Japan's Abe tells G7 he backs WHO on coronavirus response, in contrast with Trump
rt.com | 2020-04-17
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed support on Friday for the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the campaign against the coronavirus, in contrast with President Donald Trump who has vowed to cut US funding to the agency. | Abe said at a news conference he had told fellow Group of Seven leaders on Thursday that "the international community, centering on the WHO, must cooperate to fight this infectious disease, which is having a global impact" and Japan would "firmly" support it. | "There's only the WHO that can serve as an international institution" to address the pandemic, Abe said. He di…
rt.com/newsline/486116-japan-abe-who-trump/
Coronavirus stimulus bill funds State Dept/USAID operations that once helped trigger polio outbreak in Syria
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-16
A look at recent USAID schemes from Pakistan to Syria shows US empire can be very hazardous to your health….
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/16/coronavirus-stimulus-state-usaid-polio-syria/
Cuba under media attack for sending doctors, not bombs, to help COVID-19 victims
Belén Fernández | nationofchange.org | 2020-04-15
The Cuban approach stands in marked contrast to the modus operandi of the global superpower and Cuba's primary antagonist, the United States.
nationofchange.org/2020/04/15/cuba-under-media-attack-for-sending-doctors-not-bombs-to-help-covid-19-victims/
As Nicaragua confronts Covid, its US-backed opposition exploits the pandemic to create chaos
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-13
Nicaragua's right-wing opposition is waging an information warfare campaign to undermine the elected Sandinista government, spreading fake news on coronavirus,…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/13/regime-change-coronavirus-nicaragua/
As Nicaragua confronts Covid, its US-backed opposition exploits the pandemic to create chaos
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-13
Nicaragua's right-wing opposition is waging an information warfare campaign to undermine the elected Sandinista government, spreading fake news on coronavirus,…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/13/regime-change-coronavirus-nicaragua/
Billionaire-backed Human Rights Watch lobbies for lethal US sanctions on leftist governments as Covid crisis rages
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-08
Regime change-hungry HRW is proudly taking credit for crushing new US sanctions on Nicaragua while pushing to escalate Washington's economic…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/08/billionaire-human-rights-watch-sanctions-nicaragua-venezuela/
Billionaire-backed Human Rights Watch lobbies for lethal US sanctions on leftist governments as Covid crisis rages
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-08
Regime change-hungry HRW is proudly taking credit for crushing new US sanctions on Nicaragua while pushing to escalate Washington's economic…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/08/billionaire-human-rights-watch-sanctions-nicaragua-venezuela/
Prehydration Prior to Computed Tomography in Prevention of Postcontrast Acute Kidney Injury
Timal RJ, Kooiman J, Sijpkens YJ, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-01
This noninferiority randomized clinical trial assesses the renal safety of prophylactic prehydration vs no prehydration prior to administration of iodine-based contrast media in patients with stage 3 chronic kidney disease.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2760776