoU with French university
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — The University of Shahrekord, in Iran's Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, has signed a cooperation agreement with the University of Rennes 1 in Rennes, France.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173454/University-o…

Mysterious Group Claimed Responsibility For Rocket Attack On Israeli-Occupied Golan
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-15
Illustrative image. | A group calling itself the "Palestinian Liberation Brigades" has claimed responsibility for the rocket attack which targeted the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights late on May 14. | The group's name first appeared on a number of Syria and Iraq social media news channels and pages, including the Sabereen News. The Telegram channel is known to be close to pro-Iranian factions in Iraq. | As for n…
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We choose human rights instead: Roger Waters on Israel's crimes and Palestine's resistance
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-15
Roger Waters and Vijay Prashad talk about the Israel's apartheid policy, the primal disdain on display in the occupied territories and Palestinians' defiant resistance…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/05/15/we-choose…

Israeli Army Knocks Down Another Tower In Gaza After Deadly Rocket Attack On Tel Aviv (Videos, Photos)
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-15
On May 15, the Israeli military knocked down another tower in the Gaza Strip after a deadly rocket attack on…
southfront.org/israeli-army-knocks-down-…

Preventive screening during COVID-19 pandemic leads to early diagnosis of treatable breast cancer
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers have been concerned about a growing number of patients delaying or skipping preventive screenings because they have been hesitant to see their health care provider. Experts have stressed that it's not only safe to come in for preventive screenings, but also it's important to avoid future health problems …
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How corporations pumped up CEO pay while their low-wage workers suffered in the pandemic
Sarah Anderson | nationofchange.org | 2021-05-15
More than half of the country's 100 largest low-wage employers rigged pay rules in 2020 to give CEOs 29 percent average raises while their frontline employees made 2 percent less.
nationofchange.org/2021/05/15/how-corpor…

[Editorial] 20 years of precision medicine in oncology
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
In the 20 years since the publication of the first draft of the human genome project, the use of genotyping and genomics have become part of standard treatment for some cancers. The desire to go beyond blanket, and often difficult, treatments for patients to a more refined, efficient, and patient-centred approach is an ideal that is hard to oppose. But as precision medicine in oncology expands to include big data, proteomics, transcriptomics, molecular imaging, and more, there are serious challenges ahead to translate that ideal into meaningful and equitable health care for patients.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)01099-0/fulltext?rss=yes

India: Resisting Vaccines and Corporate Capture of Farms
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-15
"The introduction of that study to India was made on the basis that it was going to be great investment in the health of India and the health of India's women. But in fact, later on, during the investigation around …
globalresearch.ca/india-resisting-vaccin…

German state governments reopen as COVID-19 infections remain high
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
With the rollback of restrictions for those who have been vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19, the coronavirus cabinet led by Health Minister Jens Spahn is endangering thousands of lives.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/germ…

Tehran calls on Baku, Yerevan to avoid fuelling disagreement
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — In reaction to the issues that have arisen along the borders between Armenia and the Azerbaijan Republic, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman called on both sides to show restraint and avoid fuelling the disagreements.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173438/Tehran-calls…

Consumer Health: Treating polycystic ovary syndrome
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
Polycystic ovary syndrome is a hormonal disorder common among women of reproductive age. Complications can include infertility, gestational diabetes or pregnancy-induced high blood pressure, miscarriage or premature birth, and endometrial cancer. Signs and symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome vary. A diagnosis is made when women experience at least two of these signs: Irregular periods.Elevated levels of male …
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Why lung cancer screening is important, especially for minorities
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. By the time lung cancer symptoms develop, the disease is usually too far advanced to cure. Studies show that lung cancer screening reduces the risk of dying from the disease. Screening is usually reserved for …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/wh…

Marine Corps Major charged with assaulting police officer during Capitol riots
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2021-05-15
On Thursday, Major Christopher Warnagiris was arrested and charged on several account.
nationofchange.org/2021/05/15/marine-cor…

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ramping up COVID-19 vaccination rate in race against virus
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
COVID-19 cases are falling in the U.S. because 245 million doses of one of the available COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, according to Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…

