When the Omicron subvariant of the Covid-19 virus came on the scene, it didn’t follow the pattern...
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CDC Eases Guidelines as FDA Indicates Multiple At-Home Tests Needed for Accuracy
Last Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) relaxed many of the...
Some Experts Say Masks Don’t have Value at this Stage of the Pandemic as Fauci Indicates Those Not Up to Date on Vaccines Might have ‘Trouble’
From the beginning of the pandemic, there’s been a significant amount of discussion regarding the...
Evidence Indicates Coronavirus Came from Wuhan Market
Two recently published papers in the journal Science state that the coronavirus pandemic came from...
As BA.5 Surges, Experts Warn Paxlovid Isn’t for Everyone and Boosters on Hold
The BA.5 variant of Covid-19 is causing a surge in cases throughout the country. Hospitalizations...
Novavax Coronavirus Vaccine Approved as Many Wonder if the Right Vaccine Will Be Available this Fall
Last Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a fourth coronavirus vaccine. The...
Covid-19 Variants Increase the Risk of Reinfection
The latest variant of the omicron mutation, BA.5, has become the dominant strain and is causing a...
Pregnant Women Should Get Vaccinated as Omicron Vaccine Booster Announced
One thing that we’ve learned during the Covid-19 pandemic is that pregnant women are at higher...
Covid Vaccines for Youngest Children – Are They Getting to Where They Need to Be?
Last Tuesday, coronavirus vaccines became available for millions of children across the country....
Vaccines for Youngsters are Here as WHO State Number of Deaths Related to Covid-19 On the Rise
On Saturday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) signed off on the Moderna and...
Covid’s Impact on Other Viruses as Travel Restrictions Ease and Vaccines Approval for the Youngest Children is On the Way
Experts say many familiar viruses, like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rhinovirus, adenovirus,...
Cases Climb as Experts Warn that You Can Be Infectious Longer Than You Think
Just before Memorial Day weekend, the number of new Covid-19 infections was over 100,000 a day,...
New Research Sheds Some Light On Long Covid
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study last Tuesday that found one...
Kids 5 – 11 Approved to Get Booster as Case Numbers Rise
Last week, on May 17th, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized a booster shot for...
U.S. Reaches Grim Milestone as Officials Warn of Another Surge
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States passed an...
FDA Limiting Use of J&J Vaccine Due to Blood Clot Risk
On May 5th, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) placed new restrictions on the Johnson &...
Virus Mutations Continue as New Subvariants are Discovered
It’s been two and a half years since the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, first appeared in humans....
Covid Deaths Rising in the Vaccinated
Throughout the pandemic, the unvaccinated have counted for most of the deaths. However, recent...
Why is the Availability of Paxlovid Such a Big Deal?
Paxlovid is an antiviral medication made by Pfizer that decreases the chances of being...
To Mask, or Not to Mask?
Last week, in response to the rise in the BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, the...
New Omicron Subvariant Highly Transmissible But No Surge Yet
For the past several weeks, the Omicron BA.2 variant has become the new dominant strain of...
Will the Next Vaccine be a Nasal Spray?
The speed of the development of the coronavirus vaccines and their effectiveness in keeping people...
Help for Individuals with Long Covid is On the Way
Millions of Americans suffering from long Covid could be receiving additional assistance soon....
Ivermectin Not Effective in Reducing Covid Hospitalizations
A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine presented the results of a large...
Covid Vaccine for Young Children Safe, says Moderna, but is it Effective?
In a recent announcement from Moderna, they stated their Covid vaccine for children between 6...
New Phase of Covid Plan, Shutdowns Aren’t Necessary
This week the White House announced a new plan to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. In his State...
Do You Need Another Covid Booster?
As new variants of Covid-19 keep emerging, many people are left wondering if they need another...
AstraZeneca Vaccine Updated by Autumn as Biden Says Enough Vaccines for 300 Million People Will Be Available by July and WHO Indicates Early Infections Happened in China
Yesterday, AstraZeneca announced that they expect to have a new version of their COVID-19 vaccine...
