Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor Fri Aug 28, 2009 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors are reporting a severe form of swine flu that goes straight to the lungs, causing severe illness in otherwise healthy young people and requiring expensive hospital treatment, the World Health Organization said Friday.
Some countries are reporting that as many as 15 percent of patients hospitalized with the new H1N1 pandemic virus need intensive care, further straining already overburdened healthcare systems, WHO said in an update on the pandemic.
"During the winter season in the southern hemisphere, several countries have viewed the need for intensive care as the greatest burden on health services," it said.
"Preparedness measures need to anticipate this increased demand on intensive care units, which could be overwhelmed by a sudden surge in the number of severe cases." ⇒
RussiaToday August 31, 2009 In an exclusive interview with RT's Anastasia Churkina, anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan talks about the need of accountability, an end to Iraq and Afghanistan, and the American psyche ignoring the truth.
VictoryIndependence August 30, 2009 Sorry about the kids in the background. I had just finished speaking with another couple about the baby boomer data and wanted to share it with you as well.
RussiaToday August 30, 2009 Fifteen years ago, Russia completed the withdrawal of its forces from East Germany. Though Moscows ambitions to provide both its own and Europe's security by creating a new inclusive system never came to reality.
corbettreport August 29, 2009 Do you feel safe under the all-seeing eye? If not, join us for Episode 095 of The Corbett Report where we discuss the technology by which the citizens of the "free world" will be tracked, traced, tagged, scanned and catalogued like cattle. corbettreport.com
RussiaToday August 29, 2009 After years of tremendous growth, Indias economy is facing a slowdown. Despite that, it is still growing at the second fastest rate in the world, after China.
RussiaToday August 28, 2009 Investigative Journalist and RT Contributor Wayne Madsen says that the Philippines has become a major base for the operating of one of the most controversial private military companies in the US: Blackwater. Blackwater, which is now known as 'Xe' is apparently training private contractors for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. Madsen explains why exactly these contractors are there and other US companies involved in similar matters.
US Soldiers Find Themselves Being Terrorists in Afghanista
RussiaToday August 28, 2009 As the US continues to step up war efforts in Afghanistan, the number of American soldiers refusing deployment to war zones is also increasing. Author and Independent Journalist Dahr Jamail tells RT that U.S. soldiers in combat zones find themselves being terrorist.
videonation August 28, 2009 A segment on Anderson Cooper 360 investigates the white vigilante justice that tore through New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. "Katrina's Hidden Race War", a cover story featured in The Nation, supported by the Investigative fund at the The Nation Institute, and reported by A.C. Thompson (now a staff reporter at ProPublica), was the first to reveal how white residents of New Orleans shot at African-American men.
RussiaToday August 28, 2009 A recent report by the newspaper Stars and Stripes would have people believe that perhaps the media in the United States is not all that free. The Pentagon has apparently hired a controversial PR Firm, the Rendon Group, to profile journalists in order to determine how they covered the US military in the past. The Pentagon says it is not violating any policies in doing this; however, war correspondents and viewers all over the world are concerned that media coverage coming out of Afghanistan may be one-sided. RT's Dina Gusovsky gets the real story from Kevin Baron, Washington Bureau Reporter for Stars and Stripes.
RussiaToday August 28, 2009 Not all is smooth in Wonderland. As Obama vacations, thousands of troops are still in Iraq and Afghanistan. RT's Anastasia Churkina investigates.
August 28, 2009 Excerpts from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's opening statement during his required Humphrey-Hawkins Act semi-annual appearance before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, 18 July, 2007, just as the U.S. and global financial systems were beginning to crash.
Nixon Called For A New World Order 19 Years before Bush
YouAreMerelyPuppets August 27, 2009 Forty-first U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush has taken a lot of flak over the years for advocating a "new world order" in at least four different speeches he delivered during 1990-91. Historians, scholars, and "conspiracy theorists" seem to have overlooked the fact that President Richard Nixon called for a new world order almost 19 years before Bush's infamous "New World Order Speech" delivered on Sept. 11, 1990. And he did this in Communist China, of all places.
RussiaToday August 27, 2009 After mounting pressure, a report on the CIA's interrogation tactics that had been classified has now been released. Half of the report still remains blacked out, but stories of detainee torture can still be read throughout the more than 100 pages that make up the document. But now many wonder what was written in those blacked out parts?
RussiaToday August 27, 2009 After Swedish journalist Donald Bostrom published an article claiming Israel has been harvesting the organs of Palestinians, one Palestinian family has been making headlines with claims that their child was a victim.
bravenewfilms August 27, 2009 Ted Kennedy will go down in history as one of the giants of the U.S. Senate and one the most accomplished legislators in American history. He will also be remembered, by those who knew him, as an extremely warm and caring human being whose public service was a brilliant reflection of his love and devotion to his country, his friends and his family.
As a member of the Senate health and education committee, chaired by Senator Kennedy, I was always impressed by his intelligence, knowledge and seriousness of purpose. His career in public service was driven by a deep sense of compassion and a belief that, in this great country, every American should be entitled to quality health care, education and other basic needs as well as equal justice under the law.
