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Canadian and Filipino watchdog groups urge governments to take precautionary action vs. face masks containing graphene and other nanoparticles
13 April 2021, Quezon City. The environmental health watchdog groups EcoWaste Coalition (based in Quezon City, Philippines) and ETC Group (based in Quebec, Canada) have called upon the health authorities to ensure that face masks sold in the market do…
Brazil drug watchdog calls for update in Oxford vaccine package insert
Anvisa is requesting the inclusion of possible side effects By Karine Melo Brazil’s national sanitary regulator Anvisa has requested the inclusion of possible side effects following reports of thromboembolic events with thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) under “Warnings and Precautions” in…
International Humanist Party on World Health Day: “It cannot be postponed to make health effective as a human right”.
Profiting from health is anti-humanist Health as a human right cannot be put off. From the earliest civilisations to today’s planetary civilisation, healers, scientists and scholars have contributed enormously to reducing the pain of illness and the suffering that results…
Latin America and the Caribbean surpassed 800,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Tuesday
The modern plague advances, despite vaccines and the phenomenal deployment of science and technology, despite the fact that so many intelligent minds have been working on antidotes, despite the sustained efforts of health personnel and doctors who have been working…
Bolsonaro’s cabinet changes create a stir: “It will not be enough”, says opposition
President replaced six high-level officials on Monday, after pressure from centrists and criticism of pandemic response Cristiane Sampaio On Monday (29th), changes within the Jair Bolsonaro administration caused repercussions in Brazil’s political sphere. Throughout the day, the ministers of Foreign…
Boris Johnson’s ‘discriminatory’ vaccine passport plan in trouble as Labour and Tory rebels unite in opposition
Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a significant defeat in the House of Commons after the Labour Party warned it will join Conservative Party rebels to oppose “discriminatory” plans to introduce Covid vaccine passports. The UK government is facing mounting opposition…
EcoWaste Coalition Espouses “Natural is Beautiful” to Avoid Mercury Exposure through Skin Whitening Cosmetics
1 April 2021, Quezon City. The zero waste and chemical safety advocacy group EcoWaste Coalition told a global audience about the importance of embracing one’s natural skin color to avoid being exposed to mercury, a toxic chemical, in some skin…
Brazil: Are Jair Bolsonaro’s days numbered?
As COVID-19 rages, the Brazilian president is increasingly isolated. Parts of the military and business leaders have distanced themselves. There is even speculation he could be impeached. Every day, at 3 a.m. (01:00 UTC) in the morning, the German-Brazilian artist…
Cuba: the embargo, the vaccine, the right to health and the white rose
A few days ago I met with Alonso Mederos, the Cuban Ambassador in Prague, for an interview on the topic of the pandemic and vaccines. Cuba is working intensively, testing five vaccines, two of which are already in phase III.…
Why the U.S. and Its Allies Are Stupid to Turn COVID-19 Vaccination Into a Geopolitical Power Play
The COVID-19 pandemic demands that all nations cooperate to vaccinate the entire global population—a goal that can’t be achieved using the usual rules of which countries win and which ones lose. By Prabir Purkayastha The recent joint statement by the…
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