Flu Shots on the Rise, Coronavirus Vaccine More Accepted and What Does “Percent Positive” Mean?
Several pharmacy groups, including Walmart, Walgreens Boots Alliance, CVS Health, and Rite Aid,...
COVID-19, Nursing Homes, Children, and Thanksgiving
As the number of new cases is surging, the impacts of COVID-19 are really starting to be seen. One...
Experts Say We Need Better Surveillance, but Urge Caution When Using Current Tracking Tools as Cases and Hospitalizations Surge
With COVID-19 daily cases and hospitalizations passing what they were in the spring, experts are...
Coronavirus Cases Top 10 Million, Psychological Impact of COVID-19 and Challenges for Antibody Infusions
On Monday, the United States surpassed its 10 millionth coronavirus case. The current surge in...
Biden’s Coronavirus Plan and Pfizer’s Vaccine
President-elect Joe Biden has recently released his plans for handling the coronavirus pandemic....
COVID-19 Vaccine Tracking App and Children Coronavirus Antibodies
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed a smartphone app, V-SAFE, that...
US Coronavirus Cases Top 100,000 in One Day for First Time, New Restrictions in Some Places and Rapid Tests Not Effective for Those Without Symptoms
Today, the United States passed a grim milestone with having recorded 104,004 new cases of the...
Show Down Between Trump and Top Public Health Officials as Cases Among Children
The rapport between President Trump and top public health officials has been contentious for...
COVID-19 and Obesity, Opioid Addiction and Virtual Doctors Visits
With the pandemic raging, there’s research going on to find factors that might contribute to the...
Plans to Ship Millions of Rapid COVID-19 Tests as Vaccine Trial Placed on Hold
Today, President Trump declared a plan to dispense 150 million rapid coronavirus tests procured by...
Children Deaths Related to COVID-19 Remain Low as Study Finds Millions of Americans Still at Risk
While the overall death toll from COVID-19 is above 200,000, the number of children and teenagers...
Deaths Reach 200,000, Coronavirus is Mutating and FDA Going to Announce New Guidelines for Vaccine
America has reached a grim milestone—the number of people who’ve died from COVID-19 has officially...
Coronavirus Case Surge Expected as Experts Explain How to Get to Herd Immunity and CDC Contradicts Itself on Airborne Transmission
The number of deaths from COVID-19 is closing in on 200,000. Unfortunately, experts fear that...
Testing Guidelines/Limitations, Hospitals Are Better Prepared for Fall Cases and Trump Tried to Censor Scientists
Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reversed their guidelines on who...
COVID-19 & the Brain, Vaccine Outlook, and a New Experimental Drug
Researchers at Yale University discovered that COVID-19 can infect the neurons in the brain....
AstraZeneca Trial Resumes, Long-Term Complications Appearing and Restaurants Try to Reopen as Some Question the Validity of Fever Checks
The vaccine candidate being developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca resumes after...
Preventative Care Drops, Young Adults at Risk and Experts Predicting Life Could Be Disrupted Through Next Year
When the pandemic first started, people stopped going to preventative care appointments. According...
AstraZeneca Vaccine Trial Halted, Drug Companies Pledge to Follow the Science and the Aging Immune System vs COVID-19
The vaccine trial being conducted by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford was put on hold due...
Flu Shot Importance, New Prediction Regarding Year-End Numbers, At-Home Testing Kits
It’s coming up on that time of year where you should start thinking about getting your flu shot....
Scientists and WHO Say Convalescent Plasma Isn’t the Miracle Trump Claims
In a press conference this past Sunday, President Trump announced that the Food and Drug...
COVD-19 Racial Disparities Not Inescapable, Antibodies Might Not Be Important and Convalescent Plasma is the Latest Thing Trump is Promoting
One thing that has been clear since the beginning of the pandemic is that it disproportionately...
White House May Be Promoting Oleandrin, Experts Recommending Flu Vaccine and Can Kids Really Socially Distance?
