Breakthrough as new study finds correlation between antibiotic resistance and air pollution
A paper published in The Lancet last year attributed 1.27 million deaths worldwide in 2019 to antimicrobial resistance – more people than perished from malaria or AIDS that year.
The United Nations Environmental Programme warned in July that “if unchecked, [antimicrobial resistance] could shave $3.4 trillion off GDP annually and push 24 million more people into extreme poverty in the next decade.”
Rising attacks at US medical centres makes healthcare America’s most violent field
It’s not just deadly shootings: Healthcare workers racked up 73 per cent of all nonfatal workplace violence injuries in 2018, the most recent year for which figures are available, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Harvard psychologist zeroes in on nine phrases used every day that signal emotional resilience
Resilience is associated with a basic acceptance that life isn’t always fair, and that we all experience emotional hardships. Accepting this truth helps people to not take things as personally when undesirable events happen.
Vandana Shiva: Bill Gates and Silicon Valley behind push for ‘farming without farmers, food without farms’
On the latest episode of Russell Brand’s “Stay Free,” scholar, environmental activist and food sovereignty advocate Vandana Shiva, discussed food fascism, the power of “philanthropy,” digital enslavement and how people can free themselves from this system.
Conflict of interest pays: New revelations show US health officials conspired with Chinese army to cover up origins of Covid
Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s latest book, The Wuhan Cover-up: How US Health Officials Conspired with the Chinese Military to Hide the Origins of Covid-19,” is due out in September. The book is available now for preorder. Kennedy is the founder and chairman on leave from Children’s Health Defence.
Biden suspends US funding for coronavirus research at Wuhan, reinforces fears Covid is lab-made
The leaked correspondence also revealed that Fauci colluded with the authors of “The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2” (Proximal Origin), a scientific article that concluded SARS-CoV-2 was “not a laboratory construct or a purposefully manipulated virus.”
Proximal Origin: The goal of this paper ‘was not to discover origin of Covid, but to supress the lab leak theory’
Throughout the process, the report states, “the authors of Proximal Origin were keenly aware of the influence of Dr Fauci, Dr Collins and Dr Farrar,” with drafts of the paper shared with the three officials – sometimes referred to in emails as the “Bethesda Boys” – on several occasions in early February 2020.
Indeed, the report states that Farrar would “push” for the publication of “Proximal Origin” in Nature Medicine later in February 2020, while Andersen testified that Farrar was the “father figure” of the paper.
US House Committee Report finds top US health official and ‘Bethesda Boys’ colluded to suppress Covid lab-leak theory
According to the US House of Representatives Select Subcommittee report, the “Proximal Origin” paper was used to “downplay the lab-leak hypothesis” and label as “conspiracy theorists” anyone who suggested the virus may have leaked from a lab. The report indicated Fauci and Collins were personally involved in the conceptualisation, drafting and publication of the paper.
Kenya’s opposition schedules third round of demos as economy braces frequent disruptions
Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga, who has finished runner-up in five straight presidential elections, said two lawmakers had been among those arrested for their role in Wednesday’s protest, which saw tens of people hospitalised.
Soda sweetener aspartame now listed as possible cancer cause, although some still consider it safe
Aspartame was approved in 1974 by the US Food and Drug Administration with an acceptable daily intake of 50 milligrams per kilogramme of body weight. According to the FDA, a person weighing 132 pounds (60 kilograms) would need to consume about 75 aspartame packets to reach that level.