His passion was that every single American has health care as a right of citizenship. He understood that there was something lacking in our country today when we remained the only nation in the industrialized world that does not provide health care to all people.
WACLA & Luke Rudkowski Deliver Proof of Military Thermite to Congress Day 3
August 26, 2009 We put a cover letter on a package of facts and scientific analyses regarding the controlled demolition of the WTC complex on September 11, 2001. The letter is here as follows, as well as the links to the scientific papers.
Madsen: Lockerbie Bomber released to bailout British banks
RussiaToday August 26, 2009 RT Contributor and investigative reporter Wayne Madsen says the Libyan and British governments arranged lucrative financial deals for the release of the Lockerbie Bomber.
Could release of Federal Reserve documents cause panic?
RussiaToday August 26, 2009 Nicole Kardell, legal analyst, discusses the lawsuit that will force the Federal Reserve to disclose information about who received emergency bailout money.
sindonirevealed53 August 26, 2009 Stephen Sindoni continues the ongoing series with Part II of "Straw Man Revealed." Find out how to take back your personal sovereignty. CONCLUSION THE GOVERNMENT WENT BANKRUPT!
Report: Cops wrongfully sieze money for personal gain
UpTakeVideo August 26, 2009 News could not have been worse for legislators and public safety officials when an independent review of the Metro Gang Strike Force showed some troubling behavior. According to the report, some officers wrongfully seized money and property for personal gain.
Why is Fitness Important? by Austin Adventure Boot Camp
psychetruth August 26, 2009 Why is Fitness Important? by Austin Adventure Boot Camp 2 Shawn tells you about the importance of exercise and fitness for over all health and wellness. It's not just for weight loss, it actually decreases stress, help prevent illness & disease and improves quality of life.
UpTakeVideo August 26, 2009 THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I apologize for interrupting the relaxing that I told all of you to do, but I have an important announcement to make concerning the Federal Reserve. "
Stop the Shot: "Swine Flu" Vaccine: Untested, Uninsurable, Unproven
NaturalSolutions August 25, 2009 Dr. Rima E Laibow MD - Natural Solutions Medical Director continues her discussion of the Swine Flu Vaccine in this Part 2 of her recent series. In this part she discusses the situation in the States and urges several Action Items to Stop the Shot.
RussiaToday August 25, 2009 Barack Obama's close relationship with the U.S. media may be souring. As the American President's approval ratings continue to slide, the administration is growing increasingly frustrated with media coverage of the President and his policies. Experts have always said that Obama is a media darling but now even his press secretary, Robert Gibbs, is blaming the U.S. press for 'misinforming' the American public. So what caused this sudden shift and what can Barack Obama do to rekindle the romance? RT's Dina Gusovsky speaks to Chris Stirewalt, Political Editor at the Washington Examiner.
RussiaToday August 25, 2009 According to a Federal Report, NASA, the one institution responsible for spotting asteroids that could pose a threat to planet earth does not have enough funding to complete this project. The telescope systems currently in place only allow for about one third of the project to be completed, and it seems the U.S. Congress is not providing any funding to update these systems. So what could happen with these potential threats? Armageddon? RT's Dina Gusovsky discusses the scary prospects of this global problem with Berin Szoka from the Space Frontier Foundation.
RussiaToday August 25, 2009 As the election results in Afghanistan continue to keep people all over the world guessing, experts say that voter fraud throughout the region is taking place. RT's Dina Gusovsky speaks to journalist, analyst, and scholar Gareth Porter to understand what is really going on in Afghanistan and what kinds of tactics are being used that could discredit the legitimacy of the election results.
RussiaToday August 25, 2009 As the election results in Afghanistan continue to be processed, all eyes are on Hamid Karzai and his opponent Abdullah Abdullah. Discrepancies in poll numbers, however, are making it increasingly difficult to predict the winner. While the Bush Administration supported Hamid Karzai almost unconditionally, the Obama administration seems to be keeping its distance. So if Karzai does win, what will this mean for relations between the United States and Afghanistan? RT's Dina Gusovsky speaks to Ivan Eland, Foreign Policy Expert and Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute.
Steele: Protect Medicare - And Medicare Doesn't Work
tpmtv August 25, 2009 RNC chairman Michael Steele gets into the gritty details of why we need to protect Medicare, the perfect example of government incompetence.
Bernanke Reappointed to a Second Term as Federal Reserve Chairman
August 25, 2009 President Obama took time off from vacationing at Martha's Vineyard to announce that he is reappointing Ben Shalom Bernanke to a second term as the Federal Reserve Chairman
Alex Jones - Dr. Mayer Eisenstein : What's in the Vaccine Shots?
August 25, 2009 Dr. Mayer Eisenstein, a Chicago physician and author of Don't Vaccinate Before You Educate. Dr. Eisenstein has taken up the cause of protecting the public from government and big pharma schemes to vaccinate millions of people, including children, for the hyped H1N1 flu pandemic this autumn.