The CEO of MyPillow, Mike Lindell, said that he was part of a meeting last month with President...
Trump Adds Similar Minded Advisor to Task Force as Death Toll Rivals Fatality Rate of 1918 Flu and Clinical Trials are Taking Longer Than Expected
Early this week, President Trump appointed a new advisor, Dr. Scott Atlas, to the White House’s...
New Type of COVID-19 Test Being Used in UK and Patients Trying New Breathing Technique While Researchers Hope Monoclonal Antibodies Will Help
Scientists at the Department of Health in the United Kingdom announced that they’re releasing new...
Birx Warns Virus is in a ‘New Phase’ and Fauci Backs Her While New Data Shows 42% of US Cases Occurred in July
Dr. Deborah Birx, the Coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, made a statement...
Contact Tracing Isn’t Working as Scientists Say Children Carry High Levels of the Virus and We Don’t Know Yet the Full Impact on the Brain
One thing that we’ve heard about for a while is the importance of contact tracing. It’s usually a...
Issues with MLB and COVID Leave Many Wondering How to Reopen. Also, A Look at The New Relief Package and How Young People are Infecting Family Members as Top Official Says Government Didn’t Recognize Threat from Europe Soon Enough
The big question on everyone’s mind is how to reopen? Major League Baseball (MLB) tried starting...
Promising Vaccine Enter New Phase of Trials, But How Long Will Protection Last as Officials Say It’s Taking Too Long to Get Testing Results and Are Looking for a Better Option
This morning, two large-scale clinical trials for vaccines against COVID-19 began. The first is...
Children and Coronavirus – So Much We Still Don’t Know
As we’re getting ever closer to the start of school, there is still so much that we don’t know...
Trump Shifts on Masks and Indicates Virus Will Get Worse While Study Shows Americans are Still Lacking Widespread Immunity, CDC Updates Guidelines and Rate of Hospitalizations Almost to Level Seen in April
Yesterday, in a press conference, President Trump recognized that the coronavirus pandemic is...
Some US Leaders Still Avoiding Mask Mandates as Trump Administration Tries to Prevent Funding for Testing and Tracing
Cases of COVID-19 are surging and this has prompted many areas to issue mask mandates. However,...
Unpublished White House Report Indicates Stricter Rules are Needed as Mask Mandates Increase But Growing Wait Times for Test Results are Delaying Response and We’re Failing to Stop the Virus
In an unpublished report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force, the officials recommend that...
Science Shows that Masks Definitely Offer Protection as Experts Urge Schools to Reopen and Hospitals Stock Up on Supplies for Second Wave While Moderna’s Vaccine Displays Promise
For a while now, we’ve been hearing that masks don’t really protect you, but protect others from...
Patients Continue to Delay Routine Care as White House Tries to Undermine Fauci
Amid fears over catching COVID-19, many patients are continuing to delay going to hospitals and...
WHO Says Virus Can Be Airborne as US Death Toll Increases and the Effects on Pregnant Women Still Unknown
As of yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized that COVID-19 can linger in the...
New Tests on the Horizon as EPA Approves Disinfectants Designed to Treat COVID-19
All around the world, scientists are trying to develop a test for COVID-19 that would give a...
Trump’s Claims of Coronavirus Being ‘Totally Harmless’ is False as Experts State It Is Airborne and to Expect an Increase in Number of Deaths
In an interview over the weekend, President Trump stated that “99%” of COVID-19 cases are “totally...
Republicans Urge Wearing Masks as Task Force Talks ‘Pooled Testing’ and Experts Say Deaths From Condition Other Than COVID-19 is Significantly Higher
COVID-19 is starting to heavily impact areas that weren’t hard hit before. Many of these spaces...
EU Isn’t Allowing Americans to Visit as We Fight Over Wearing Masks and Experts Warn Herd Immunity Won’t Happen if Americans Refuse to Get Vaccinated
The European Union (EU) announced yesterday that it’s reopening its borders to individuals from 14...