Resistance rocket hits Ashdod, causing terrible fire (+VIDEO)
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in the Zionist settlement of Ashdod caused a terrible fire.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173440/Resistance-r…

Afghanistan cencures zionists' attacks on Palestinians
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Afghan FM Hanif Atmar Zionist regime's attacks on the Palestinian people.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173458/Afghanistan-…

Hoisting Zionist regime's flag in Vienna painful, shocking
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Stating Iran stands with Palestine, that Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs said that hoisting the Zionist regime's flag over Vienna governmental offices is shocking and painful.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173437/Hoisting-Zio…

Nurses in the Real World of For-Profit Medicine
Suzanne Gordon | zcomm.org | 2021-05-15
All over the country nurses are fighting to make sure hospital staff get needed personal protective equipment and safe staffing…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/nurses-in-the-real…

The Fierce Prophetic Vision of Poor Women
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis | thenation.com | 2021-05-15
The Fierce Prophetic Vision of Poor Women…
thenation.com/article/society/mothers-da…

New HSBC-backed coal plants will contribute to 19,000 deaths annually, new study estimates
Rachel Sherrington | nationofchange.org | 2021-05-15
Researchers said the total health impacts of the plants could amount to $6.2 billion a year.
nationofchange.org/2021/05/15/new-hsbc-b…

Blowing apart a monstrous Israeli lie
Ali Abunimah | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-15
It's a dehumanizing libel that Palestinians sacrifice their kids to make Israel look bad.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunima…

In Video: Russian Pinpoint Strikes Destroyed ISIS Underground Command Post In Central Syria
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-15
Illustrative image: Russian Su-25 attack aircraft take off from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik | The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) had destroyed a large underground command post of ISIS in central Syria, RusVesna.SU reported on May 15. | According to the outlet, Su-24M and Su-34 warplanes of the VKS carried out a series of pinpoint airstrikes on…
southfront.org/in-video-russian-pinpoint…

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Treatment for patent foramen ovale
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm 36 and do not have any significant medical concerns, but due to a family member's heart health issues, it was recommended I have a cardiac evaluation. After undergoing an echocardiogram, I was surprised to be told that I have a patent foramen ovale. The cardiologist said I don't need to be treated …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…

UN Human Rights chief appeals for de-escalation in Israel-Palestine crisis
news.un.org | 2021-05-15
Amid increasing bloodshed and volatility in Gaza and Israel, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet on Saturday appealed for a de-escalation in tensions and urged all sides to respect international law.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2021/05/1…