Swine flu vaccine could have major medical side effects
RussiaToday August 24, 2009 The swine flu vaccine is now being offered in the United States, but many people are worried about the vaccine's potential side effects. Many say that the vaccine could be linked to the guillain barre syndrome. RT's contributor and investigative journalist Wayne Madsen attended the international swine flu conference in Washington D.C. and talks about what he learned.
August 24, 2009 BBC Horizon interviewed a Chinese professor in 2005 about a breakthrough Chinese malaria treatment and the reluctance of the communist government to share the information with a WHO drug development committee due to their ties with the US military
CIA Hired Blackwater Members to Assassinate Top Al Qaeda Members
RussiaToday August 24, 2009 It's been reported that the CIA hired people from Blackwater to assassinate top members of Al Qaeda. Details of the program were kept secret from the government for seven years. So how much did American officials really know about what was going on with Blackwater in Iraq and were their tactics in illegal?
RussiaToday August 25, 2009 Its claimed Lithuania, a former Soviet republic on the Baltic Sea, provided the CIA with facilities where as many as eight terror suspects were held, according to information given to ABC News by unnamed CIA sources.
US recession forces Mexican migrants to return home
AlJazeeraEnglish August 24, 2009 For many Mexican migrants, heading North to the United States almost always meant being able to send money back home to their families.
But in the global recession, many have returned to Mexico in desperate need of jobs.
In the second of our series "World on the Move," Al Jazeera's Rachel Levin reports from San Juan Mixtepec on how returning migrants are coping.
AlJazeeraEnglish August 24, 2009 The US attorney-general has appointed a federal prosecutor to head a new probe into allegations that CIA interrogators abused terrorism suspects.
The announcement came as the CIA released a five-year-old report which gives fresh details about the ways in which detainees were abused, including death threats and threatened sexual abuse of a suspect's mother.
Propaganda, Black Public Relations & Mind Control Report 2
psychetruth August 24, 2009 Propaganda, Black Public Relations & Mind Control Report Part 2
Part two in a series covering propaganda; the history of propaganda, the origin of word propaganda, what propaganda is, how it used and how to recognize it, how propaganda relates to truth. The Mind Control Report
UpTakeVideo August 24, 2009 Minnesota State House Assistant Majority Leder Erin Murphy speaks to volunteers about to go door knocking for health care reform.
Cash for Clunkers an Indication of how Government Run Healthcare Program Would work?
RussiaToday August 24, 2009 Critics of a government run healthcare program say that the cash for clunkers program is a good indication of what government healthcare would be like. The $1 billion the government initially invested in the cash for clunkers program was used up in just one month. Many say that the government's inability to predict the popularity of the program shows a lack of organization and foresight that many are afraid will happen to a government healthcare program.
RussiaToday August 24, 2009 The 9/11 rescue workers are falling victim to a higher than average rate of life threatening diseases. They blame it on their time spent in the giant dust clouds.
RussiaToday August 23, 2009 Violence has continued to grow in Iraq, with the body count reaching over a hundred. 2009 has seen a rise in suicide bombings and roadside explosions, resulting in many civilian deaths.
Lori Harfenist, a web journalist and host of The Resident, has been asking people on the streets of New York what they think of the bloody situation in Iraq.
AlJazeeraEnglish August 24, 2009 Accusations have escalated of vote rigging in Afghanistan's election while ballots are still being counted from last Thursday's vote.
But the Afghan president's main challenger says he has evidence of widespread electoral fraud and has filed more than a hundred complaints.
August 23, 2009 Jason goes into full coverage of the latest Swine Flu Hoax, and the Hidden agenda behind the CDC International Conference being held accross the United States.Jason now see's a very clear and present danger coming in the fall in the form of a "9/11 STYLE FALSE FLAG ATTACK!!"
RussiaToday August 21, 2009 RT contributor and investigative journalist Wayne Madsen discusses new allegations by officials that the CIA hired and trained Blackwater employees to capture and kill Al Qaeda operatives during the Bush administration.
Lobbyists shape big chunk of American foreign policy
RussiaToday August 21, 2009 Bill Allison of the Sunlight Foundation discusses the online Foreign Policy Influence tracker his company and Pro Publica have created to see how policy decisions are really made in Washington.
RussiaToday August 21, 2009 Americans rallied outside the Democratic National Committee calling for affordable healthcare in the United States. President Obama has said that reforming healthcare is one of his top priorities, but so far partisan politics has gotten in the way of actually accomplishing anything. 46 million Americans have no health insurance, and many say that there needs to be better options for those who can't afford private health insurance.
tpmtv August 21, 2009 Press Secretary Robert Gibbs answers the million-dollar question: What did President Obama mean yesterday when he said "wee wee'd up?"
RussiaToday August 21, 2009 It is still unclear who has won the presidential election in Afghanistan. Both major candidates, the current president Hamid Karzai and his main challenger Abdullah Abdullah, are claiming victory.