Coronavirus Mutates as the CDC Says Number of Infections is Undercounted and Updates the List of Who is Most Likely to Be Infected and American Airlines No Longer Practicing Social Distancing on Flights
A mutation in the novel coronavirus is appearing in about 95% of all the genomes sequenced by...
Fauci States Trump Didn’t Request Testing to Be Slowed as Experts Examine Who Should Receive Dexamethasone
There has been rumors that testing was going to slow down a result of a comment made by President...
Claim that Increase in COVID-19 Cases is Due to More Testing Isn’t True as State and City Leaders Respond to Surge in Cases with New Rules and Warnings
For the past several days, President Trump has been saying the reason that we’re seeing increases...
Federal Review Confirms CDC Test Kits Were Contaminated and Experts Warn to Soon to Talk About a Second Wave
A three-page federal review conducted by two lawyers at the Department of Health and Human...
Antibodies Might Not Last Long and Cruises are Canceled Until September
A new study recently published in Nature Medicine found that antibodies to COVID-19 may only last...
A Steroid May Work Against COVID-19 as the FDA Pulls Approval for Hydroxychloroquine
Scientists at the University of Oxford are hopeful that a commonly available and low-cost steroid,...
U.S. Isn’t Ready for Contact Tracing as Study Finds 1 in 5 People at Risk for Severe Infection from COVID-19
Contact tracing is when individuals who have had interaction with an infected person are notified...
WHO Struggles With Communication as CDC Recommends Wearing Masks in Large Crowds and Scientists Look at Drugs that Can Stop the ‘Cytokine Storm’ Caused by the Virus
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has had issues...
Hospitalizations Rise Sharply After Memorial Day and Fauci Warns Pandemic Isn’t Close to Being Over
The latest data is showing that there’s an increase in the number of cases with more...
Study Finds Shutdowns Prevented 60 Million COVID-19 Infections as Some Experts Now Say Anti-Racism Protests Are Fine
A study that was published today in Nature looked at the effect stay-at-home order and other...
Early Overuse of Antibiotics and COVID-19 Studies Retracted
In the beginning of the pandemic, despite individuals presenting with the classic symptoms of...
COVID-19’s Impacts on Nursing Home and a Review of Safety Measures
According to a federal government report, 60,000 nursing home residents have been infected with...
Trump Says U.S. Going to Leave W.H.O. While Testing Isn’t the Only Way to Defeat COVID-19
Today, President Trump gave a 10-minute address from the Rose Garden. During the speech, he didn’t...
Disney Announces Plans to Reopen Theme Parks as Politicians Call for Pandemic Response to Not be Political
The Walt Disney Company has issued a statement that they plan to start reopening their theme parks...
Asymptomatic Transmission is More Common Than You Think
Per a new paper published in the journal Thorax, the COVID-19 outbreak on one cruise ship showed...
White House Officials Question if Coronavirus Numbers are Real as Prototype Vaccine Found to Protect Monkeys From the Virus
There is speculation among President Trump and top White House officials that the number of deaths...
Trump Tours Mask Distribution Center While Not Wearing a Mask and is Open to More Stimulus Dollars, Just Not the Democrats’ Plan
Today, the President toured the Owens & Minor Inc distribution center in Pennsylvania. According...
Trump Not Happy with Fauci’s Comments as W.H.O. Says Virus May Be Here to Stay and Normal Speech May Spread It, According to Scientists
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was...
House Democrats Unveil a New Coronavirus Bill to the Tune of $3 Trillion, It Was Rejected by Senate Republicans
Today, House Democrats put forth a coronavirus relief package that would provide financial aid to...
President Trump Says COVID-19 is ‘Well Contained’ Among WH Staff Before Abruptly Leaving Press Conference as Study Indicates that an Enzyme Makes Men More Vulnerable to the Virus
In a press conference today, President Trump addressed questions from reporters regarding the fact...
Scientists Dispute Claim COVID-19 Mutation Made It More Contagious as White House Coronavirus Task Force Will Be Phased Out and Cases Spike in India After Restrictions are Loosened
In the past few days, there was a study released, that hasn’t been peer-reviewed yet, but claims...