Land Exchange For Alaska Native Veterans
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-15
Juneau, AL – Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday proposed letting Alaska Native Vietnam War veterans exchange promised federal land allotments that many say are not available in their cultural regions for state lands. | Details would need to be worked out through the legislative process, with lawmakers eyeing adjournment in about two weeks. Several legislators attended Wednesday's announcement, along with Alaska Native veterans. | Dunleavy said he sees this as an opportunity to "right a wrong" the federal government should have addressed long ago. | "We're going to help them get land as close as possible to wh…
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A New Wave of Jim Crow Laws Is Here
Toni Watkins | zcomm.org | 2021-05-15
Here's What You Need to Know…
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Science Saturday: Mayo study examines how Latino participants experience genomic medicine
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
How do people from minority communities experience genomic medicine in diverse health-care settings? How do they integrate genetic knowledge into their understandings of health-care needs? These answers are critical to researchers as multiple efforts are underway to increase the inclusion of racial minority participants in genomic research and new forms of individualized medicine. Richard Sharp. …
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Know the warning signs of stroke
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
On average, someone in the U.S. has a stroke every 40 seconds. A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted, depriving the brain of oxygen. It's important to recognize the warning signs of stroke, because prompt treatment can minimize brain damage. Every moment is crucial. "Strokes commonly occur in …
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: What is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My uncle was diagnosed with COVID-19, and his doctors mentioned the possibility of putting him on ECMO. What does this mean? ANSWER: A COVID-19 infection can lead to mild symptoms for many people, but for others, it can cause life-threatening lung failure. In cases like your uncle's, traditional life support measures, such as a …
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SpaceX, Google to coop. on satellite connectivity
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites are scheduled to connect with Google Cloud systems.
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Infographic: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET)
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
Learn more about pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.?More health tip infographics: ?mayohealthhighlights.startribune.com…
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Hamas Suicide Drone, Mortars Targeted Israeli Kissufim Military Base Near Gaza (Videos, Photos)
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-15
The Shehab suicide drone. Illustrative image. | On May 15, the military wing of the Hamas Movement, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, attacked a base of the Israeli military near the settlement of Kissufim to the east of the Gaza Strip. | In a statement, the faction said that it had targeted a gathering of Israeli troops inside the base with a Shehab suicide drone and mortar rounds. | The Israeli military claimed that the drone was intercepted by the Iron Dome system. Yet, local sources confirmed that several mortar rounds landed near Ki…
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Prominent politicians enter presidential elections Saturday
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — On the fifth and the last day of the enrollment for upcoming presidential elections the most famous hopefuls from both ends of the political spectrum entered the race.
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'Everywhere is war': paying tribute to Bob Marley
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-05-15
Forty years after his death, Robert Nesta Marley retains a unique position as possibly the only Third World musical superstar, widely known by millions of people around the globe. | May 15, 2021 | Newswire…
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In media framing, trans kids are problems to be solved–not people with rights
Julie Hollar | mronline.org | 2021-05-15
As states continue to pass laws that dehumanize and endanger transgender kids, the country's most influential newspapers have not met the challenge of covering the issue. | May 15, 2021 | Newswire…
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Palestine-Zionist conflic Direct Threat to Russia's security
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says the escalating Zionist-Palestinian conflict a direct threat to Russia's security.
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Death of 18 endangered elephants in India under investigation
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2021-05-15
"Poisoning could be behind the death of the elephants."
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[Department of Error] Department of Error
thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
Marson A, Burnside G, Appleton R, et al. The SANAD II study of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of levetiracetam, zonisamide, or lamotrigine for newly diagnosed focal epilepsy: an open-label, non-inferiority, multicentre, phase 4, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2021; 397: 1363–74–In this Article, N Vora should not have been included in the SANAD II collaborators list. This correction has been made to the online version as of May 13, 2021.
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EU powers back Israeli war on Gaza, banning anti-war protests
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
The EU is unambiguously supporting the one-sided Israeli onslaught against Gaza, banning demonstrations in Paris and Frankfurt against this ongoing massacre.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/euro…

Cold vs. allergies during COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
When it comes to the common cold, allergies and COVID-19, overlapping symptoms can be confusing. In this Q&A, Dr. Arveen Bhasin, a Mayo Clinic allergist and immunologist, provides some clarity by comparing and contrasting the signs and symptoms of these conditions: What are allergy symptoms?Allergy symptoms can affect the nose, sinuses and lungs. These symptoms …
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Front pages of Iran's English dailies on May 15
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Here are the front pages of Iran's English-language dailies on Saturday, May 15.
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China Chased U.S. In Space. Tianwen-1 Successfully Landed On Mars
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-05-15
Click to see full-size image | The Chinese Tianwen-1 vessel had successfully landed on the surface of Mars on May 15th, state news agency Xinhua reported. China became the second space-faring nation after the United States to land on the Red Planet. | The uncrewed spacecraft landed in an an icy vast plain known as Utopia Planitia, located about 1,200 miles away from landing site of U.S. Perseverance rover. A Chinese footprint was left on Mars for the first time. | The craft had left its parked orbit, three hours l…
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One in three college students is food insecure in the United States
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
For working class youth, making the decision to go to college means sacrificing basic necessities such as health care, adequate housing, and food security.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/food…

From Palestine to Colombia: The end of the White world colonial/capitalist project?
Ajamu Baraka | mronline.org | 2021-05-15
Despite the quickening decline of the "West," the U.S. and its junior partners in imperialism are determined to hold humanity hostage to terminal capitalist greed and violence. | May 15, 2021 | Newswire…
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Israel wages war on Gaza and its own cities
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
According to the United Nations, Israeli air strikes have destroyed or severely damaged more than 200 homes and 24 schools in Gaza in the past five days, while damage to pipe networks and power cuts threaten the already limited access to fresh water and electricity.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/isra…

