By Terry DeMio Be aware: That COVID-19 test kit in your home could contain a toxic substance that may be harmful to your children and you. The substance is sodium azide, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center's Drug and Poison...
The emergence of a new variant is just a matter of time, scientists say. By Heidi Ledford Now what? After the Omicron variant brought a fresh wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections and anxiety at the start of 2022, some nations are starting to record a decline in...
By Spencer Kimball KEY POINTS New York state officials found the effectiveness of Pfizer’s vaccine against Covid infection plummeted from 68% to 12% for children aged 5 to 11 during the omicron surge.The dramatic drop in vaccine effectiveness was likely due to the...
White House sees program as a more elastic testing infrastructure that will accommodate surges and remain on standby Nearly half of 500m free Covid-19 tests the Biden administration made available to the US public have not been claimed, as cases plummet....
By Carl Zimmer and Benjamin Mueller Scientists released a pair of extensive studies on Saturday that point to a market in Wuhan, China, as the origin of the coronavirus pandemic. Analyzing data from a variety of sources, they concluded that the...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has risen to become a major figure in the vaccine resistance movement. Those close to him say it’s “heartbreaking.” By Adam Nagourney Kerry Kennedy remembers how much she admired her older brother Robert as they grew up in Hickory Hill, the...
Medicago and GlaxoSmithKline announced that Health Canada has granted approval for Covifenz, COVID-19 vaccine, (plant-based virus-like particles [VLP], recombinant, adjuvanted). This vaccine is indicated for active immunization to prevent COVID‑19...
Could it be that an actual glitch in type 1 interferon (IFN) signaling is associated with people who experienced more severe SARS-CoV-2 disease progression? Put another way, was an individual, case by case abnormal reaction the explanation behind why some people get...
Pfizer’s BioNTech vaccine causes intracellular reverse transcription of BNT162b2 mRNA into human DNA in vitro, renewing concerns that vaccines may introduce spike protein into the nuclei of cells. The findings emerged Friday in a...
Famotidine, the over-the-counter heartburn drug, pepcid, was shown to significantly decrease COVID symptoms in a 55-patient randomized trial authored by Dr. Tobias Janowitz and published in the BMJ journal Gut February 10, 2022. Famotidine has been...
— New guidance to focus more on risk of severe disease versus cases alone by Molly Walker After much speculation, CDC unveiled its new criteria on Friday for masking throughout communities based on healthcare indicators, where only 30% of the country would currently...
Is Ivermectin a miracle or a menace against COVID-19? It's a miracle vs. onchocerciasis. COVID? A new study suggests ivermectin is not great. By Joe Graedon Let me be perfectly honest. I love ivermectin. Is ivermectin a miracle? Absolutely! It has saved the...
A flurry of new studies suggests that several parts of the immune system can mount a sustained, potent response to any coronavirus variant. By Apoorva Mandavilli As people across the world grapple with the prospect of living with the coronavirus for the foreseeable...
From the February 24, 2022 Newsletter, Editor: Alyson Browett, MPH FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY Applications are now open for the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security’s Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity (ELBI) Fellowship Class of 2022. ELBI inspires and...
T-cell responses directed against the receptor-binding domain of the SARS–CoV-2 spike protein were associated with protection from SARS–CoV-2 infection in vaccinated individuals with or without cancer, with lower T-cell responses observed in patients with blood...