A Mutated More Contagious COVID-19 Strain Now Dominant; Cases Across the U.S. Continue to Rise
A new study was released by scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, who were assisted in...
World Leaders, Except U.S., Join to Find a Vaccine as F.D.A. Cracks Down on Antibodies Testing and Models Predict a Significant Jump in Deaths from States Reopening
On a fund-raising conference call organized by the European Union (EU) today that include leaders...
A.I. is Guiding Doctors to Possible Treatment While Concerns for Black Residents Rise in Georgia
A London-based research company, BenevolentAI, started looking at possible ways to treat the...
Experts Warn Technology Will Not Save Us Despite New Drug Showing Shortened Recovery After Trial
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to authorize emergency use for an antiviral...
Coronavirus in Tiny Airborne Droplets in Wuhan as China Pushes Back on Calls for Compensation from Them
Scientists in Wuhan, China, where the COVID-19 outbreak began, have been continuing to study the...
New Symptoms are Added to the List as Scientists Look to Unique Treatment Options for Men
COVID-19 has thrown a curve ball at scientists when it comes to what symptoms people who have the...
Since Most People Who Carry COVID-19 Don’t Know It, Will Antibody Testing Help Determine Next Steps?
There have been several recent studies done throughout the country that point to the fact the...
Governors Trying Find a Way to Reopen States Without Adequate Testing as Trump Implies the Daily Briefings Aren’t Worth His Time
With all the delays in getting testing results, there is definitely not a clear picture as to what...
Georgia Going to Reopen as FDA has Warnings About Anti-Malaria Drug and Dr. Birx Corrects Trump
Earlier this week, the governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp (R), issued a statement that today certain...
You’re Sick, and Not with COVID-19, How do You Get Treatment?
It doesn’t matter what news source you watch, you’ve probably heard about the shortage of...
Singapore had COVID-19, but then Cases Doubled
When it comes to dealing with COVID-19, Singapore seemed to have it under control. They had their...
As a Deal for More Aid to Small Businesses is Closer to Being a Reality, Trump Says He’ll Increase Swab Production After Facing Criticism
The congressional Democrats and the White House maybe close to an agreement for an additional...
Officials Say Testing was Delayed Due to CDC Labs Being Contaminated and Needs to be Tripled Before the US Can Reopen
It has been widely talked about for several weeks. The first test kits for COVID-19 that the...
Number of COVID-19 Cases Passes 2 Million Globally as Many Wonder How Governments are Able to Find Money to Provide Assistance
As of today, the number of COVID-19 cases has surpassed more than 2 million people worldwide. The...
Trump Disregards Advice to Tighten Clean Air Rules as the Number of Deaths in Britain Potentially 10% Higher Than Official Number
There has been an emerging link between air pollution and deaths from COVID-19. Harvard...
National Trade Adviser Warns Prolonged Shutdown Could Pose a More Dire Long-Term Health Threat as Trump Says He Has ‘Total’ Authority to Surpass Governors
The White House trade adviser, Peter Navarro, is charged with coordinating the country’s medical...
As Trump Criticizes Fauci, Chloroquine Study Halted Due to Increase in Fatal Heart Rhythms and Poor Americans Struggle with ‘Shelter in Place’
Over the weekend, President Trump signaled his frustration with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of...
Scientists Find that NY COVID-19 Cases are from Europe as Number of Deaths Continue to Climb, but Surge at Hospitals Hasn’t Happened Yet
Research is pointing to data that shows that COVID-19 was in the New York area by mid-February....
As Vaccines and Treatments Get Closer to Human Trials, Will Antibody Tests Help to Gradually Reopen the Country?
Currently, there aren’t any treatment options specific to COVID-19. This has led to many...
Trump Blames the WHO for Lack of Response to COVID-19
The latest target of attack for President Trump’s blame regarding response to COVID-19 is the...