Iran coronavirus update: 7723 news cases, 200 deaths
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — According to the Iranian Health Ministry, 7,723 new COVID-19 infections have been detected across the country in the past 24 hours.
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US fuel stations continue facing with significant shortages
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Despite the restarting of the main pipeline network in the United States after the recent cyber attack, fuel stations in the eastern United States are facing significant shortages.
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HR cheif criticizes Arab states silence over Zionists crimes
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — An official with Iran's Judiciary Branch reacted to the silence and inactivity of some Arab countries in the face of Zionists' crimes and violation of human rights in the occupied lands specially Gaza.
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Domestic violence charity warns lack of cultural understanding is putting Black women and girls at risk
Sophia Purdy-Moore | thecanary.co | 2021-05-15
Domestic violence charity Sistah Space is calling on the UK government to take action on domestic violence. It argues that agencies are letting vulnerable Black women and girls down due to a lack of cultural understanding. So the charity has launched a petition to introduce mandatory cultural competence training for agencies working with domestic violence victims and survivors. | Valerie's Law: | Sistah Space is a charity that works with Black women and girls who are at risk of, or have experi…
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NPR at 50: Straying from Its Civic Mission?
Ralph Nader | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-15
This month is the 50th anniversary of National Public Radio (NPR). Knowing about my work back then with other advocates, to persuade Congress to pass legislation creating NPR and PBS, (which was opposed by most of the commercial radio/TV industry), a friend asked what I think of NPR now. A few observations, drawn from listening …
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Massachusetts Nurses Waging Longest Current Strike in the US
Nora De La Cour | zcomm.org | 2021-05-15
The longest active picket line in the US is in Worcester, Massachusetts, where over 700 union nurses are entering their third month on strike. Their chief demand: safe staffing for patients…
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Tornado in China's Wuhan leaves 6 dead, 218 others injured
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — The outbreak of tornado in China's Wuhan killed six people and 218 others were injured.
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20,000 Australians hold rally in support of Palestine
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — A protest rally in support of the oppressed people of Palestine was held on Saturday morning in Sydney by thousands of Australians.
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Indigenous Fisheries vs. Mob Rule
J.B. Gerald | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-15
On September 17, 2020, the Sipekne'katik First Nation of Nova Scotia opened its independent fishery, affirming the Band's rights under Canada's Supreme Court ruling of 1999 (the Marshall Decision), which allowed the Band to fish for a moderate living under its own regulations. On the 17th and in following days from 80 to 200 fishing …
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Russian Forces Dispatched To Armenia's Border Following Breach By Azerbaijani Special Forces
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-15
Screen grab from Sputnik Armenia video. | Armenia has requested military support from Russia following a border breach by Azerbaijan troops, Reuters and several other sources reported on May 14. | Earlier this week, hundreds of Azerbaijan special forces personnel entered Armenia territory in the ea…
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The Death of Democracy Looks Nearer Than Ever
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-15
Liz Cheney is not on my short list of politicians I admire or wish to see in Congress. But she has done the right thing in calling out the "big lie" and promising to do all she can to keep Donald Trump away from the White House, literally or in terms of his influence over a terribly broken party. She is a canary in the coal mine. Would that others had the courage to follow suit. | Most sentient beings on the planet breathed a huge sigh of relief last November when Joe Biden won the presidential election. We were even happi…
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End of CDC masking guidelines aimed at "normalizing" death
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
The CDC's guidance is a political, not a scientific decision. It is intended to signal that all remaining measures that impinge on business interests, from social distancing requirements to enhanced sanitary guidelines, are to be dropped.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/pers…

Anger mounts in Turkey at Israel's onslaught against Gaza
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
The Turkish government and other venal bourgeois regimes in the Middle East are all complicit in the Israeli government's assault on the Palestinians.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/turk…

[Department of Error] Department of Error
thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
Chauvin L. Peruvian COVID-19 vaccine scandal spreads. Lancet 2021; 397: 783–This World Report incorrectly stated that clinical trials had been halted at Cayetano Heredia University. The National Institute of Health suspended the unit at Cayetano Heredia University doing the Sinopharm trial, pending an investigation. It did not suspend other trials. This correction has been made to the online version as of May 13, 2021.
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UAW-GSOC ends NYU graduate student strike, fraudulently presenting it as a "historic victory"
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
Under conditions of a staggering social and political crisis, the terms negotiated by the deal provide the basis for an erosion, not a rise, in living standards.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/nyug…

