Authors:Julie SteenhuysenTue, August 24, 2021, 2:15 PM·2 min read CHICAGO (Reuters) – Some 25% of SARS-CoV-2 infections among Los Angeles County residents occurred in fully vaccinated residents from May through July 25, a period that includes the impact of the highly transmissible Delta variant, U.S. officials reported on Tuesday.- ADVERTISEMENT – The data, published in […]
Are those who oppose a ban on cars or a radical reduction in speed limits sociopaths, given the huge number of people they are knowingly consigning to death or maiming? Authors: Glenn Greenwald 5 hr ago 285536 In virtually every realm of public policy, Americans embrace policies which they know will kill people, sometimes large […]
Authors: BY TYLER DURDENWEDNESDAY, AUG 25, 2021 – 01:04 PM A growing number of public health officials working at the state level are worried that the federal government isn’t collecting enough accurate data about “breakthrough” infections, yet the Biden Administration has pushed ahead with plans to dole out booster shots, as well as other COVID policies. According […]
Authors: BY TYLER DURDENWEDNESDAY, AUG 25, 2021 – 11:19 A Former Congressman Ron Paul has highlighted this week that a handful of mainstream media articles have actually begun to break ranks in terms of questioning key aspects of vaccine effectiveness and mandates, particularly when it comes to the controversial boosters now being widely proposed. “Even mainstream media […]
Authors: by Lung Health | Jun 9, 2016 | Oxygen Levels, Resources It might sound strange, but the respiratory system and the digestive system depend on one another for optimal function. Because oxygen is essential to the proper functioning of the body, one of the main concerns for people with chronic lung diseases is maintaining enough oxygen in their blood. The body needs […]
Authors: By Jessica McBride Updated Apr 25, 2020 at 7:38pm COVID-19 recovery time and symptoms can vary by person, but people who’ve had it often describe feeling like a mild cold is coming on before being hit with a fever, a dry cough, and shortness of breath. In short, it can be a slow-burning infection. However, others are […]
Authors: Susan Mayor BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3484 (Published 07 September 2020)Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m3484 Gastrointestinal symptoms are common in children infected with SARS-CoV-2 and should trigger tests for the virus, researchers have said. A prospective study of 992 healthy children (median age 10.1 years) of healthcare workers from across the UK found that 68 (6.9%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.1 Half […]
Authors: Adrianna Rodriguez USA TODAY March 11, 2021 A new study suggests coronavirus symptoms felt in the first week of infection may be a predictor of how long they will last. Patients with COVID-19 who felt more than five symptoms in their first week of illness were more likely to become a “COVID-19 long hauler,” […]
Authors: By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD Jan 7 2021 Ever since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic began, there have been many attempts to understand the nature and duration of immunity against the causative agent, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A new preprint research paper appearing on the medRxiv* server describes a link between the […]
Authors: By: Neesha C. Siriwardane & Rodney Shackelford, DO, Ph.D. April 15, 2020 Introduction to COVID-19 Coronaviruses are enveloped single-stranded RNA viruses of the Coronaviridae family and order Nidovirales (1). The viruses are named for their “crown” of club-shaped S glycoprotein spikes, which surround the viruses and mediate viral attachment to host cell membranes (1-3). Coronaviruses are found in domestic […]
