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Clinicians Discuss Major Treatments for Long COVID–The Effective and the Questionable

Long COVID has posed a challenge for doctors to treat. Critical care specialist Dr. Paul Marik has labeled long COVID a syndrome rather than a disease due to its complicated symptoms like brain fog, fatigue, malaise, shortness of breath, tachycardia, and gastrointestinal problems, to name just a few. The symptom clusters of long COVID have…


Infection Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Was 0.0003 Percent At 0–19 Years: Study

A study that looked into the age-stratified infection fatality rate (IFR) of COVID-19 among the non-elderly population has found that the rate was extremely low among young people. “The median IFR was 0.0003 percent at 0–19 years, 0.002 percent at 20–29 years, 0.011 percent at 30–39 years, 0.035 percent at 40–49 years, 0.123 percent at…


Fauci Steps Down as Head of NIAID After 40 Years

Dr. Anthony Fauci stepped down from his government positions on Saturday after serving as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for decades, and more recently, as the White House’s COVID-19 chief adviser. Earlier this year, Fauci confirmed that he would be stepping down from his federal positions but is not…


Fauci Stepping Down as Head of NIAID After 40 Years

Dr. Anthony Fauci was slated to step down from heading the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases by Dec. 31, although the agency has not officially confirmed it yet. Earlier this year, both Fauci and NIAID said that he would be stepping down from his federal positions by the end of December. As of Sunday,…


10 Ways COVID Changed How People Think About Health–Part 2

The following is a continuation of 10 Ways COVID Changed How People Think About Health–Part 1 6. Citizen Researchers The lack of information on COVID-19 and data on vaccine safety and efficacy has left the public with questions. A survey in October 2021 showed that 3 in 4 Americans (76 percent) leave their doctor’s appointment on…


10 Ways COVID Changed How People Think About Health–Part 1

COVID-19 has left lasting imprints on everyone. Some lived in fear for three long years of contracting a COVID-19 infection, others lost their jobs as they resisted vaccine mandates, and many reported symptoms of long COVID or suffered vaccine injuries. People are now looking back on the COVID-19 pandemic as a poorly managed public health…


COVID-19 Omicron Variant XBB.1.5 Becoming More Dominant, Makes up 40 Percent of New Cases in US: CDC

The COVID-19 omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant nearly doubled in prevalence over the past week, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed on Friday, with it now comprising over 40 percent of new cases in the United States. Specifically, for the week ending Dec. 31, CDC data puts the omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant as making…


COVID-19 Omicron Variant XBB.1.5 More Dominant, Makes Up 40 Percent of New Cases in US: CDC

The COVID-19 Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant nearly doubled in prevalence over the past week, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed on Friday, with it now comprising over 40 percent of new cases in the United States. Specifically, for the week ending Dec. 31, CDC data puts the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant as making…


CDC Considers Testing Wastewater on Airliners as China Lifts COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will consider sampling wastewater taken from international flights to track any emerging new variants coming from China. The wastewater test policy is one of several options the CDC is considering to help slow the spread of new variants from other countries, the agency told Reuters. Countries around the…


Boosted Worse Off Than Vaccinated in Many States, Data Show

People in the United States who have received COVID-19 boosters in many states are more likely than those who have gotten just a primary series to get infected, receive hospital care, and die, according to an Epoch Times investigation. Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths among the boosted have been increasing since the booster shots were first…