The Lab-Leak Debate Just Got Even Messier


Authors: Daniel Engber  1 day agoLike As the pandemic drags on into a bleak and indeterminate future, so does the question of its origins. The consensus view from 2020, that in the likeliest scenario SARS-CoV-2 emerged naturally, through a jump from bats to humans (maybe with another animal between), persists unchanged. But suspicions that the outbreak started […]

Moderna vs. Pfizer: Is There a “Best” mRNA Vaccine?


Both of the mRNA vaccines available in the US are highly effective against severe COVID-19, but recent studies suggest that Moderna’s elicits a stronger immune response and might be better at preventing breakthrough infections.   Authors: Alejandra Manjarrez Sep 24, 2021 TeamPfizer and #TeamModerna are two of the captions often found next to selfies of […]

Changing recommendations for boosters lead to confusion for the vaccinated and their doctors


Author: Carissa Wolf, Frances Stead Sellers, Ashley Cusick, Kim Mueller  1 day ago Even in Idaho, which has one of the lowest coronavirus vaccination rates in the country, clinics have been gearing up for an onslaught of calls and emails requesting booster shots. Administrators at the Primary Health Medical Group updated their website Thursday and then […]

Experts said that in people who had been vaccinated five months earlier, the booster increased vaccine efficacy tenfold compared with vaccinated patients who didn’t receive it.


By ILAN BEN ZIONyesterday JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is pressing ahead with its aggressive campaign of offering coronavirus boosters to almost anyone over 12 and says its approach was further vindicated by a U.S. decision to give the shots to older patients or those at higher risk. Israeli officials credit the booster shot, which has […]

Fauci Doesn’t Have An Answer To Why Those Who Recovered From Covid Are Required To Take Vaccine


Authors: JORDAN LANCASTER REPORTER September 10, 20214:03 PM E Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday night on CNN that he didn’t have a “firm answer” as to why those who have been previously infected with Covid and have natural immunity are being required to take the vaccine. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent, pointed out a recent […]

Study Finds Teenage Boys Six Times More Likely To Suffer Heart Problems From Vaccine Than Be Hospitalized by COVID


Authors; Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Research conducted by the University of California has found that teenage boys are six times more likely to suffer from heart problems caused by the COVID-19 vaccine than to be hospitalized as a result of COVID-19 itself. “A team led by Dr Tracy Hoeg at the University of California […]

NIH orders $1.67M study on how COVID-19 vaccine impacts menstrual cycle


Authors: By Hannah Sparks September 7, 2021 The National Institutes of Health has announced a $1.67 million study to investigate reports that suggest the COVID-19 vaccine may come with an unexpected impact on reproductive health. It’s been a little over six months since the three COVID-19 vaccines in the US — Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson — became widely […]

Does this enzyme raise the chance of COVID-related death?


Researchers discovered an enzyme that is genetically related to a key enzyme in snake venom and was found in COVID-19 fatalities in doses 20 times the safe amount. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF   SEPTEMBER 4, 2021 19:37 A study from the University of Arizona discovered that an enzyme with a key role in severe inflammation may be a […]

They’re called mild cases. But people with breakthrough covid can still feel pretty sick.


Authors: Fenit Nirappil The Washington Post Aug. 31, 2021 Andrew Kinsey knew that even after being vaccinated against the coronavirus, there was a chance he could still fall ill with covid-19. He just never expected to feel this lousy from a case doctors call mild. For nearly a week, Kinsey felt like he had been […]

Study examines the effects of COVID-19 on human kidney cells


Date: June 10, 2021Source:American Society of Nephrology Summary: The virus that causes COVID-19 can infect and replicate in human kidney cells, but this does not typically lead to cell death. Kidney cells that already have features of injury may be more easily infected and develop additional injury. Researchers have studied human kidney cells in the […]