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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 figure could go much higher as they predict an influx in cases in the next several weeks. According to former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner, Dr. Scott Gottlieb,...
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 should be tested for the coronavirus after experts, both inside and outside the agency, raised concerns about public confusion over testing and how it’s impacting the...
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. According to their data, the virus hijacks the machinery inside the neurons to make copies of itself. As it does this, it drains oxygen from nearby brain cells. The impact...
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 being paused for a week. The recommendation to restart came from an independent safety review committee and the United Kingdom health regulator. The study was halted 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 to data from the Health Care Cost Institute, vaccinations decreased by almost 60% in April. The nonprofit company looks at millions of health insurance claims and found...
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 to one of the participants experiencing an unexplained illness and the need to determine if it is related to the vaccine. The company called it a “routine action” to...
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. Given that COVID-19 is ever-present, receiving the flu shot this year is paramount. The reason is that every year thousands of people go to hospitals because they’re sick...
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 Administration (FDA) was authorizing the use of convalescent plasma on an emergency basis to treat COVID-19. In the same briefing, the FDA commissioner, Stephen Hahn, claimed that...
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 impacts people of color. A new study proposes that it doesn’t have to be this way. The study looked at 11,210 COVID-19 patients that sought care at one of the 92 Ascension...
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. During the meeting, they discussed the possible benefits of using oleandrin as a treatment for COVID-19. In a recent press conference, the president said that he had...