— This past week in healthcare investigations by Kristina Fiore The Nonprofit at the Center of the COVID Origin Debate Vanity Fair's Katherine Eban details the evolution of the EcoHealth Alliance, the American non-profit with extensive ties to the Wuhan Institute...
Med Board Chief Rebukes America’s Frontline Doctors Over Ambush Video
— Kristina Lawson depicted as Nazi: "It is disturbing to be targeted by anti-science zealots" by Cheryl Clark Kristina Lawson, president of the California Medical Board, is again publicly fighting back against the controversial group America's Frontline Doctors and...
Infamous Vitamin C Study May Rely on Fraudulent Data
— Statistician alleges data in study led by Paul Marik, MD, were fabricated by Kristina Fiore The data underpinning an infamous study of vitamin C for sepsis may be fraudulent, according to an analysis by an Australian physician and...
It’s Not Over for Aspirin in Moderate COVID-19
— Results more favorable for older people, those with comorbidities by Nicole Lou People with moderate COVID-19 illness tended to have better clinical outcomes if they took aspirin their first day in the hospital, according to data from the NIH's National COVID Cohort...
Memory, Concentration Problems Plague 70% of Long COVID Patients
— Cognitive tests show "notable reduction" in memory ability by Judy George Seven in 10 people, most of whom said they had long COVID, experienced concentration and memory problems months after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection and many performed worse than their peers on...
Vaccine Researcher Who Developed Tinnitus After COVID Shot Calls for Further Study
— Gregory Poland, MD, advocates both vaccination and better understanding of possible side effect by Jennifer Henderson Gregory Poland, MD, director of the Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group in Rochester, Minnesota, remains a steadfast vaccination advocate -- even...
FDA Begins Releasing Pfizer COVID Vax Documents
— Court-ordered release runs risk of "cherry picking and taking things out of context" by Amanda D'Ambrosio The FDA turned over thousands of documents related to its review of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine last week, marking the first of several releases mandated...
FLCCC, IncellDx at Odds Over Long COVID Protocols
— Both groups face scrutiny over long COVID recommendations by Jennifer Henderson IncellDx, a company that's marketing a diagnostic and treatment plan for long COVID, says it's not at all associated with the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC) after...
ZDoggMD Deletes Twitter Account After Dust-Up With Science Museum
— Twitterstorm followed his criticism of museum's confusing booster policy for teens by Cheryl Clark Podcaster and comedian ZDoggMD, a.k.a. Zubin Damania, MD, became ensnared in a Twitter tornado Friday over his post that criticized a San Francisco children's museum...
CDC Peels Off Mask Recommendations for Most U.S. Counties
— 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...
Ivermectin Flops Again for COVID, This Time in High-Risk Adults
— Malaysian trial finds no difference in progression to severe disease over standard of care by Molly Walker Ivermectin failed to prevent older adults with COVID-19 from progressing to severe disease compared with standard of care alone, an open-label randomized trial...
Doc Group Pushes Ivermectin for Long COVID
— FLCCC promotes 20 therapies: like "throwing spaghetti against the wall," one expert says by Jennifer Henderson As patients with long COVID scour the internet desperate for relief, physicians are concerned they may stumble upon an unproven treatment plan touted by a...
Extend the Interval Between COVID Vaccine Doses
— 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...
Despite 2 Revoked Licenses, Doc Still Prescribing Ivermectin Via Telehealth
— With 2 licenses remaining, Kathleen Ann Cullen writes scripts through America's Frontline Doctors by Kristina Fiore A viral video about a hospitalized patient taking ivermectin for COVID-19 revealed the name of a doctor who provided the drug via an America's...
What You Need to Know About That ‘Johns Hopkins’ Lockdown Study
— "All of this adds up to a very weird review paper" by Kristina Fiore A paper being touted as the "Johns Hopkins study" that suggested lockdowns didn't reduce COVID deaths has serious flaws and is being misinterpreted, experts said. Fox News has charged that...