Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Dissecting COVID-19 research and putting data in perspective
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-05
The number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. continues to decline. However, cases of COVID-19 are increasing in younger populations. "It's becoming a childhood disease," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "Children have composed over 16,000 hospitalizations for COVID-19 and about 300 have died." …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-dissecting-covid-19-research-and-putting-data-in-perspective/
Puerto Rican Unions to Hold Biggest National Strike since 2019
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-06-05
Today in Puerto Rico, workers and activists are calling for a national strike and mobilizations in response to the privatization of Puerto Rico's electric grid under the U.S. and Canadian company LUMA Energy.
popularresistance.org/puerto-rican-unions-to-hold-biggest-national-strike-since-2019/
Puerto Rico unions close ranks against LUMA Energy
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-06-05
Union organizations today warned Gov. Pedro Pierluisi and the Financial Oversight and Management Board that they will paralyze the country if the LUMA Energy contract that increases rates, allows the consortium to leave Puerto Rico if a hurricane strikes, and displaces thousands of workers, is not canceled.
popularresistance.org/puerto-rico-unions-close-ranks-against-luma-energy/
May 30: Car caravans and rallies demand end to U.S. blockade of Cuba
Answer Coalition | answercoalition.org | 2021-06-04
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www.answercoalition.org/may_30_car_caravans_and_rallies_demand_end_to_u_s_blockade_of_cuba
"Bolívar's Thinking Is Based On the Need for Human Progress"
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-06-04
Alex Anfruns A conversation between Alex Anfruns and Christine Pic-Gillard, author of a new study: Bolívar (Ellipses, 2020) The political and humanist stature of Simón Bolívar, leading figure of the Liberation of Latin America, continues to powerfully inspire the left movements of the continent. Simón Bolívar, a 19th century Venezuelan statesman, embodied the progressive ideals… Read…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/06/04/bolivars-thinking-is-based-on-the-need-for-human-progress/
[Research Paper] Echocardiography for latent rheumatic heart disease in first degree relatives of children with acute rheumatic fever: Implications for active case finding in family members
Nicola Culliford-Semmens, Elizabeth Tilton, Nigel Wilson, John Stirling, Robert Doughty, Thomas Gentles, Briar Peat, Eliazar Dimalapang, Rachel Webb | thelancet.com | 2021-06-04
RHD prevalence in siblings and parents of ARF cases is significantly greater than in comparable background populations. The contribution of hereditary versus environmental risk factors remains uncertain. We recommend targeted echocardiographic case-finding among siblings and parents of ARF/RHD cases in order to detect previously unrecognized latent RHD.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00215-7/fulltext?rss=yes
[Research Paper] Systematic review and meta-analyses of suicidal outcomes following fictional portrayals of suicide and suicide attempt in entertainment media
Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Stefanie Kirchner, Benedikt Till, Mark Sinyor, Ulrich S. Tran, Jane Pirkis, Matthew J. Spittal | thelancet.com | 2021-06-04
Portrayals of suicide in entertainment media may increase suicides and attempted suicide in the population. More studies that limit the potential sources of bias are needed to fully understand the circumstances under which fictional portrayals may influence suicidal behaviour.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00202-9/fulltext?rss=yes
Unemployment Falls to 5.8 Percent as Productivity Growth Quashes Inflation Fears
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-06-04
The May employment report was somewhat weaker than had generally been expected, with the economy adding 559,000 jobs. On the household side, the unemployment rate fell by 0.3 percentage points to 5.8 percent. While this is still high by any reasonable measure, it is worth noting that the unemployment rate did not get this low following the Great Recession until October of 2014. | The employment-to-population ratio (EPOP) edged up to 58.0 percent, which is 3.1 percentage points below the…
truthout.org/articles/unemployment-falls-to-5-8-percent-as-productivity-growth-quashes-inflation-fears/
'Commune or nothing': New laws reignite old debates over communal power in Venezuela
Federico Fuentes | greenleft.org.au | 2021-06-04
Venezuela's National Assembly has approved two bills with the aim of further empowering the communal councils and communes that lie at the heart of the country's project of communal power, writes Federico Fuentes.
greenleft.org.au/content/commune-or-nothing-new-laws-reignite-old-debates-over-communal-power-venezuela