(2024-03-08). Aotearoa: NZ news media under fire for 'bias, propaganda' in Gaza coverage. greenleft.org.au 
Aotearoa/New Zealand news media came under fire at a Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza with speakers condemning what they said was pro-Israeli "bias" and "propaganda", reports Pacific Media Watch.
(2024-03-08). Hard evidence just dropped that shows the British media is complicit in Israel's genocide. thecanary.co The Centre for Media Monitoring has released a report on corporate media coverage of Israel's genocide. The case study shows "overwhelming" bias in favour of the Israeli settler colonial state. As such, the UK media, which the report focuses on, is manufacturing consent for the mass slaughter of Palestinians. This includes the BBC. Covering for …
(2024-03-08). Pharma's Secret Middlemen Are Poisoning Health Care. levernews.com Lawmakers from both parties and 39 state attorneys general joined forces to stop the shadowy corporate middlemen behind rising drug prices and the death of independent pharmacies. Now these reform efforts are in peril, following nearly $50 million in industry lobbying — including tens of thousands to Congress members who sponsored reform legislation.These largely unregulated middlemen, called pharmacy benefit managers, serve as intermediaries between insurers and pharmaceutical manufacturers, determining which drugs insurers will cover and how much they cost. But they are incentivized to opt for the most e…
(2024-03-08). The State's Psychological Experts Are Distancing Themselves From Behavioural Science — Is Brainwashing No Longer in Vogue? expose-news.com The government relied upon psychological experts in 2020 to advise strategies to deploy "non-consensual emotionally discomforting techniques" on the people of the UK which were more often than not in pursuit of …
(2024-03-09). Correspondence] Questions about the BEST-Fluids trial — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Emmanuel Canet and Lara Zafrani, Charles Verney and colleagues, Christophe Masset and colleagues, and Gildas Gueret and Marc Laffon for their interest and comments on our Article.1 The Better Evidence for Selecting Transplant Fluids (BEST-Fluids) trial found that intravenous fluid therapy with a balanced crystalloid solution (Plasma-Lyte 148), compared with saline, reduced the incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) after deceased donor kidney transplantation.
(2024-03-08). Anti-Anthropocene vote is 'null and void'. mronline.org 
Commission chairs say organizers of ballot violated statutes and ignored scientific evidence.
(2024-03-08). The Right to Your Life Movement. counterpunch.org Personhood for Embryos, no isolation requirements for active respiratory infections, advancement of genocide—it's a recipe for early-onset dementia to try and unravel the current "pro-life" atmosphere hanging over the United States and to grapple with the logical fallacies being advanced as principled stands.
(2024-03-08). The Right to Your Life Movement. counterpunch.org 
Personhood for Embryos, no isolation requirements for active respiratory infections, advancement of genocide—it's a recipe for early-onset dementia to try and unravel the current "pro-life" atmosphere hanging over the United States and to grapple with the logical fallacies being advanced as principled stands.
(2024-03-08). Beyond the State of the Union, We Must Confront the State of the Genocide. truthout.org President Joe Biden gave his State of the Union address Thursday night as a majority of Americans maintain that the genocide in Gaza needs to immediately end and a new "uncommitted" movement is sweeping the nation and has become the biggest story of the 2024 presidential primaries. Biden briefly mentioned the more than 30,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza during his address but offered Israel no… |
(2024-03-08). The Danger in Medicalizing Murder. counterpunch.org 
Last October, Robert Card killed 18 people and injured 18 others in a shooting spree across several locations in Maine. Card was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Now, the New York Times reports, an analysis of Card's brain reveals significant damage, probably related to his eight years of exposure to explosions as