Monday, 20 June 2011
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Tuesday 28 June 6pm Protest: Stop Bombing Libya. Downing Street, London.
Jeremy Corbyn MP, poet Sanasino among those joining us.
Smoke rises after a Nato air strike on the Libyan capital, Tripoli
This weekend provided sobering reminders of the human and financial cost of the three-month bombing campaign against Muammar Gaddafi's regime: in Tripoli several civilians appeared to have been killed by a Nato strike; while in London the Treasury chief secretary, Danny Alexander, admitted that the bill for Britain's contribution could run to"hundreds of millions of pounds". Until now the UK government has shrouded the issue of how much taxpayers are spending on bombing Libya in the sort of secrecy and obfuscation you'd expect if you asked the current location of all its Trident submarines. Anyone who has the temerity to ask how much Britain's Libya campaign is costing is reassured that it is all being paid for from Treasury reserves, so we needn't worry our pretty little heads. But anyone who has lost their EMA or disability living allowance could quite justifiably wonder why cash can be found for bombs but not for them.
Ian Katz, The Guardian
The welfare reforms will plunge thousands of families below the poverty line,
according to the Children's Society
A hundred thousand disabled children will lose out when a crucial welfare benefit is halved under controversial reforms. The Children's Society said some families would lose £1,400 a year. It is claimed this could cost families with a child born with a disability about £22,000 by the time the child reaches 16. Bob Reitemeier, chief executive of the Children's Society, called for the government to halt the reforms. "This cut threatens to push many disabled children back below the poverty line," he said "With 100,000 children affected by this, there are 100,000 reasons to rethink this policy."
Daniel Boffey and Jamie Doward, Guardian/Observer
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Laurie Penny, New Statesman
Put down your popcorn and grab your battleaxe. You can assist as well: Don't be a potato, be a lizard. Everyone's favourite internet suicide bombers have declared war on the internetz. Or at least the "civilization" of it. "Whether you're sailing with us or against us, whether you hold past grudges or a burning desire to sink our lone ship, we invite you to join the rebellion. Together we can defend ourselves so that our privacy is not overrun by profiteering gluttons. Your hat can be white, gray or black, your skin and race are not important. If you're aware of the corruption, expose it now, in the name of Anti-Security...We encourage you to spread the word of AntiSec far and wide, for it will be remembered. To increase efforts, we are now teaming up with the Anonymous collective and all affiliated battleships. Come aboard, we're expecting you... History begins today."
Heather Marsh, WL Central
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David Batty, The Guardian
Heather and Trevor Reynolds visit with their children, Rebecca, 2 months,
and Henry, 2, last year in San Marcos. Rebecca has a brittle-bone disease,
which social workers mistook for signs of abuse.
A San Marcos couple who battled county child welfare officials for months last year to regain custody of their two children ---- one of them a baby with a rare bone disease ---- is suing the county for what they say was a violation of their family's civil rights. Heather and Trevor Reynolds were wrongly accused of abusing their 7-week-old daughter, Rebecca, in June 2010 after taking her to an urgent care center with an injury they couldn't explain. Even after doctors eventually determined the baby had a brittle-bone disease and that the injury was accidental, county officials refused to release the children until August, when a Vista Juvenile Court commissioner denied their request to require genetic testing on the family. Now, the couple is seeking an unspecified amount of money for the treatment they and their two children received last summer.
Ray Huard, San Marcos
On June 22, the government is due to respond to the report produced by the Health Select Committee following its Inquiry into how to increase vaccination rates. The report was published on the parliamentary website on March 24, 2011, and while it has received little media attention to date, it has caused substantial concern among members of the public due to the coercive recommendations it contains. A new organisation No Forced Vaccines has been established to oppose those recommendations in the report that impinge on parents' rights to make free and informed decisions about vaccination. Katherine Smith, the organisation's spokeswoman, said: "The Report contains recommendations that appear to be designed to coerce parents into making a choice between their child having either all recommended vaccinations, or none at all. They are an obvious assault on parents' rights to make informed decisions about their children's health care. The fact that the Health Select Committee that has made these recommendations also chose to omit most of the possible side effects following vaccination for several key diseases on the NZ national childhood vaccination schedule from its Report, is in my opinion, indicative of the Report's author(s)' desire to manufacture consent for a new coercive vaccination policy that tramples human rights."
Press Release, Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
The vaccine which was given to an infant prior to his suspicious death in Mocho, Clarendon this week has been withdrawn from health clinics across the island, pending further investigation. The one-year-old child was given the vaccine at a health clinic in the parish the day before he was found dead by family members.
Nadine Wilson, Jamaica Observer
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S. Viswanathan, The Hindu
The black-legged tick transmits Lyme disease
The bacteria that cause Lyme disease, one of the most important emerging diseases in the United States, appear to hide out in the lymph nodes, triggering a significant immune response, but one that is not strong enough to rout the infection, report researchers at the University of California, Davis. "Our findings suggest for the first time that Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in people, dogs and wildlife, have developed a novel strategy for subverting the immune response of the animals they infect," said Professor Nicole Baumgarth, an authority on immune responses at the UC Davis Center for Comparative Medicine. Funding for the study was provided by the National Institute of Health.
ScienceDaily
New Hampshire residents suffering from chronic Lyme disease will no longer have to worry about finding a doctor who will treat with long-term antibiotics. A bill, HB 295, that states doctors are free to treat Lyme disease with long-term antibiotics and cannot be punished by the Board of Medicine because of such prescriptions was passed Thursday. The bill's prime sponsor Gary Daniels, R-Milford, said the bill is an important step in helping both patients and doctors as it acknowledges chronic Lyme disease is a real ailment. The text of the bill reads, "No licensee may be subject to disciplinary action solely for prescribing, administering, or dispensing long-term antibiotic therapy for a patient clinically diagnosed with Lyme disease, if diagnosis and treatment has been documented and monitored in the physician's medical record for that patient." The overwhelming number of members of the public who came to speak at a recent hearing on the bill, Daniels said, "at least dispelled the argument that there's no such thing as chronic Lyme."
Jennifer Keefe, Foster's Daily Democrat
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