Biden Admin Makes Shocking Confession on How Extreme It Is on Israel: Comments show an unwillingness by Biden to use any kind of leverage—such as the billions of $s in weapons sales & foreign aid to Israel to curtail their actions in Lebanon/Gaza newrepublic.com/post/186669/bi…

NEWS "UN says nearly 70% of those killed in Gaza are women and children" And the western world merely watches.... theguardian.com/global-develop…

🚨 #Israel has already annexed 56 square kilometers of #Gaza's occupied territory, named the 'Netzarim Territory' - with similar plans for 'North Gaza Territory' and 'Rafah Territory' - to be permanently acquired, while 2.2 million Palestinians are interned in Khan Yunis and Al

Astor Piazzolla - Oblivion youtu.be/ZLVls5nutHw?fe… via YouTube

Haaretz - brave Israeli journalism, ethnic cleansing of Gaza archive.ph/dlcYF

I honestly don't understand how JCVI or covid researchers get away with speaking about 'cost-effectiveness' of vaccination without modelling long COVID, one of the most common, debilitating and costly impacts of the infection. 🧵

This ceasefire is very welcome. But Western governments need to remind themselves that Netanyahu is under indictment from the ICC for war crimes. If those governments help him continue the onslaught in Gaza, they are also culpable. theguardian.com/world/2024/nov…

Strong new evidence for T cell exhaustion in myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) reflecting chronic viral infection, relevant to #LongCovid, and possible path to treatment candidates pnas.org/doi/epub/10.10… PNASNews

EXCL: Caps on political donations are being considered by ministers as part of sweeping reforms to the UK electoral system ⁦Eleni Courea⁩ reveals theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Israel attacks hospital in northern Gaza, leaving bodies lying in streets, director says theguardian.com/world/2024/dec…

Bird flu is a real pandemic threat. Are we prepared for the worst? | Devi Sridhar theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

GP practices are being allowed to go bust so private companies can take over. Rather than NHS services being free at the point of use, patients will now have to pay to access healthcare here. We must improve core funding for GPs so this doesn’t happen. essexlive.news/news/essex-new…

A nasal spray prevented 80% of Covid infections; ~300,000 people in China have received it. [called SA55, a broad spectrum monoclonal antibody, developed by Yunlong Richard Cao and colleagues at Peking University] nature.com/articles/s4158… science.org/content/articl…

This is the first time a country has secured bird flu vaccines to cover their whole population. Norway has a population of 5.5 million, and you would need two doses. Previously the EU, UK, and the US secured a few million doses each, just enough for healthcare workers.

Feels like we’re not taking this seriously enough. Again.