Ongoing COVID-19 surge heralds another winter of death
The current wave is the second most severe since the pandemic began, only eclipsed by the initial wave of the Omicron variant during the winter of 2021-22.
The current wave is the second most severe since the pandemic began, only eclipsed by the initial wave of the Omicron variant during the winter of 2021-22.
Britain is suffering another wave of COVID-19, fuelled by the recently identified JN.1 variant, as well as the winter season. The impact of COVID is compounded by the increased circulation of flu and other viruses.
The Palestine-born doctor, now working in south Florida, is the author of a new book on the health impacts of modern warfare.
The AMA’s repression of peaceful protesters reflects the organization’s class character and history as a pillar of profit-driven healthcare and US imperialism.
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This video describes the current surge of the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, reviews the immense societal impacts of Long COVID and outlines a strategy of what must be done to end the pandemic. It has subtitles in German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Tamil, Sinhala, Russian, Polish and Italian.
Health workers in Victoria have rejected Labor’s 3 percent nominal pay increase and voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action including work stoppages of up to four hours.
In a letter to the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association, 1,000 workers have demanded a meeting “to call on elected officials to adopt a 30 percent pay increase claim.”
The drastic cost-cutting in the already understaffed and underfunded public health system is intensifying a crisis of patient care.
“We took an oath to do no harm,” one doctor said. But “When I walk into my shift and see a full waiting room and I don’t have the staff to take care of them ... that doesn’t sit well with me.”
In this video testimony, Catherine Pace’s family describes the working conditions which led to her death and the deaths of countless other autoworkers during the still-raging pandemic.
Ed, a retired auto worker, and Tammy, a retired care worker, have been “living with” COVID-19 for two years, and they’ve had enough.
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Travis exposes the lies and misinformation spread about COVID-19, in particular its impacts on children, and documents the steady erosion of data tracking over the past year and during the Omicron surge.