(2021-10-13). Pandemic accelerates Australia's class divide. wsws.org By its party de-registration laws, the ruling class is trying to muzzle dissent as COVID-19 lays bare the terrible human cost of the worsening social inequality.
(2021-10-13). Expert Alert: Advancing individualized medicine through genomics. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — The virtual 10th Annual Individualizing Medicine Conference on Oct. 8—9 will highlight the latest discoveries, diagnostics, therapeutics and emerging approaches in the field of genomics. Attendees will hear from renowned experts and learn first-hand how individualized medicine is transforming clinical practice, research and education. Highlighted topics will include artificial intelligence, health disparities, precision oncology, microbiome, genomic clinical applications and challenges, and many others. Taking the virtual center stage will be keynote speakers Gianrico…
(2021-10-12). Xi stresses people's well-being, social justice. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for efforts to concentrate on bettering people's well-being to promote social equity and justice.
(2021-10-12). A call to look beyond prescription opioid supply-side restrictions and include health equity when predicting opioid policy effectiveness. mronline.org 
We read with interest the study by Rao and colleagues on opioid policy effectiveness, which extends their previous modeling efforts to predict opioid-related overdose, life-years, and QALYs. This work presents a useful framework from which to investigate policy effectiveness.
(2021-10-12). Poor People's Campaign petitions demand Build Back Better's passage. peoplesworld.org 
(2021-10-12). Editorial on Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Corrected. jamanetwork.com The Editorial titled "Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea," published in the September 14, 2021, issue of JAMA, has been updated to fix the year of the initial USPSTF recommendation; wording in 3 other paragraphs; and the correct citation for reference 2. This article was corrected online.
(2021-10-12). Saturday 11/6: "Hacer Pueblo": a narrative of community health from Mexico. indybay.org online meeting, see website for details…
(2021-10-12). Media ignore politics behind Green leader's demise. mronline.org Annamie Paul's perspective has overwhelmingly shaped coverage of the dramatic and bitter conflict within the Green Party.
(2021-10-12). Monday 10/11: #LandBack: Defending Sovereignty and Land Rights w/ the Shinnecock Nation. indybay.org Online event via livestream…
(2021-10-12). Tuesday 10/12: 831 Water Street City Council Public Oversight Meeting. indybay.org The public oversight meeting for the 831 Water Street project is #18 on the city council meeting agenda, and will be heard in the afternoon, sometime after 1 PM. | * Click on Zoom link (no time delay): zoom.us/j/94684401344 | * Online at http: //www.cityofsantacruz.com/government/city-council/council-meetings…
(2021-10-12). 'To change course of history,' U.S. climate movement takes aim at Biden White House. mronline.org 
Five days of direct action and civil disobedience are planned this week to denounce "broken promises" and demand ambitious action against the planetary threat.
(2021-10-12). The condition of the working class. mronline.org 
Everything changes and yet everything stays the same.
(2021-10-12). Wednesday 10/20: Doubling Down for Passing the Women's Health Protection Act w/ NARAL. indybay.org Online teach-in and call to action…
(2021-10-12). Wednesday 10/13: CalCare Now! California Health Care for All Virtual Town Hall. indybay.org Online town hall…
(2021-10-12). Thursday 10/14: Transgender Law Center's SPARK. indybay.org Virtual Gathering, online…
(2021-10-12). Walter Rodney's Lost Book: One Hundred Years of Development in Africa. mronline.org 
One of the most astonishing books that Walter Rodney—the Guyanese revolutionary and historian—ever wrote was published several years after he was assassinated on 13 June 1980.