The vaccines shielded adolescents only against life-threatening Covid, not less severe illness, scientists reported. Still, hospitalizations remained rare in children, compared with adults. By Apoorva Mandavilli In yet another twist to the debate over how best to...
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine slashes pediatric hospitalization risk -U.S. study
By Michael Erman Children ages 5 to 11 who received the Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech (22UAy.DE) COVID-19 vaccine were 68% less likely to be hospitalized during the Omicron wave in the United States than unvaccinated children, according to a study published...
Third COVID-19 Vaccine Dose May Improve Immune Response in Patients With Lymphoma
New research has found that the weakened immune systems of patients with lymphoma may improve after they receive a third COVID-19 vaccination. Patients with lymphoma have defects in their immune system that restrict its response to vaccination; despite this, a study...
Ivermectin Does Not Reduce Risk of Covid Hospitalization, Large Study Finds
“At some point it will become a waste of resources to continue studying an unpromising approach,” one expert said. By Carl Zimmer The anti-parasitic drug ivermectin, which has surged in popularity as an alternative treatment for Covid-19 despite a lack of...
Study Finds Black Patients With Cancer Diagnosed With COVID-19 Have Worse Outcomes Than White Patients
Black patients with cancer experienced significantly worse outcomes after a COVID-19 diagnosis than non-Hispanic White patients, according to findings published by Fu et al in JAMA Network Open. Investigators from the COVID-19 and Cancer...
Effect of Early Treatment with Ivermectin among Patients with Covid-19
By Gilmar Reis, M.D., Ph.D., et al. Abstract BACKGROUND The efficacy of ivermectin in preventing hospitalization or extended observation in an emergency setting among outpatients with acutely symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the disease caused by...
Should I get a second COVID booster vaccine? Here’s a checklist
Federal regulators have authorized second booster shots for some people By LISA M. KRIEGER On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized a second booster shot for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines, citing dwindling immunity in...
A New Wave of Covid-19 Is Coming. Here’s How to Prepare.
Taking these seven steps now can lower your risk and minimize the disruption to your family’s life. By Tara Parker-Pope and Knvul Sheikh The next wave of Covid-19 is coming, and in some parts of the United States, it’s already here. Are you ready? The culprit this...
Prognosis of Myocarditis Following COVID-19 Vaccination ‘Favorable’
No one had symptoms at 6 months, but five of seven patients had residual LGE on cardiac MR, possibly pointing to fibrosis. by Michael O'Riordan NEWSDaily News Prognosis of Myocarditis Following COVID-19 Vaccination ‘Favorable’ No one had symptoms at 6 months, but five...
This is Your Brain. This is Your Brain on Covid.
If You Think Covid Is “Just the Flu”… You’re an Idiot By umair haque with comment by Dr. Bob Rufsvold The article (opinion piece) from Medium, by Hague, addresses some of the ramifications of this research, and of the concerted efforts, and political decisions, to...
Lab accident is ‘most likely but least probed’ COVID origin, State Dept. memo says
State Department officials considered a lab accident to be the most likely cause of COVID-19 in the pandemic’s early months and worried that international virologists may help with a coverup, according to a 2020 memo obtained by U.S. Right to Know. “Origin...
Tennessee Advancing Ivermectin Bills
Tennessee appears to be the latest state moving forward with two bills to allow people to purchase ivermectin as an alternative treatment for COVID-19. One bill, SB 2746, is being proposed by Republican State Representative Susan Lynn, and...
French Biotech Commercializing ivermectin for COVID-19 Treats First Patients in 400 Participant RCT
The French biotech company MedinCell announced it has treated the first participants in the SAIVE study last week, the 400-participant, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with an independent Data Monitoring Committee, conducted...
Cruise ship reports COVID-19 outbreak in San Francisco
Cruise line says passengers, crew 100% vaccinated By JOHN WOOLFOLK Several vaccinated passengers aboard a cruise ship that returned Sunday to San Francisco from a 15-day Panama Canal trip tested positive for COVID-19. Princess Cruises said in a statement that “during...
Medicines Patent Pool licence strengthens Merck’s market
control and undermines the Pool’s core principles
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