From the February 15, 2022 Newsletter; Editor: Alyson Browett, MPH with comment from Michael Lerner The Johns Hopkins Covid websites and reports are top of their class for straightsummaries of the often confusing news. I read them all.Michael Lerner VACCINE FOR <5...
Today's Headlines: February 14, 2022Editors: Divya Hosangadi, MSPH; Natasha Kaushal, MSPH; Marc Trotochaud, MSPH; Prarthana Vasudevan, MS, MSPH; and, Rachel Vahey, MHS This Week's HearingsAddressing the Gaps in America’s Biosecurity Preparedness. Senate Committee...
Mr. Rogan, a wildly popular podcast host, and his guest, Dr. Malone, a controversial infectious-disease researcher, offered a litany of falsehoods over three hours. By Linda Qiu Spotify has been rocked in recent weeks by the controversy engulfing its most popular...
America’s Frontline Doctors and Project Veritas launched a video series devoted to Covid-19 disinformation. By Micah Lee THE ANTI-VACCINE propaganda group America’s Frontline Doctors has partnered with Project Veritas, the far-right group known for...
Mass youth hospitalizations, COVID-induced diabetes, and other myths from the brave new world of science as political propaganda BY VINAY PRASAD The main federal agency guiding America’s pandemic policy is the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, which sets widely...
Written by James Kingsland on February 14, 2022 — Fact checked by Anna Guildford, Ph.D. A small study suggests that treating patients who have moderate or severe COVID-19 with ceftazidime or cefepime, plus the steroid dexamethasone, is as effective as standard...
— The safety and effectiveness data should prompt CDC to update its policy by Michael Daignault, MD, and Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH On Friday, February 4, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) quietly acknowledged the rapidly accumulating body of...
Toward the end of 2021 TrialSite reported to the world that a nasal spray exhibited the ability to kill 99.9% of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Called the SaNOTize Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray (NONS), this investigational product was designed to kill COVID-19 in the...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently shared study results of COVID-19 boosters demonstrate that while they continue to offer strong protection against the omicron variant they decline in effectiveness against severe cases. An early and limited...
The Canadian “Freedom Convoy” of truckers now appears to be a worldwide form of protest. In France, a “Convoi de la Liberte” (Freedom Convoy) has started driving from the south of France toward Paris. Protesters are demonstrating against France and...
Where did SARS-CoV-2 originate? The result of a natural zoonotic process, a lab leak, or some other explanation? TrialSite suggests there is no absolute proof of cause but past entries suggest the lab leak theory is possible. Now a couple of studies produce more data...
Demands grow for government science chiefs to reveal evidence backing move to lift last protective measures By Robin McKie Science editor and Michael Savage Policy editor A future variant of Covid-19 could be much more dangerous and cause far higher numbers of deaths...
And experts have some theories as to why. By Melinda Wenner Moyer When Natalie Hollabaugh tested positive for Covid-19 in March 2020, her recovery felt extremely slow. Eighteen months later, she was still suffering from a litany of symptoms, including fatigue,...
By Saranac Hale Spencer SciCheck Digest Clinical and real-world studies have shown that the COVID-19 vaccines are effective in preventing serious disease, and there is a long history of vaccine requirements in the U.S. But a list of bogus claims, shared around the...
By Matthew Herper , Nicholas Florko and Helen Branswell Plans to attempt to authorize the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine for children under 5 before full data are available appear to have run aground. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday canceled a key meeting...