Association of COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy With Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Infants

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Authors: Ellen Øen Carlsen, MD1; Maria C. Magnus, PhD1; Laura Oakley, PhD1,2; et alDeshayne B. Fell, PhD3,4; Margrethe Greve-Isdahl, MD5; Jonas Minet Kinge, PhD1,6; Siri E. Håberg, MD, PhD JAMA Intern Med. Published online June 1, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.2442 Key Points Question  Is maternal COVID-19 vaccination during the second or third trimester of pregnancy associated with reduced risk of COVID-19 within the first 4 months of life in their infants? Findings  In this register-based cohort study of all live-born […]

Association Between COVID-19 Booster Vaccination and Omicron Infection in a Highly Vaccinated Cohort of Players and Staff in the National Basketball Association

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Authors: Caroline G. Tai, PhD, MPH1; Lisa L. Maragakis, MD, MPH2; Sarah Connolly, PhD, MPH1; et alJohn DiFiori, MD3; Deverick J. Anderson, MD, MPH4; Yonatan H. Grad, MD, PhD5; Christina DeFilippo Mack, PhD, MSPH1 JAMA. Published online June 2, 2022. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.9479 Evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine booster effectiveness is essential as new variants of SARS-CoV-2 emerge. Data support the effectiveness of booster doses in preventing severe disease and hospitalization; however, the association with reducing incident SARS-CoV-2 infections […]

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease After the COVID-19 Vaccination

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Authors: Anıl Kuvandık, Ecenur Özcan, Simay Serin Hülya Sungurtekin Turk J Intensive CareDOI: 10.4274/tybd.galenos.2021.91885 ABSTRACT Reports of neurological problems are increasing for the clinical presentation of COVID19. The clinical presentation reported in this study seemed to be a combination of nonspecific complications of the systemic disease, inflammation of the cerebrovascular system, and the effects of […]

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It’s Really True: They Know they are Killing the Babies Authors: Dr Naomi Wolf Posted June 6, 2022 1,501963 Pfizer Documents Research Volunteers, a group of 3000 highly credentialled doctors, RNs, biostatisticians, medical fraud investigators, lab clinicians and research scientists, have been turning out report after report, as you may know, to tell the world […]

NON-COVID EXCESS DEATHS, 2020-21: COLLATERAL DAMAGE OF POLICY CHOICES?

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Authors: Casey B. Mulligan, Robert D. Arnott, Working Paper 30104 http://www.nber.org/papers/w30104 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 June 2022 ABSTRACT From April 2020 through at least the end of 2021, Americans died from non-Covid causes at an average annual rate 97,000 in excess of previous trends. Hypertension and heart disease […]

Sleep Disturbances, Fatigue Common In Patients Who Recovered From COVID

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 Authors: June 4, 2022  Eurasia Review Nearly all patients who recovered from COVID-19 report lingering fatigue, while half experience sleep disturbances, according to a recent analysis from Cleveland Clinic. Researchers found that race, obesity, and mood disorders are contributors. Investigators analyzed data from 962 patients from the Cleveland Clinic ReCOVer Clinic between February 2021 and April 2022. The […]

Novavax COVID shot effective but carries heart risk, FDA says

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Authors: Adriel Bettelheim Jun 3, 2022 – Axios Health Novavax’s COVID vaccine was shown to be 90% effective at preventing new cases in a clinical trial but carried the possible risk of causing heart inflammation, particularly in young males, Food and Drug Administration staff said in a review posted online Friday. Why it matters: The company is seeking FDA emergency use […]

Discovery of a Novel Coronavirus in Swedish Bank Voles (Myodes glareolus)

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Authors:  Anishia Wasberg 1,Jayna Raghwani 2,Jinlin Li 3,John H.-O. Pettersson 1,4,Johanna F. Lindahl 1,5,6,Åke Lundkvist 1 andJiaxin Ling 1,* Abstract The unprecedented pandemic COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with bats as original reservoirs, has once again highlighted the importance of exploring the interface of wildlife diseases and human health. In this study, we identified a novel Betacoronavirus from bank voles […]

COVID-19 was deadly to working-class Americans in 2020, researcher says

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Authors: Sam Ogozalek June 3, 2022 Tampa Bay Times Working-class Americans died of COVID-19 at five times the rate of those in higher socioeconomic positions during the first year of the pandemic, according to a study. The staggering disparity was revealed in a study of roughly 69,000 U.S. coronavirus victims ages 25 to 64 who […]

Overlapping, highly contagious COVID subvariants are spreading fast in Florida

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Authors: David Schutz, Cindy Krischer Goodman June 4, 2022 Sun Sentinel Overlapping waves of omicron are sweeping through the state, leading more people to get infected with COVID. The more transmissible BA.2.12.1 omicron subvariant became officially dominant in the U.S. last week, yet it already is being pushed out nationally by newcomers BA.4 and BA.5, […]