By Yasmeen Abutaleb Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s preeminent infectious-disease expert who achieved unprecedented fame while enduring withering political attacks as the face of the coronavirus pandemic response under two presidents, plans to step down in December...
Former Biden advisers call for ‘new’ covid strategy
They suggest an approach based on a ‘new normal of life with covid,’ rather than continuing efforts to eradicate the virus By Dan Diamond Six former health advisers to President Biden’s transition team released a series of journal articles on Thursday calling for a...
FDA authorizes Pfizer’s anti-covid pill as omicron surges
The supply of Paxlovid will be limited initially, even as demand is expected to soar By Carolyn Y. Johnson and Katie Shepherd Federal regulators Wednesday authorized the first easy-to-take pill to treat covid-19, a drug developed by Pfizer that will help refill the...
The repeated claim that Fauci lied to Congress about ‘gain-of-function’ research
“At a Senate hearing in May, Dr. Fauci said, ‘The NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.’ That was under oath, under testimony. On October 20th, the NIH principal deputy director in writing directly...
Massive randomized study is proof that surgical masks limit coronavirus spread, authors say
By Adam Taylor and Ben Guarino The authors of a study based on an enormous randomized research project in Bangladesh say their results offer the best evidence yet that widespread wearing of surgical masks can limit the spread of the coronavirus in communities....
As covid-19 surges in Mississippi, some people are ingesting an unproven livestock dewormer
By Timothy BellaThe plea from Mississippi’s top doctor to a state grappling with the nation’s second-lowest vaccination rate seemed simple: Do not take ivermectin — a drug intended for treating worms in livestock — to prevent or treat the coronavirus. Despite no...
‘This is a very dangerous combination’: New study says wildfire smoke linked to increased covid cases, deaths
By Josh Partlow In a new study published on Friday, a team of researchers at Harvard University found evidence that exposure to elevated levels of fine particle pollution found in wildfire smoke may have led to thousands morecases of covid-19 and more deaths among...
Read: Internal CDC document on breakthrough infections
An internal CDC document urges officials to “acknowledge the war has changed” and improve the public’s understanding of breakthrough infections. Read the story here. Continue Reading Here
Opinion: Preserving intellectual property barriers to covid-19 vaccines is morally wrong and foolish
https://www.covidstrategies.org/opinion-preserving-intellectual-property-barriers-to-covid-19-vaccines-is-morally-wrong-and-foolish/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/26/preserving-intellectual-property-barriers-covid-19-vaccines-is-morally-wrong-foolish/Th Originally published by: The Washington Post Author: Joseph E. Stiglitz and Lori Wallach Date: 4/26/2021 Categories: Integrative...
Your questions about coronavirus vaccines, answered
https://www.covidstrategies.org/your-questions-about-coronavirus-vaccines-answered/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2020/covid-vaccines-what-you-need-to-know/?utm_content=Tx-health-vaxfaq&utm_source=email&utm_medium=acq-nat&utm_campaign=eng-pwe-041921 Originally published by: The Washington Post Author: Laurie McGinley Date:...
Supporters tout anti-parasite drug as covid-19 treatment, but skeptics call it the ‘new hydroxychloroquine’
https://www.covidstrategies.org/supporters-tout-anti-parasite-drug-as-covid-19-treatment-but-skeptics-call-it-the-new-hydroxychloroquine/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/08/Ivermectin-covid-drug/ Originally published by: The Washington Post Author: Laurie McGinley Date: 4/8/2021 Categories: Integrative Therapies,Treatment,Ivermectin
Fully vaccinated people are at low-risk from travel, CDC says
https://www.covidstrategies.org/fully-vaccinated-people-are-at-low-risk-from-travel-cdc-says/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/02/cdc-fully-vaccinated-may-travel/?utm_campaign=wp_to_your_health&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_tyh&wpmk=1&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0...
You’re vaccinated and ready to travel. Here’s your pre-trip checklist.
https://www.covidstrategies.org/youre-vaccinated-and-ready-to-travel-heres-your-pre-trip-checklist/https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/vaccine-passport-checklist-travel-cdc/?utm_campaign=wp_to_your_health&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_tyh&wpmk=1&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0...
What you need to know about the coronavirus variants
https://www.covidstrategies.org/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-variants/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2021/01/25/covid-variants/ Originally published by: The Washington Post Author: Marisa Iati Date: 3/22/2021 Categories: Integrative Therapies,Prevention
Burned out by the pandemic, 3 in 10 health-care workers consider leaving the profession
https://www.covidstrategies.org/burned-out-by-the-pandemic-3-in-10-health-care-workers-consider-leaving-the-profession/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/22/health-workers-covid-quit/?utm_campaign=wp_to_your_health&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_tyh&wpmk=1&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsIm...