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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 Services (HHS) found that the first testing kits issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) failed as a result of “likely” contamination because scientists...
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 two to three months in the human body. Antibodies are protective proteins that the body makes in response to being exposed to an infection. This timeframe is especially...
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, dexamethasone, can reduce the chances of death in patient with a severe infection of COVID-19. According to their research, they say that the drug decreased deaths of...
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 and asked to self-isolate. This is an essential instrument in keeping the highly infectious COVID-19 from spreading further. As states are starting to reopen, you would...
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 communications to the public with information about COVID-19. Unfortunately, there have been several times that they’ve had to recant what they said. This has led to significant...
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 hospitalizations since Memorial Day. In over a dozen states and Puerto Rico, they’re recording their highest averages of new cases since the pandemic started. In nine states, Texas,...
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 restrictions had in reducing the spread of COVID-19. It found that they prevented 60 million infections in the United States and 285 million in China. A different study...
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, many doctors used broad-spectrum antibiotics as a treatment even though they knew that they aren’t effective at treating viruses. Part of the reason they did this...
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 COVID-19 and over 25,000 have died so far. In addition, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said that the virus has infected 34,000 nursing home staff...
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 take any responsibility for the loss of American lives, but said China had “instigated a global pandemic.” He went on to say, “The world is now suffering as a result of...