Category: viruses

Quercetin works like hydroxychloroquine to stop viruses, but more safely?

Like hydroxychloroquine, quercetin can stop viruses replicating – with low to no side effects Quercetin is an anti-inflammatory, antiviral compound used to treat Covid-19, influenza, and other viruses. Inflammation causing respiratory failure is the main reason people die from Covid-19. How can quercetin help to curb this and other inflammation issues? Quercetin can shut down…


10,000 Previously Unknown Viruses Found in Babies’ Diapers: Study

A study into the gut microbiota of babies identified 10,000 new viral species on dirty diapers, with scientists saying these previously unknown viruses most likely play an important role in keeping the babies healthy. For their study, scientists at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark spent five years examining the diapers of 647 healthy one-year-old…


Probiotic Strain Offers New Weapon in Fight Against Infectious Disease and COVID-19

Breakthroughs in scientific research and a growing body of evidence show that an oral probiotic strain, Streptococcus salivarius K12, clinically demonstrates protection against bacterial infections of the respiratory tract caused by COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses making it a new weapon in the fight against infectious disease and COVID-19. As COVID-19 vaccines fail to block infection, do…


Texas Doctor Questions Whether ‘Frankenstein Viruses’ Causing Spike in Disease

A 1,000 percent increase in syphilis among newborns as reported by a Mississippi medical director concerns a Texas physician who was involved in the effort to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine data released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Because of what he’s read in that data, Dr. Richard Bartlett, a Texas physician of 30…


Flu Vaccines: What’s the Fuss?

This time of year you can’t walk into a drug store or a supermarket in America without seeing government-sponsored messaging urging you to get a flu vaccine. That’s because the CDC blanketly recommends vaccination against influenza for everyone six months of age and older every year. Government health officials have actually been making this recommendation…


Fighting Bacteria With Viruses

Bacteria that can’t be killed with antibiotics are a growing problem around the world. These cause serious infections in hospitals and other health care settings. Scientists have been looking for new ways to kill drug-resistant bacteria. One idea has been to use bacteriophages, also called phages. Phages are viruses that infect bacteria but are harmless…


Science Foundations (Episode 14): Viruses & Staying Healthy

In this episode, Joel Thomas shares about the importance of eating right and practicing good hygiene during this time of germ spreading. He gives great experiments to showcase how germs spread, but how washing hands with soap makes such a difference. Finally, he shares God’s Word with kids about how they can stay confident in…


US to Spend $3.2B on Treatments for COVID-19, Other Viruses

WASHINGTON—The United States is devoting $3.2 billion to speed development of antiviral pills to treat COVID-19 and other dangerous viruses that could turn into pandemics. The new program will invest in “accelerating things that are already in progress” for COVID-19 but also would work to come up with treatments for other viruses, said Dr. Anthony…


US to Spend $3.2 Billion on Treatments for COVID-19, Other Viruses

WASHINGTON—The United States is devoting $3.2 billion to speed development of antiviral pills to treat COVID-19 and other dangerous viruses that could turn into pandemics. The new program will invest in “accelerating things that are already in progress” for COVID-19 but also would work to come up with treatments for other viruses, said Dr. Anthony…


Hajdu Evades Answering Why Chinese Military Scientist Had Access to Canada’s Highest-Security Infectious Disease Lab

Health Minister Patty Hajdu refused to answer why a Chinese military scientist was given access to work at Canada’s highest-security infectious-disease lab during Question Period at the House of Commons Tuesday. “How on earth did a Chinese military scientist get access to the government’s lab in Winnipeg, a level 4 facility equipped to handle the…