The guidance, which warned farmers against eating with foreigners, was circulated by the Itako Health Center earlier this week, NHK reported. The advisory was reportedly received by local agricultural cooperatives (JAs) as well as city authorities in Ibaraki Prefecture, which fall under the center’s jurisdiction. “If you talk to a …
Read More »Hackers provide decryption tool to unlock IT systems of Irish health services after ransomware cyberattack
The move by the hackers was “an encouraging development,” the government said in a statement on Thursday. The country’s National Cyber Security Centre as well as private contractors were examining the provided tool to make sure it “would support restoration of our systems and rather than cause further harm,” the …
Read More »UK Health Secretary says it was ‘absolutely appropriate’ to help ex-minister secure £178mn PPE contract during pandemic shortage
The Times reported on Sunday that Hancock helped a former minister for civil society, Brooks Newmark, secure a £178 million ($250 million) deal for personal protection equipment (PPE) after Newmark partnered with a dog food company owner to “broker PPE deals for international suppliers,” including a business in Hong Kong. …
Read More »UK Health Secretary says Indian variant of Covid-19 could ‘spread like wildfire among the unvaccinated’
In a Sunday interview with Sky News, Hancock said the Indian variant is “becoming the dominant strain in some parts of the country,” such as Bolton and Blackburn, but early data gives the government “a degree of confidence that the vaccines work against” it. “We’re in a race between the …
Read More »Gaza health ministry says 9 Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes, including 3 kids, multiple injured
Several injured people were also treated at the Beit Hanoun Hospital in the north of Gaza, the ministry said in a statement on Monday. Graphic images shared online purported to show injured people in Gaza being taken away by medical workers. An Israeli citizen was also injured by an anti-tank …
Read More »Canadian health officials report 1st death caused by blood clot in AstraZeneca Covid vaccine recipient
“We just had our first patient who has died of a thrombosis, cerebral thrombosis, following vaccination from AstraZeneca,” Arruda told a news briefing on Tuesday. Speaking about the fatality, Quebec Premier Francois Legault said he was “very sad to know that a 54-year-old woman in good shape… died because she …
Read More »Fauci blasted for deeming gun violence ‘public health issue,’ criticizing vaccine hesitancy while backing tough Covid restrictions
Asked about recent polling showing nearly half of Republicans are still hesitant about receiving a Covid-19 vaccine, White House health advisor Fauci called the trend “frustrating” and “paradoxical.” “It’s almost paradoxical that, on the one hand, they want to be relieved of the [public health] restrictions, but, on the other …
Read More »Continued lockdowns are a ticking time bomb that will cause a global health crisis in the near future
It is shocking that in 2021, surgeries for cancer and other critical ailments are being delayed. But thanks to the hysteria over overcrowded ICUs, staggering numbers of patients are being denied life-saving treatments for up to one year. UK media recently reported a drop of around 350,000 urgent cancer referrals …
Read More »The Public Health industry’s mission creep has finally led it to medicalise racism – it was only ever a matter of time
“What we know is this: racism is a serious public health threat that directly affects the well-being of millions of Americans,” declared Walensky. To show its determination to treat racism as a public health problem, the CDC has launched a new web portal, Racism and Health. Once upon a time …
Read More »CDC vows to tackle RACISM epidemic as ‘serious public health threat’
Racism “is a serious public health threat that directly affects the well-being of millions of Americans. As a result, it affects the health of our entire nation,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday. Reflecting on the impact of Covid-19, Walensky said it was “felt most severely, in communities of …
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