JUN 01, 2024 – Authored by Amie Dahnke via The Epoch Times Childhood attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is becoming increasingly common, with a new study revealing that one in nine American kids have been diagnosed with the condition—equating to 7.1 million children. Many more children in the U.S. have been diagnosed with ADHD recently. In […]
JUN 01, 2024 – Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times Children who received the AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines faced an elevated risk of epilepsy and appendicitis, according to a new study. Pfizer recipients were also more likely to suffer from demyelinating disease or heart inflammation, researchers found. Dr. Julia Hippisley-Cox, a professor of […]
Hannah E. Davis, , Lisa McCorkell, Julia Moore Vogel, Eric J. Topol Nature Reviews Microbiology volume 21, pages133–146 (2023)Cite this article Abstract Long COVID is an often debilitating illness that occurs in at least 10% of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections. More than 200 symptoms have been identified with impacts on multiple organ systems. At least 65 million individuals […]
By Brenda Goodman, CNN August 28, 2023 Experts say it’s less risky to catch Covid-19 than it used to be, but there are still good reasons not to treat it casually. Daly and Newton/The Image Bank RF/Getty ImagesCNN — Covid-19 was never just another cold. We knew it was going to stick around and keep changing to try to […]
DEC 09, 2023 – Authored by Guy Gin A new systematic review has been published in Archives of Disease in Childhood, one of the journals of the British Medical Journal, by Sandlund et al. titled ‘Child mask mandates for COVID-19: a systematic ‘. Since no randomised controlled trials have even been conducted on child mask-wearing or mask mandates, the […]
Orlanda Goh, MB, BS, MPH1,2,3; Deanette Pang, BSocSc4; Janice Tan, BSocSc4; et alDavid Lye, MB, BS5,6,7,8; Chia Yin Chong, MMed; Benjamin Ong, MMed4,7; Kelvin Bryan Tan, PhD4,11,12; Chee Fu Yung, MBChB5,9,10,11 JAMA Network Open. 2023;6(11):e2342475. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.42475 Key Points Question Is maternal vaccination associated with a lower risk of infection with Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants, including XBB, among infants up to 6 months of age? Findings In this national population-based cohort study of 7292 infants aged 6 months or younger […]
Christina Belza, PhD, MN; Eleanor Pullenayegum, PhD, Katherine E. Nelson, MD, PhD; et al ,JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(11):e2343318. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.43318 Key Points Question Did rates and outcomes of severe respiratory illness change during the first 2 years of the pandemic, compared with prepandemic, among children with medical complexity and those without medical complexity? Findings In this repeated cross-sectional study of 139 078 respiratory hospitalizations in Canada, there were more […]
Rajesh T. Gandhi, MD1; Preeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ2,3; Carlos del Rio, MD4, JAMA. 2022;327(7):617-618. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.0335 Substantial progress has been made in therapeutics for nonhospitalized patients with COVID-19, but supply of and access to treatment remain limited. This Viewpoint summarizes currently available therapeutics for nonhospitalized patients in the setting of the Omicron variant including principles for equitable allocation. Patients with mild or moderate COVID-19 […]
Vahé Nafilyan, Charlotte R. Bermingham, Isobel L. Ward, Jasper Morgan, Francesco Zaccardi, Kamlesh Khunti, Julie Stanborough, Amitava Banerjee & James C. Doidge Nature Communications volume 14, Article number: 1541 (2023) Cite this article. Abstract Several studies have reported associations between COVID-19 vaccination and risk of cardiac diseases, especially in young people; the impact on mortality, however, remains unclear. We use national, linked electronic health data in England to assess the […]
OCT 28, 2023 – Authored by Marina Zhang, The Epoch Times Opinion Piece Please Read–Bifidobacteria explained. Research has shown that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines reduce bacteria belonging to the Bifidobacteria genus, a common and beneficial gut bacteria. COVID vaccination is also linked to reduced gut biodiversity. Works by gastroenterologist Dr. Sabine Hazan, the CEO of ProgenaBiome, a […]