Vote "no" on the UAW-Volvo sellout agreement! Join the Volvo Workers Rank-and-File Committee and expand the struggle throughout the truck manufacturing and auto industries!
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
The UAW is seeking to ram through a contract which would maintain the tier system, increase health care costs and worsen working conditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/volv…

Deputy leader of a splinter group of Taliban dies of wounds
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Mullah Abdul Mannan Niazi, the deputy leader of a splinter group of Taliban has succumbed to his previous injuries.
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Mayo Clinic again receives top honors for high-quality patient care
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Eleven? hospitals across?Mayo Clinic?received star ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for Overall Hospital Quality. Six of the 11 hospitals earned five stars — the best score possible. The national average is 3 of 5 stars. The star rating provides patients with information about multiple dimensions of quality …
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VIDEO: Palestinian resistance missile attack on Tel Aviv
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Al-Qassam Brigades announced that in response to the Zionist regime's crime in the Al-Shati camp in Gaza, it had targeted Tel Aviv with dozens of missiles.
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Mayo Clinic to offer more walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Rochester
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
Mayo Clinic held a walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Rochester on Wednesday, May 5. At this clinic, one patient shared why he came in to get the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Watch: Patient discusses why he chose to get the COVID-19 vaccine. youtu.be/ORLLLOOJ7eg Journalists: Broadcast-quality soundbites and b-roll of the Mayo Clinic walk-in COVID-19 …
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Briefing on Iran's daily developments
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — The following are the Islamic Republic of Iran's latest developments in the last 24 hours.
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Iran-Armenia can boost trade value over $1bn annually
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Chairman of Iran-Armenia Joint Chamber of Commerce said that the value of bilateral trade between the two countries of Iran and Armenia will increase by more than $1 billion by setting up free zones at neighboring borders.
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4th Covid peak declining in Iran: Rouhani
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Iranian President Rouhani announced on Sat. that the 4th Covic-19 peak is declining in the country but not fully contained yet.
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Elbowed And Hustled: Australia's Yellow Peril Problem
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-05-15
Soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) march during a military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the army at the Zhurihe military training base in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, July 30, 2017. | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | With the babble about Cold War paranoia becoming a routine matter in Canberra, the treacherous ground for war with China is being bedded down and readied. The Yellow Peril image never truly dissipated from Australia's politics. It was crucial in framin…
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New PM appointed in Mali as gov. resigns
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Mali's Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigned and was subsequently reappointed transitional president, the Malian presidency announced Friday.
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Consumer Health: Bladder cancer awareness
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about bladder cancer. Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers. Nearly 84,000 new cases will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2021, according to the American Cancer Society. Bladder cancer occurs in men more frequently than in women, …
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Sri Lankan estate workers protest against higher workloads and wage cuts
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
The rising number of strikes and protests by plantation workers underline the urgency of workers establishing action committees, independent of unions, to defend their democratic and social rights.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/sril…

Are U.S.,NATO, EU planning final mopping-up operation in former Soviet Union?
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-05-15
Are U.S., NATO, EU planning final mopping-up operation in former Soviet Union?Rick Rozoff In recent days the American embassy in Georgia has acknowledged recruiting students from what it calls the "occupied territories" of that nation, and not a day goes by without the U.S., NATO and the European Union demanding the independent republics of Donetsk …
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Houthi calls on Saudis to bomb Israel regime instead of Yemen
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — The head of the Houthi Supreme Revolutionary Committee stressed that Saudi Arabia should stop bombing and invading Yemen and do so against the Zionist regime, which is bombing Palestine.
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Military Situation In Yemen On May 15, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-15
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 77 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On May 14, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 8 airstrikes on the Sarwah area | On May 14, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Madghal area | On May 14, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Dhahrah area | On May 15, clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continued i…
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Israeli air strike on Gaza City kills 10 as unrest spreads to the West Bank
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2021-05-15
An Israeli air raid in Gaza City has killed at least 10 Palestinians, mostly children, in the deadliest single strike since Israel began its most recent assault on Gaza. | There were widespread Palestinian protests on Friday in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces shot and killed 11 people. These attacks by Israel have raised the possibility of a new Palestinian "intifada", or uprising, at a time when there have been no peace talks in years. | . @antonioguterres calls for an immediate end to the fighting in Gaza and Israel, stressing th…
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Black Lives Matter goes to war with Napoleon and the French Revolution
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
In the New York Times, an academic supporter of Black Lives Matter slandered the republic that emerged from the 1789 French Revolution as a genocidal, racist state.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/napo…

