By Shelley Childers abc13 KTRK Houston Ivermectin was developed to treat parasites in both humans and animals. It's an FDA-approved drug for that specific purpose at a very specific dose, but for more than a year, Dr. Joseph Varon said he has proudly been using...
THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF OUTPATIENT IVERMECTIN PRESCRIPTIONS DISPENSED FROM U.S. RETAIL PHARMACIES FROM MARCH 2019 TO AUGUST 2021. (CDC/IQVIA NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION AUDIT WEEKLY DATABASE)By Elizabeth CooneyLast month, U.S. poison control centers fielded five times the...
TrialSite recently covered reports of disturbing COVID-19 Delta-variant-driven breakthrough infections in Israel, centering on a television interview of the head of Herzog Medical Center in that nation. Recently, the leadership of Herzog Medical Center, an...
The first part of our saga begins with an article from August 9, 2019 in The Scientist, “Questions Surround Canadian Shipment of Deadly Viruses to China.” We learn that Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) sent both Ebola and Henipah viruses to...
By Sivan Gazit, et al. Abstract Background Reports of waning vaccine-induced immunity against COVID-19 have begun to surface. With that, the comparable long-term protection conferred by previous infection with SARS-CoV-2 remains unclear. Methods We conducted...
A new preprint study out of Japan titled “The SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is poised to acquire complete resistance to wild-type spike vaccines” was published online on August 23. The first listed author is Yafei Liu, who works at the Department of...
While a growing body of research indicates the potential of ivermectin as a possible treatment targeting COVID-19, much of the mainstream press of late has either focused on a few studies that failed to show any statistical benefit or warnings against the use of the...
— Recent paper "not aligned with reality" by Kristina Fiore Conspiracy theories about antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) with COVID-19 vaccines are swirling yet again, apparently due to a letter to the editor and a controversial talk by a physician at a school board...
— Efficacy, safety, and ethical questions linger by Vinay Prasad Over the last week, the topic of COVID-19 booster shots -- a third dose of mRNA vaccine for healthy Americans -- has been thrust into the spotlight. The surgeon general, CDC director, Anthony Fauci, MD,...
Alina Chan suggested last year that the coronavirus was “pre-adapted” to humans. Critical reaction was swift and harsh. By Roni Caryn Rabin In the early days of the pandemic, scientists reported a reassuring trait in the new coronavirus: It appeared to be very stable....
By Carmen Mirabellia, et al. Significance Since its emergence in China in December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 has caused a global pandemic. Repurposing of FDA-approved drugs is a promising strategy for identifying rapidly deployable treatments for COVID-19. Herein, we developed...
The latest COVID controversy involves an old drug. Is Ivermectin a miracle or a menace? To prevent river blindness it's a miracle! COVID = ? By Joe Graedon Let me be perfectly honest. I love ivermectin. Is ivermectin a miracle? Absolutely! It has saved the...
The Premonition -- A Pandemic Story, by Michael Lewis, should be required reading for anyone with a serious interest in the pandemic. Better still, it is so well written, by such brilliant in depth deconstruction of complex subjects, that it reads like a thriller...
Cases of COVID-19 are rising fast. Vaccine uptake has plateaued. The pandemic will be over one day—but the way there is different now. By Ed Yong Originally Published August 12, 2021 In september 2020, just before COVID-19 began its wintry surge through the...
By Kristen V Brown Will the vaccines be updated for delta? In this week's edition of the Covid Q&A, we look at the question of whether vaccines will be reformulated to protect against the delta variant. In hopes of making this very confusing time just a little...