COVID-19 Killing More Men Than Women and Adults Over Children
New York City has become the center of the battle against COVID-19 here in the United States....
US Death Toll Undercounted as Black Americans are Infected at Alarming Rates
As of this past weekend, over 9,400 people across the country have been reported as succumbing to...
Hydroxychloroquine Isn’t a Proven Treatment for COVID-19, Despite What Trump Says
For the past few weeks, President Trump has been on the news touting a possible treatment for...
As Death Toll Explodes in New York, Germany’s Remains Low
New York is the epicenter of our nation’s battle against COVID-19. Unfortunately, they’ve reported...
Antibodies Test Approved; Along with Stem Cell Therapy for COVID-19 Patients
As of yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new test for antibodies of the...
How to Spot Fake Information on COVID-19
There’s no question that with information about COVID-19 is changing rapidly and constantly. Many...
Do travel bans work?
A travel ban means that individuals from a certain area aren’t allowed to enter or leave an area....
How is the Virus Spread? How Long Does it Live on Surfaces?
Article updated with latest information on 04/13/2020. According to the Center for Disease Control...
What does ‘Flatten the Curve’ mean? Why is it Important?
All over the news there is discussions going on about trying to ‘flatten the curve’. There’s...
What are the EPA Approved Disinfectants?
Many people have been wondering how to clean surfaces in their home. According to health...
Who are the Members of the White House Task Force that You See on TV?
If you’ve been following the White House Task Force press conferences, you’ve been seeing several...
What is Difference Between Social Distancing, Self-Quarantining and Isolation?
There has been significant amount of talk surrounding social distancing. This has led to confusion...
Cruise Ship Passengers Evacuated in Japan as Epidemic is Continuing to Grow Globally, but Spread in China Slows
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases found on the ship, the Diamond Princess, had grown to...
First Death in Europe as Chinese Officials Change How They’re Counting Cases.
A Chinese tourist died in France yesterday marking the first death related to COVID-19 in Europe...
Will China’s Economy Hold?
As infections and fatalities are swelling, the world’s second-largest economy is almost at a...
Do Infrared Thermometers Really Work?
If you’ve been watching the news, you’ve probably seen health officials using an infrared...
According to the CDC, the Test Kits They Sent Out Last Week Are Flawed.
Just one week ago, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) starting shipping out test kits to select...
The WHO Selects a Name for the New Coronavirus – COVID-19. China’s deaths are over 1000. Pakistan Refuses to Let Citizens Come Home. The US is Worried About Economic Impacts.
Officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) have chosen a name for the new coronavirus. It’s...
As China’s Death Toll Passes that of SARS, the First American Dies from the New Coronavirus. So Does the Chinese Doctor Who Sounded the Alarm.
According the numbers released early today, the death toll in China is 811, which is past the...
Do Face Masks Help Protect You from the Coronavirus?
Whenever there is video footage or images of people walking around a city during an outbreak of an...
New Coronavirus Might Be Spread Without Symptoms, But Children Maybe Less Likely to Be Severely Impacted.
There has been some concern from doctors in China that the new coronavirus might be spread by...
First Death Outside China. Cruise Ship Passengers Quarantined. New Coronavirus’ Impact Continues to Spread.
As of Sunday, the first death outside of China has occurred in the Philippines. It was a...
COVID-19 Symptoms
Article updated with latest information on 07/09/2020. One of the challenging aspects of COVID-19...
New Coronavirus Now a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, According to WHO
As of yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared the novel coronavirus...
Handwashing. Here’s How To Do It Properly.
One of the best ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is by using proper handwashing techniques....
Coronavirus is Spreading and China’s Deaths Reach 100
The number of deaths in China reached 100 today. The estimated number of cases is to be just under...
The New Virus is Here
A man who lives in Washington state was the first American to be diagnosed with the new...
The New Virus Is Spreading
While in China the new coronavirus has claimed another life, it’s also on move and has made it to...
New Virus Emerging in China
As of three days ago, Chinese officials have reported that there is a new virus found in the city...