2022-01-04: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-01-04). K-12 schools forced open across the US amid Omicron surge. wsws.org The entire political establishment, the corporate media and the unions are forcing millions of children back into schools this week, threatening to vastly accelerate the surge of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ann Brown (2022-01-03). Fact Check: Black Panther Party's Elaine Brown Groomed By A US Government Informant. moguldom.com It is an established fact that the U.S. government infiltrated civil rights organizations in the 1960s and groomed members of these organizations to turn them into informants. One group that was heavily targeted was the Black Panther Party. Some claim that former Black Panther Chairwoman Elaine Brown was being groomed as a government agent. In …

Staff (2022-01-03). Harry Potter actor casts confusion among fanbase. rt.com An Instagram post by David Thewlis has Potterheads scratching their heads over whether it was a troll-job or contained hidden meanings | Fans of the Harry Potter films were left puzzled after actor David Thewlis shared an Instagram post that purported to explain his absence at a recent high-profile cast reunion, but raised questions about whether he was 'trolling'. | While most of the main players from the movie franchise reunited for the 'Return to Hogwarts' 20th anniversary special event on Saturday, several notable faces, including creator and author J.K. Rowling and Thewlis, were conspicuous by their absen…

Staff (2022-01-03). Scientists explain HIV 'immunity' phenomenon. rt.com US researchers have come closer to answering the question why some people are able to control HIV levels without antiretroviral therapy | A group of American scientists has come closer to solving the mystery of so-called 'elite controllers' (ECs) — a rare group of people who are able to keep low levels of HIV without antiretroviral drugs. | Researchers from the National Institutes of Health compared "chromosomal integration sites and escape mutations" of 58 'elite controllers' and 42 individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) "to understand the role of immune pressure." | The tests showed that elite con…

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