Daily Archives: July 25, 2021

2021-07-25: News Headlines

Whitney Webb (2021-07-24). Meet Toka, the Most Dangerous Israeli Spyware Firm you've Never Heard Of. orinocotribune.com By Whitney Webb — Jul 21, 2021 | The mainstream media's myopic focus on Israel's Pegasus spyware and the threats it poses means that other companies, like Toka, go uninvestigated, even when their products present an even greater potential for abuse and illegal surveillance. | LONDON — This past Sunday,

Chengliang Yang, Hedi Zhao (2021-07-24). [Correspondence] Tocilizumab in COVID-19 therapy: who benefits, and how? thelancet.com The randomised controlled RECOVERY trial1 has met its primary endpoint of reduced 28-day mortality. We congratulate the RECOVERY Collaborative Group for this excellent study. However, the mortality at day 28 was up to 31% in the tocilizumab group and was higher than the results of other published randomised controlled trials.2 The pathophysiology underlying COVID-19 is characterised by SARS-CoV-2 viral infection-induced inflammatory response, cell death, and microvascular thrombosis. Thrombosis appears to be common in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and could also be responsible for multiorgan failure in patient…

_____ (2021-07-24). US Lawmakers Demand $34 Billion for Global Vaccine Equity Funding in Reconciliation Package. commondreams.org One of FAIR's main goals was to take what had been a marginalized progressive media critique and push that critique into the faces of mainstream journalists.

Jeff Cohen (2021-07-24). 35 Years Later, Looking Back at the Founding of FAIR. zcomm.org One of FAIR's main goals was to take what had been a marginalized progressive media critique and push that critique into the faces of mainstream journalists…

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