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Demonstrators Besiege California Prison Headquarters

December 25, 2020 Judy Greenspan, Workers.org. Resist! COVID-19, health, Prisoner rights

Sacramento, CA - Under the banner “From Balloons to Bullhorns,” an angry group of protesters converged on the steps of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to demand mass releases of incarcerated people due to the COVID-19 epidemic. The vigil and rally organized by Sistas With Voices began with 104 seconds of silence to symbolize the 104 prisoners who have already died inside California state prisons from COVID-19. According to the latest reports from the CDCR, there are 8,800 reported cases of COVID-19 among a prison population of 91,000. More than 3,000 guards and other prison staff — the most probable source of the COVID-19 infection — have also tested positive.

Prison Staff Force Prisoners to Accept Liability For Their Own Deaths

December 11, 2020 No Justice Under Capitalism, Popular Resistance. Educate! California, COVID-19, health, Prisoner rights

Prisoners at San Quentin State Prison are reporting that, over the past week, San Quentin medical staff have been pressuring prisoners to sign waiver forms accepting legal responsibility for their own deaths from COVID-19. That, despite more than 10 months of continuous neglect and Eighth Amendment violations by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) which has, so far, killed 28 prisoners at the prison. Multiple prisoners – many are refusing to cooperate – at San Quentin tell the same story.

Losing Jobless Benefits Is Not Only Stressful

December 6, 2020 Avie Schneider, NPR. Educate! CARES Act, COVID-19, health, Unemployment

The coronavirus pandemic has thrown millions of Americans out of work — and over the past nine months, up to 20 million have filed for unemployment. Supplemental federal unemployment benefits of $600 per week — a lifeline for many — expired in July and more are set to go away at the end of the year if Congress doesn't act. But beyond the economic consequences, not having that financial safety net can lead to serious health problems for those affected, according to new research. Dr. Seth Berkowitz, a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine who co-authored some of that research, says that in extreme cases, it may even contribute to deaths that are not directly caused by the coronavirus itself.

United Nations Removes Marijuana From List Of Most Dangerous Drugs

December 4, 2020 Zack Budryk, The Hill. Create! health, Marijuana Legalization, United Nations

A United Nations panel has voted to remove medical cannabis from a list of dangerous drugs. In the Wednesday vote, the Commission for Narcotic Drugs voted on several World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations related to cannabis. Among them was a recommendation that the drug be stricken from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. The list currently puts cannabis alongside drugs like heroin, cocaine and fentanyl. While the vote will not have any immediate or binding effect on international cannabis laws, it will open doors for reforms that use such international agreements as guidelines, according to The New York Times.

Report: Aerially Sprayed Pesticide Causes Significant Environmental Issues

December 3, 2020 Ashley Curtin, Nation of Change. Educate! Clean Water, health, Pesticides, PFAS

A new study concluded that high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances compounds used in pesticides aerially sprayed on millions of acres of land across the United States have contaminated the water of thousands of communities. The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility recently released the results of these “forever chemicals,” which don’t break down in the environment and build up in the human body. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are “a group of man-made chemicals that includes PFOA, PFOS, GenX, and many other chemicals,” which are “very persistent in...

Greek General Strike Against Attacks On Right To Demonstrate

November 28, 2020 Katerina Selin, WSWS. Resist! COVID-19, General Strike, Greece, health

The mood in the international working class is strained to the breaking point. As millions of people were demonstrating against the government across India on Thursday, tens of thousands of public sector workers and employees in Greece also went on a nationwide 24-hour general strike. They were protesting against the devastating coronavirus policies and demanded better protective measures, the confiscation of private hospitals, mass hiring of health workers and salary increases. This week, the total number of infections in Greece exceeded the 100,000 mark and the death toll rose to over 2,000.

Over 100 Rebellions In Jails And Prisons Over COVID19 Conditions

November 21, 2020 Ella Fassler, Truthout. Resist! COVID-19, health, Prisoner rights, Rebellion2020

U.S jails and prisons, already death traps, have been completely ravaged by COVID-19. Crowded quarters, a lack of PPE, inadequate medical care, an aging population, and unsanitary conditions have contributed to an infection rate 5.5 times higher than the already ballooned average in the U.S. As of this writing, over 252,000 people in jails and prisons have been infected and at least 1,450 incarcerated people and officers have died from the novel coronavirus. Evidence suggests these figures are underreported, however.

