— Virginia hospital took issue with article co-authored by Paul Marik, MD by Jennifer Henderson On the same day that one of his papers was retracted, a physician who has been a vocal proponent of ivermectin filed suit against his hospital. Paul Marik, MD,...
— Treatment of plastic waste is not keeping up with demand for plastic products by Lei Lei Wu, Intern COVID-19 has resulted in over 8 million tons of mismanaged plastic waste around the world as of August, researchers reported. Nearly 90% of the excess plastic waste...
— Incidence of autoimmune disease decreased by 25-30% with dietary supplements by Nancy Walsh The use of vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acid supplementation was associated with a decreased likelihood of autoimmune disease in an ancillary analysis of a large randomized...
— When studies with a moderate or greater risk of bias were removed, survival benefit vanished by Kristina Fiore share to facebookshare to twittershare to linkedinemail article Some authors of a widely reported meta-analysis of ivermectin studies that was...
— A story of knowledge and recovery by Paul Gardener, MD I'm 65, and I'm fit and well. When COVID struck, I was enjoying life. I was doing lots of running and cycling. I felt I was titanium-plated in some ways. The disease was traveling very rapidly through the U.K. I...
— Study shows importance of vaccination to prevent severe disease, even among previously infected by Molly Walker n people hospitalized for COVID-like respiratory illnesses, unvaccinated adults who previously had COVID-19 were over five times more likely to test...
— Systematic vaccination is necessary but may not be sufficient for those at high risk by Daniel Teres, MD, Diana M. Stone, PhD, MPH, DVM, and Martin A. Strosberg, PhD, MPH he recent surge of COVID-19 in the southern U.S. in summer and early fall was...
— Researchers urge caution, but a clearer picture starts to emerge by Molly Walker A so-called "mix and match" COVID vaccine series using a different booster than the primary series was safe and produced an increase in immune response comparable to or greater than...
— New study suggests arginine supplementation may help in cases of severe illness by Heath McAnally, MD, MSPH Back in April 2020, after evaluating a number of diverse data sources including bench studies, clinical trials, and epidemiologic investigations pertaining to...
— For those on active therapy, 80% had increased antibody levels, study showed by Mike Bassett A third dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine (BNT162b2; Comirnaty) could offer increased protection for cancer patients on active treatment, a new study suggested, as these...
— But enrollment halted early, and few patients were actually hospitalized by Molly Walker Remdesivir (Veklury) reduced risk of hospitalizations by 87% compared with placebo in outpatients at high risk of progression to severe COVID-19, a researcher said. While the...
— Patient's wife sued after demanding the controversial drug be used by Ryan Basen A Kentucky hospital does not have to treat a COVID-19 patient with ivermectin, a circuit court ruled this week, following a demand from the patient's wife -- who said she is an RN --...
— Doctors worry misinterpretation will fuel misinformation campaigns by Kristina Fiore Researchers are getting pushback over a medRxiv preprint that relied heavily on Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) data to characterize myocarditis...
— It fails to promote safety or fight misinformation by Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH The development of the mRNA vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic has been the single greatest scientific advance of the pandemic, and will lead to a Nobel prize. At the same time, there...
Highlights from the European Respiratory Society virtual meeting by John Gever Several studies caught our eye at the just-concluded European Respiratory Society's virtual annual meeting. Among them: more negative findings for ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment;...