New equation formed by Palestinian resistance groups
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Hezbollah's deputy chief Naim Qassim says a new equation has been formed by the Palestinian resistance groups.
en.mehrnews.com/news/173456/New-equation…

Two funerals in one week at Sterling Stamping Plant: Part 2
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
The deaths last month of Terry Garr and Mark Bruce, one in an industrial accident and the other from COVID-19, resulted from the insatiable drive for corporate profits.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/garr…

COVID Has Catalyzed a Wave of Tenant Organizing That Was Long Overdue
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-15
Fifty billion dollars. That's the amount of past-due rent accumulated during the first year of the pandemic, according to some estimates. And with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) eviction moratorium now facing trouble in court and set to expire at the end of June, the situation for ren…
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Cómo EEUU cultivó a grupos indígenas y ambientalistas en Ecuador para derrotar el correísmo
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-15
Cuando el socialista Rafael Correa se convirtió en el presidente de Ecuador, frentes de la CIA inyectaron dinero a grupos indígenas y ambientalistas, mientras que la embajada de los Estados Unidos cultivaba a líderes oportunistas para socavar su base electoral. Estas fuerzas ayudaron a asegurar la victoria del banquero derechista Guillermo Lasso en 2021. Por Benjamin Norton Traducido por Diego Sequera (You can read this article in English here.) El pueblo de Ecuador quedó impactado por la sorpresa en las …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/15/eeuu-indigena…

[Obituary] Peter MacNaughton Dunn
Geoff Watts | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
Paediatrician and pioneer of perinatal medicine. Born in Birmingham, UK, on June 23, 1929, he died of probable bowel cancer in Bristol, UK, on Feb 2, 2021, aged 91 years.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)01006-0/fulltext?rss=yes

Liberating occupied territories: Turkey, Azerbaijan — one nation, two states
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-05-15
"One nation, two states!" will hold a video conference on philosophy, AzerTac news announces today. The event will he held on May 17. Excerpts: On the 103rd anniversary of our state independence in Ankara, on the occasion of the Azerbaijani-Turkish relations and the 98th anniversary of the birth of national leader Heydar Aliyev, "One nation, two …
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73 years after 'al-Nakba' in Palestine
Richard Becker | liberationnews.org | 2021-05-15
May 14 marks the 60th anniversary of what is billed in the U.S. and Israeli mainstream media as Israel's "independence," and what the Palestinian and Arab peoples as a whole know as al-Nakba–the Catastrophe.
liberationnews.org/08-05-13-sixty-years-…

Report documents Ontario government's ruinous role in pandemic's ravaging of long-term care homes
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
A year on, close to 4,000 residents of Ontario long-term care homes have died from the virus, as well as 11 staff members.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/onta…

American And Palestinian Unionists Build International Solidarity
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-15
Abdel-Al‚Äâ–‚Äâwho lives in occupied East Jerusalem‚Äâ–‚Äâis visiting Chicago this week at the invitation of the United Electrical Workers (UE), the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, and Jewish Voice for Peace to enlist the support of the U.S. labor movement in the Palestinian liberation struggle. He addressed standing-room-only audiences of rank-and-file unionists at last weekend's Labor Notes conference and again on Tuesday night at the local UE Hall. | A machine repair technician by trade, Abdel-Al has been a union activist for t…
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Mayo Clinic playing key role in helping injured Minnesotans safely return to work
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-15
ROCHESTER, Minn. — An effort supported by Mayo Clinic to help more injured Minnesotans be able to return to work has received a major boost. The U.S. Department of Labor awarded the state of Minnesota $19.5 million to expand an innovative program that seeks to help workers suffering from injury or illness stay in the …
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Letter from a Father in Gaza: Our Six-Year-Old can't block out the Sounds of Israel's Bombardment
Middle East Monitor | juancole.com | 2021-05-15
By Yasser Abu Jamei, MD | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — I am writing this letter looking at my terrified 6-year-old son, who keeps putting his hands over his ears trying block the sounds of Israel's bombardment, my two daughters, aged 13 and 10 and my wife. These faces show the anxiety of …
juancole.com/2021/05/sounds-israels-bomb…