Inmate Kitchen Workers Forced To Serve Expired Meat In Prison

November 19, 2020 Jimmy Jenkins, KJZZ. Educate! Arizona, Food and Agriculture, health, Prisoner rights

Arizona - Incarcerated people who work in the kitchens at the Eyman, Lewis and Yuma state prisons claim they were forced to serve expired meat to their fellow inmates, resulting in foodborne illnesses. Several inmates report being diagnosed with H. pylori infections, which they attribute to the food and unsanitary conditions in the kitchens. The inmates say they were subsequently put on antibiotics in recent days and weeks to treat the infections. KJZZ is not naming the inmates because they fear retaliation for speaking out about the prison conditions.

Atomic Veteran Says The US Must Never Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing

November 12, 2020 Jim Dangerfield, Union of Concerned Scientists. Educate! health, Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism, Weapons testing

I was an Army specialist fourth class in 1957 when I was bused to the Nevada Test Site with other servicemen for an operation we were told nothing about. We soon witnessed a series of nuclear bomb blasts that created such intense flashes of light that I could see the blood vessels and bones in my hands as I covered my closed eyes. Years later, I am still haunted by those excruciatingly bright bursts. We had unknowingly participated in Operation Plumbbob—a series of 29 experiments involving 16,000 servicemen to determine how soldiers would handle fighting on a nuclear battlefield.

Racism And Health Toolkit

November 8, 2020 Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. Educate!, Slider health, Health Care, Medicare for all, Racism

Here are the materials you need to give a presentation to your organization or group on racism and health and why we need a national improved Medicare for all healthcare system. This is meant to inform and stimulate discussion about this topic.

Inmate Sues Prison Over Lack Of COVID19 Precautions

October 27, 2020 Nick Muscavage, Central New Jersey. Resist! COVID-19, health, PPE, Prisoner rights

Union, NJ - An inmate at the state's only prison for women has filed a lawsuit alleging the state Department of Corrections is failing to take proper precautions against the COVID-19 pandemic. Jennie Cullum filed the lawsuit in state Superior Court in Hunterdon County against the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women claiming she was not allowed to take precautions against the virus as cases began to increase, and, in one instance, guards did not allow her to wear a face mask she had fashioned out of her own bra.

Health Justice And Black Liberation: Shay-Akil McLean

October 13, 2020 Gwendolyn Wallace and Roberto Sirvent, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Black Liberation, health, Mutual Aid, Systemic Racism

The way that people treat each other has biological consequences, meaning that our relationships to one another, institutions, and resources are directly linked to quality of life, life expectancy, and quality of death. State violence is a public health issue because what it does is differentially distribute morbidity and mortality to those that are deemed enemies of the state. All of forms of state violence entail the denial of basic needs and the self-determination of the people in one dimension and/or additional others.

Insulin Copay Caps Fall Short, Fuel Underground Exchanges

October 9, 2020 Markian Hawryluk, Kaiser Health News. Educate! COVID-19, health, Health Insurance, Insulin

Denver - D.j. Mattern had her Type 1 diabetes under control until COVID’s economic upheaval cost her husband his hotel maintenance job and their health coverage. The 42-year-old Denver woman suddenly faced insulin’s exorbitant list price — anywhere from $125 to $450 per vial — just as their household income shrank. She scrounged extra insulin from friends, and her doctor gave her a couple of samples. But as she rationed her supplies, her blood sugar rose so high her glucose monitor couldn’t even register a number. In June, she was hospitalized.

Health Justice And Black Liberation: Ugo Edu

October 4, 2020 Gwendolyn Wallace and Roberto Sirvent, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Black Liberation, health, Health Justice, State Violence

I remember always wanting to be a doctor—perhaps because my parents are Nigerian—and having a genuine concern with people’s health. I soon became disillusioned with treatment and the competition that entailed pre-med education as an undergrad at UCLA. Nonetheless, I decided public health better suited my interest and desire to develop preventive interventions. Public health left out too many factors to be the only means by which I felt I could contribute to health—I decided to study medical anthropology, simultaneously exploring other disciplinary offerings. My current work draws on all these aspects of my academic trajectory.

Could Your Medical Bills Make You Sick?

October 1, 2020 Lisa L. Gill, Consumer Reports. Educate! Debt, health, Health Care, Medicare for all

Devin Barrington-Ward was doubled over with stomach pain. His chest hurt, too. Though his family urged him to call an ambulance and he was terrified that his condition was serious, Barrington-Ward had another concern on his mind: the expense. Uninsured, he knew he couldn’t afford the ambulance ride. So his mother raced him to a hospital near his home in suburban Atlanta that day in January earlier this year. After several hours in the emergency room, where he saw numerous physicians and got a CT scan and other tests, Barrington-Ward was diagnosed with colitis.

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