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womanofthehills's JournalMenstral changes after Covid vaccines may be more common than previously known
From NBC news:
Menstrual changes after Covid vaccines may be far more common than previously known
A study found that 42% of people with regular menstrual cycles said they bled more heavily than usual after their Covid vaccination.
When adults gained access to Covid vaccines last year, most knew to expect headaches, fatigue and soreness as side effects.
But some researchers think its time to add another common one to the list: temporary menstrual changes.
An analysis published Friday in the journal Science Advances found that 42% of people with regular menstrual cycles said they bled more heavily than usual after vaccination. Meanwhile, 44% reported no change and around 14% reported a lighter period. Among nonmenstruating people those post-menopause or who use certain long-term contraceptives, for example the study suggests many experienced breakthrough or unexpected bleeding after their Covid shots.
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/menstruation-changes-covid-vaccines-rcna38348
NYC - releases video on what to do if there is a nuclear attack
The city of New York released a public service announcement video outlining the three steps that residents should take in case of a nuclear attack.
The video, released Monday on NYC Emergency Managements YouTube channel, says New Yorkers should do the following in the case of the big one:
Get inside fast, and dont stay in the car
Stay inside, and shut all doors and windows. Head to a basement if possible. Remove and bag all outer clothing if exposed outdoors
Stay tuned to the latest information
The city department did not give details on how or when a nuclear attack might happen and said on its website the likelihood of one occurring in or near New York City is very low, but added its important New Yorkers know what to do in such a situation.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-12/-the-big-one-has-hit-nyc-releases-psa-video-on-nuclear-attack
Traveling for abortions - clinics will need to expand fast
https://twitter.com/business/status/1540894381800128515?s=21&t=3qvvwwomoEG-Hds0Je1gIwLong Twitter thread by AOC on Republican justices
https://twitter.com/aoc/status/1540755942714642432?s=21&t=jgo7kKBz3x-5mlqqSCNcvAKrystal Ball schools Bill Maher
https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1538558618722877445?s=21&t=HysQksIg_5_35IZF5snDygF.D.A. Chief Details 'Shocking' Conditions at Baby Formula Plant
The Abbott Nutrition plant in Michigan that was shut down in February, sparking a widespread baby formula shortage crisis, had a leaking roof, water pooled on the floor and cracks in key production equipment that allowed bacteria to get in and persist, Dr. Robert Califf, the head of the Food and Drug Administration, told a House panel on Wednesday.
He detailed egregiously unsanitary conditions in the Sturgis, Mich., plant to lawmakers during a hearing, but he also acknowledged that his agencys response was too slow in addressing problems at the plant.
Frankly, the inspection results were shocking, Dr. Califf told members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. We had no confidence in integrity of the quality program at the facility, noting the agency worked with Justice Department officials to dictate steps the company needed to take to turn the facility around.
For some reason link wont paste. From yesterdays NYTs
AIPAC spent millions to attack progressive women of color
Spent 100,000 pushing Irwin and 2 million lying about Summer Lee - claiming shes not a Democrat. Lee still won and will be the first black women to rep Pa in congress. Same with Jessica Sisneros race - 1.4 million for Cueller but mainly using the money to attack Sisneros. Same with Muslin Nida Allam - 3.4 million PAC money spent attacking her. As Common Dreams reported last week, Sanders criticized AIPAC for bankrolling super PACs like UDP and Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI) "to buy elections and control this democracy."
Salon
AIPAC super PAC funnels millions in dark money to attack progressive candidates in Democratic races
Intent on keeping the influence of the growing pro-Palestinian rights movement in the U.S. to a minimum in Congress, the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee is pulling out all the stops to defeat progressive candidates including state Rep. Summer Lee in Pennsylvania's 12th District, where voters are going to the polls Tuesday.
As The Intercept reported late Monday, a super PAC started last year by AIPAC called the United Democracy Project (UDP) has spent more than $2.3 million on the district's Democratic primary race.
About $100,000 from the group has gone to support attorney Steve Irwin while a majority of the ads UDP has paid for have attacked Lee as someone who only "calls herself a Democrat" due to her criticism of President Joe Biden during the 2020 primary race.
According to liberal pro-Israel group J Street, UDP has attempted to conceal its connection to AIPAC by attacking Lee's positions on issues unrelated to Palestinian rights, such as her support for Medicare for All.
Abbott -all about money- has lobbyists to lower regulations
Abbott spent 5 billion buying back its own stock while paying lobbyists to lower testing times and regulations.
As critics have noted, the formula industry had wide latitude to expand production and increase spending on safety standards. Abbott last year announced that it had spent $5 billion purchasing its own stock.
The shortage has other contributing factors. The U.S. maintains strict limits on imports of European brands of infant formula, despite studies showing that products under European Union regulations have high safety and nutrition standards. Competing brands in the U.S. have attempted to ramp up production to make up for the loss of Abbott Nutritions Sturgis factory but have encountered supply chain problems.
https://theintercept.com/2022/05/13/baby-formula-shortage-abbott-bacteria-safety-testing-lobbying/
What the hell is happening in China? Dragging residents out of their apts
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2022/apr/14/police-in-hazmat-suits-scuffle-with-people-in-shanghai-videoPolice in hazmat suits were filmed grabbing screaming Shanghai residents in a video circulated on Chinese social media on Thursday. Users of the Chinese microblogging site Weibo claimed that local authorities had decided to take over several residential buildings in Zhangjiang county in Pudong district to quarantine Covid patients.
Videos show residents kneeling on the ground, begging the police not to take them away, and dozens of officers scuffling with civilians and dragging some of them to the middle of the street
65 cases of rare brain tumors linked to Colonia High School, Woodbridge Township NJ
I grew up in Woodbridge and my cousins in Colonia so I found this of particular
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/former-woodbridge-n-j-resident-confirms-65-people-who-either-attended-or-worked-at-colonia-high-school-have-had-rare-brain-tumors/
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