NPR at 50 — Straying from Its Civic Mission?
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2021-05-15
Nader: "It's just not productive to give NPR a pass simply by comparing it to the rancid competition spoiling our public airwaves for free." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Headlines of Iranian Persian dailies on May 15
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-15
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) — Mehr News takes a look at the headlines of Iran's Persian-language dailies on Saturday, May 15.
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Jeremy Corbyn and the collapse of Britain's Labour Party
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
Corbyn came to lead the Labour Party in 2015 with the declared aim of preventing Labour's "Pasokification"–a reference to the implosion of PASOK and other social-democratic parties throughout Europe.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/corb…

Oregon middle school teacher dies from COVID-19 within days of school reopening
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
Local news outlets have attempted to blame Samantha Fox for her own death, despite the fact that Oregon's Democratic Governor Kate Brown demanded schools reopen well before the pandemic was contained.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/oreg…

House Homeland Security Committee announces agreement on bipartisan commission to investigate January 6 coup attempt
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
The commission bill continues the Democrats' feckless policy of "bipartisanship" and "unity" with a Republican Party that has overwhelmingly lined up behind the fascistic coup-plotter Trump.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/comm…

Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-05-15
By Ken Chitwood | — The violence that spread from Jerusalem to cities across Israel and the Palestinian territories, leaving at least 60 dead so far, has both historical and contemporary roots. In recent weeks, tension has flared over the eviction of Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, Israeli authorities blocking access to the …
juancole.com/2021/05/mosque-often-confli…

