Indian Bar Association serves legal notice on WHO for ‘disinformation’ The Indian Bar Association has issued formal legal notice against the WHO, charging them with a deliberate ‘disinformation campaign’ against ivermectin by suppressing the data showing effectiveness...
‘Time has come’ for pandemic treaty as part of bold reforms – WHO’s Tedros
May 31, 2021 ~ Reuters ~ Stephanie Nebehay ‘Time has come’ for pandemic treaty as part of bold reforms - WHO’s Tedros The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Monday for launching negotiations this year on an international treaty to boost pandemic...
WHO announces simple, easy-to-say labels for SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern
May 31, 2021 WHO announces simple, easy-to-say labels for SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern WHO has assigned simple, easy to say and remember labels for key variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, using letters of the Greek alphabet. These...
The Emerging COVID-19 Therapy Market for Early Onset, Non-Hospitalized Patients: Three Segments to Watch
The Emerging COVID-19 Therapy Market for Early Onset, Non-Hospitalized Patients: Three Segments to Watch Three parallel worlds, segmented by socioeconomics, culture, and politics unfold during this pandemic, divided into what can be considered tier 1, tier 2, and tier...
Vietnam detects hybrid of Indian and UK COVID-19 variants
Vietnam detects hybrid of Indian and UK COVID-19 variants Reuters, May 29, 2021 by Phuong Nguyen Authorities in Vietnam have detected a new coronavirus variant that is a combination of the Indian and UK COVID-19 variants and spreads quickly by air, the health minister...
Op-Ed: Quit Ignoring Natural COVID Immunity
May 28, 2021 ~MedPage Today ~ By Jeffrey Klausner Op-Ed: Quit Ignoring Natural COVID Immunity — Antibody testing and proof of prior infection can allow more people to return to normal Epidemiologists estimate over 160 million people worldwide have recovered from...
Early analysis suggests that another mRNA vaccine is safe, but its effectiveness isn’t yet known.
Early analysis suggests that another mRNA vaccine is safe, but its effectiveness isn’t yet known. New York Times, May 28, 2021 by Carl Zimmer The German company CureVac said on Friday that its Covid-19 vaccine had passed its first interim analysis, but that it was not...
Clinical Considerations: Myocarditis and Pericarditis after Receipt of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Among Adolescents and Young Adults
May 28, 2021, From the CDC: Clinical Considerations: Myocarditis and Pericarditis after Receipt of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Among Adolescents and Young Adults Summary Since April 2021, increased cases of myocarditis and pericarditis have been reported in the United...
Nasal Vaccines for COVID-19?
MedPageToday, May 11, 2021, by by Veronica Hackethal Nasal Vaccines for COVID-19? Some argue intranasal vaccines, still in early trials, may be better at blocking transmission Despite an arsenal of highly effective injectable vaccines, drugmakers are looking into...
Infection and vaccine-induced neutralizing antibody responses to the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.1 variant
bioRxIV ~ May 10, 2021 ~ Venkata-Viswanadh Edara, et al. Infection and vaccine-induced neutralizing antibody responses to the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.1 variant Abstract SARS-CoV-2 has caused a devastating global pandemic. The recent emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants that...
Researchers fear people of color may be disproportionately affected by long Covid
By Elizabeth Cooney, May 10, 2021, StatNews It’s well-known now that people of color have shouldered a disproportionate burden in the Covid-19 pandemic. Now researchers and clinicians are increasingly concerned that history is repeating itself in the case of long...
Kerfuffle Over NSAIDs in COVID Finally Resolved?
by Molly Walker, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today May 7, 2021 Kerfuffle Over NSAIDs in COVID Finally Resolved? — Largest study ever sheds more light on an early pandemic controversy There was no association between use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs...
Worse Than the Disease? Reviewing Some Possible Unintended Consequences of the mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19
May 26, 2021 ~International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research ~Stephanie Seneff & Greg Nigh Worse Than the Disease? Reviewing Some Possible Unintended Consequences of the mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19 Abstract Operation Warp Speed brought to...
Op-Ed: What Was CDC Thinking With Its New Mask Guidance?
MedPage Today - by Lawrence O. Gostin, JD - May 14, 2021 Op-Ed: What Was CDC Thinking With Its New Mask Guidance? — The agency has lurched from over-caution to abandoning all caution This opinion piece will be sharply critical of the new CDC guidance on masking for...
They’re Vaccinated and Keeping Their Masks On, Maybe Forever
New York Times, May 19, 2021, Sarah Nir They’re Vaccinated and Keeping Their Masks On, Maybe Forever Face coverings have been a political flash point for more than a year. But now, the backlash is directed at people who don’t plan to take them off. Whenever Joe...