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Health NIH says drug-resistant infections now a ’serious threat’ to global health Infection Protection | Drug-resistant infections are now a “major public health threat” globally, according to Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). more... 0 Comments EGG-REGIOUS IRONY: Exhibition on food and activism
fair food | Join in a celebration/protest of an exhibition on food and activism Potential Health Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods Stephen Lendman | The dangers these foods pose to human health. more... 0 Comments Frederico Ponzio | . more... 0 Comments Frederico Ponzio | . more... 0 Comments New Orleans: Defend Jamie ‘Bork’ Loughner Infoshop News | Jamie "Bork" Loughner, a housing activist, and disabled worker, who has relied on public housing for safe and affordable shelter, was arraigned on a politically inspired charge of possessing a false explosive device in Orleans Parish Criminal Court on January 29th, 2008. more... 0 Comments Trotsky the Horse | InfraGard - deputized corporations - plans to hold a meeting at Hunter College Graduate School of Social Work. more... 0 Comments
Mumia Abu-Jamal | For several years in the '80's and '90's, stories raced through communities of people being seduced, drugged, and when they awakened, to their horror, an internal organ, like a kidney, had been removed....
Bill Gallagher Hachita NM | End UMass Amherst Primate Testing
Hampshire Animal Liberation Advocay (HALA!) | The tests at UMass Amherst and the researchers behind them love for drug users: a benefit for vocal fight the stigma | benefit for Voices Of Community Activists and Leaders more... 2 Comments JIm Goodman | Cloning is not an extension of natural animal breeding.Up to 85% of the cloned embryos do not survive. Genetic damage can occur during the cloning process and genetic faults could be passed on to the offspring of clones. more... 1 Comments Press Release: Act Against Iraq Poverty Iraq Solidarity Campaign (Baghdad section) | The Iraq Solidarity Campaign has repeatedly warned both Iraqi and Western governments about the growth of poverty in Iraq more... 0 Comments STOP THE GHI/HIP MERGER WEBSITE LAUNCHED SP-USA (NYC) | Clearly we need a single-payer national healthcare system and as part of that struggle we need to prevent this merger from being green lighted by the NY State Superintendent of Insurance. more... 0 Comments ¡LEDEZMA, BUSCA MAS ABOGADOS: TODO EL MUNDO CONSUME COCA! JESUS NERY | En la mas reciente y ridicula iniciativa de la alicaida oposicion venezolana contra el Presidente Hugo Chavez, el lider del micropartido Alianza Bravo Pueblo (que representa menos del 1% del electorado), Antonio Ledezma, ex-militante del otrora poderoso partido socialdemocrata Accion Democratica, de donde fue expulsado por corrupcion administrativa cuando fue Alcalde de Caracas en los años 90, denunciara ante la Fiscalia General de la Republica al primer mandatario por "drogadiccion" y "apologia al consumo de drogas", solicitando incluso un examen toxicologico, en alusion a las palabras que dirigio el Presidente en su mensaje anual ante la Asamblea Nacional, en donde afirmo en cadena de radio y television que todas las mañanas tomaba te de hoja de coca o masticaba pasta de coca, y que gracias a ello se mantenia sano y fuerte. more... 0 Comments Stop the GHI/HIP Merger! No to Privatized Healthcare!
SP-USA (NYC) | Check out the new website..... January 29: Defend Amber Abreu!
Internationalist Group | Protest: 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 29 Join Robina Suwol at 26th Annual Pesticide Forum
California Safe Schools | Reclaiming Our Healthy Future: Political change to protect the next generation, the 26th National Pesticide Forum, will be held March 14-16, 2008 at the University of California, Berkeley. GHI/HIP Merger Threatens City Workers
Socialist Party USA (NYC Local) | The latest case which will yield answers to these questions is the proposed merger of the health care organizations GHI and HIP. Proposed first in 2005, this merger had faced opposition from state and city officials fearful that it violates anti-monopoly laws. For municipal workers covered under these carriers the merger presents the very real threat of premium increases and limitations on care. Study shows gays more likely to contract MRSA infection than general population Anonymous | A new, drug resistant form of staph infection appears to be spreading amongst gay men in San Francisco, according to researchers at San Francisco General Hospital. more... 2 Comments 1/22 Event on 35th Anniv. of Roe v. Wade Center for Constitutional Rights | Recent restrictions on abortion rights and access to contraception at the federal and state levels, including the Supreme Court’s recent decision concerning the federal abortion ban, have further rolled back women’s right to self-determination. In the face of these persistent attacks on our rights, what strategies and analysis are useful in our work to try to defend and advance the struggle for women’s ability to control their reproduction? This event brings together activists, attorneys and allies to discuss victories and set-backs in the fight for reproductive rights. more... 0 Comments Beat the Deep Freeze (Indypendent) Bennett Baumer | New York City’s Housing Maintenance Code requires that landlords provide hot water year round and heat from October through May when it’s cold. Not having heat and hot water during the winter can turn deadly for the most vulnerable New Yorkers. Below are helpful tips to getting the heat and hot water turned on: more... 0 Comments Portland, Ore., Acts to Protect Cyclists madhatter | Portland, Ore., Acts to Protect Cyclists more... 0 Comments Alex Nathanson | The 3rd annual Ghost Bike memorial ride was held this past Sunday. In 2007 at least 23 bike riders were killed by cars on the streets of New York and on average a pedestrian is killed by a car every other day. more... 1 Comments Dr. Peter Stern | Should the pharmaceutical industry be permitted to reap endless profits at our expense and at the detriment of our children? more... 0 Comments Politician wants to fine hospitals if patients contract infections during treatm Infection Protection | A leading U.K. politician wants the government to fine hospitals for each patient who contracts an infection during their stay. more... 0 Comments Page 24 |
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