Meet the Neo-Nazi Advising Colombian Police on How to Break the National Strike
Dan Cohen | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-14
By Dan Cohen — May 10, 2021 | Behind The Headlines' Dan Cohen examines the ongoing national strike in Colombia and how President Duque is relying on a neo-fascist ideology to subdue it. | CALI, COLOMBIA (Transcript) — Colombia is on strike. And the police and military are terrorizing the population to crush it. | It kicked on when the far-right president President Ivan Duque announced a wildly unpopular tax reform imposing crushing austerity measures on middle class and poor Colombians. Duque's proposal aimed to pay off debt in order to project stability and satisfy international investors. But that st…
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Israel and Colombia: The Ever More Special Relationship
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-14
By Belen Fernandez — May 12, 2021 | Right-wing alliance is bringing their bilateral partnership 'to new political and economic levels' | Last August, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Colombian President Ivan Duque held a joint videoconference to launch a new free trade agreement between their countries. | The corresponding media release from Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that the agreement would "create opportunities for the Israeli economy in va…
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Jorge Rodríguez: If You Want Dialogue Begin Admitting to the Horrendous Crimes Committed — No Amnesia
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-14
This Thursday, May 13, the President of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN), Jorge Rodríguez, stressed that the Venezuelan opposition cannot now appear on the national stage and call for dialogue without acknowledging their actions that affected the Venezuelan people. | During a regular session in which a draft agreement was approved in support of the implementation of the Constitutional Anti-Blockade Law for National Development and the Guarantee of Human Rights, Rodríguez assured that "the capacity of the people to resist the attacks has been incredible," especially those in recent years. He questioned whether s…
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Zionism's Alliance with Luis Almagro the Yanacona
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-14
By Pablo Joffre Leal — May 11, 2021 | The policy of "public diplomacy" that the Zionist government has ordered, as part of the process of cleaning up the image of its regime, implies buying support from international organizations, governments, parliamentarians, and opinion leaders. | These are usually well rewarded for this shameless support in favor of an entity that commits war crimes and crimes against humanity. In this context and as part of his political conversion process from progressivism and solidarity with the peoples, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), the Uruguay…
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Solidarity with Colombia in the Netherlands
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-14
Several thousands marched and protested against the repressive Colombian regime — the Dutch Press agency ANP however counted only a few dozen. | On Friday, May 7, protest demonstrations were announced in The Hague and Amsterdam in solidarity with Colombians who are striking and fighting against the many human rights violations and Neo-liberal exploitation and poverty in their country. | This was prompted by a number of measures that would make life even worse and harder for many Colombians, such as huge VAT increases, petrol price hikes, dismantling of social services, freezing civil servants' salaries, …
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Chile: 5 Keys for this Weekend's Election that will Define the Future
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-14
For some they are the most important elections [in Chile] since the plebiscite that marked the end of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990), for others these elections will set the rules of the game for the next decades. Whatever the approach, no one doubts the significance of the elections that Chile will experience this weekend. The star will undoubtedly be the Constituent election, which should bury the dictator's legacy. | 1. What is being voted on | Chile faces four simultaneous elections on May 15 and 16 in which 16,730 candidates participate: municipal and regional elections, in which mayors, counc…
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Gaza Conflict Spillover: Israeli Army Struck Syrian-Lebanese Border
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-14
Israel's first two F-35 stealth fighter jets on their maiden flight as part of the Israeli Air Force on December 13, 2016. (Israel Defense Forces) | Early on May 14, an Israeli warplane targeted a vehicle near a Syrian town located next to the border with Lebanon, according to Lebanese and Israeli sources. | The vehicle, a pickup, was targeted near the Syrian town of al-Juntliyah in western Homs. Israeli sources claimed that the vehicle was about to move a weapons shipment from the Syrian town, where Hezbollah is known to be p…
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Is a Private Equity Club Deal Coming to a Pension Fund Near You?
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2021-05-14
The American Prospect See article on original site One way that private equity (PE) firms have historically been able to take on larger and larger companies is through the use of so-called "club deals." This refers to when two or more private equity funds join together to acquire a huge enterprise, and share ownership. Once …
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"Gaza Will Burn": Israel's War Cabinet Approves Escalated Aggression on Gaza
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-14
Late Wednesday, cabinet …
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Meet the Neo-Nazi advising Colombian police on how to break the National Strike
Dan Cohen | mronline.org | 2021-05-14
Behind The Headlines' Dan Cohen examines the ongoing national strike in Colombia and how President Duque is relying on a neo-fascist ideology to subdue it. | May 14, 2021 | Newswire…
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'All We Need Is Some More Courage From the World'
Omar Barghouti | thenation.com | 2021-05-14
'All We Need Is Some More Courage From the World'…
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OPINION: Fighting Against Climate Change Is Advocating for Our Kids' Future
Guest Contributor | latinorebels.com | 2021-05-14
What can I do to keep my children safe and healthy? What can I do to protect them?>…
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Tim Kirby, Joaquin Flores — The Strategy Session, Episode 16
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2021-05-14
The gods have certainly made those elites managing the west mad, but whether or not the entire world will have to pay the price of their insanity yet remains to be seen, Matthew Ehret writes. Tim and Joaquin discuss his article.
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How Capitalism Drives Cancel Culture
Helen Lewis | zcomm.org | 2021-05-14
Beware splashy corporate gestures when they leave existing power structures intact…
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A media intervention applying debunking versus non-debunking content to combat vaccine misinformation in elderly in the Netherlands: A digital randomised trial
Hamza Yousuf, Sander van der Linden, Luke Bredius, G.A. van Essen, Govert Sweep, Zohar Preminger, Eric van Gorp, Erik Scherder, Jagat Narula, Leonard Hofstra | thelancet.com | 2021-05-14
Utilizing debunking in media campaigns on top of vaccine information and social norm modeling is an effective means to combat misinformation and distrust associated with vaccination in elderly, and could help maximize grounds for the acceptance of vaccines, including the COVID-19 vaccines.
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Chinese smart satellite facility begins work in Wuhan
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — China's first smart manufacturing plant for satellites has started formal operations in Wuhan.
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