Category: Health News

Even Mild Cases of COVID-19 Can Lead to Brain Changes: Study

Mild COVID-19 cases were linked to changes in the brain in a newly published study. Approximately 785 people underwent a brain scan and about half later tested positive for COVID-19. All the people got a second brain scan, including those who had survived the disease. Researchers from the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging at the University…


Ivermectin Linked to Less Deaths in COVID-19 Patients Compared to Remdesivir: Study

In the treatment of COVID-19, ivermectin use is associated with decreased mortality compared to remdesivir use, according to a study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Researchers at the University of Miami retrospectively analyzed a national federated database of adults 18 years old and above with a recorded COVID-19 infection between January 2020…


Ivermectin Linked to Fewer Deaths in COVID-19 Patients Compared to Remdesivir: Study

In the treatment of COVID-19, ivermectin use is associated with decreased mortality compared to remdesivir use, according to a study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Researchers at the University of Miami retrospectively analyzed a national federated database of adults 18 years old and above with a recorded COVID-19 infection between January 2020…


Long COVID: An Explainer and Research Roundup

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, researchers are learning more about the long-term effects of the infection and about a collection of symptoms and complications commonly called long COVID. Shortness of breath, fatigue and “brain fog” are among the most common symptoms of long COVID. For some, these symptoms persist after getting infected…


Bird Flu Confirmed in Northwest Iowa Commercial Turkey Flock

DES MOINES, Iowa—Officials announced Monday that they have identified bird flu in a commercial flock of 50,000 turkeys in northwest Iowa, the state’s second case of a virus that has been identified in multiple U.S. states. Iowa agriculture officials and the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the case in Buena Vista County, about 100 miles…


FDA Rejects Non-mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine for Children: Company

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined to issue an emergency use authorization for Covaxin, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by its Indian partner Bharat Biotech, for children, according to the maker of the shot. Ocugen said in a news release, announcing the health agency’s decision, that it intends to continue working with the FDA to…


Florida to Become First State to Recommend Against COVID-19 Vaccines for Healthy Children

Florida officials on March 7 said the state would be the first to formally recommend healthy children not get a COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general, made the announcement during a roundtable discussion titled “The Curtain Close on COVID Theater.” “The Florida Department of Health is going to be the first state [department] to…


Environmental Working Group (EWG) Advocates for EMF Exposure Guidelines up to 400 Times Stricter Than FCC SAR Standards

Last month, the FCC lost a landmark court case against the Children’s Health Defense (CHD), where the court ruled the FCC neglected evidence in determining their wireless radiation exposure standards, which they have not updated since 1996. Their loose, outdated limits put the health and safety of the public at risk. The FCC fails to even address standards for children,…


Trio of New Studies Revives Question: Should Children Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?

Three newly published studies have revived concerns about COVID-19 vaccines for young children, many of whom are at little risk of contracting serious cases of the illness. Youth under 18 are the least likely age group to need hospital care after getting COVID-19 but Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was authorized in 2020 for those 16 and…


CDC Director: Nobody Said COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Might Wane

When COVID-19 vaccines were first authorized in late 2020, the public wasn’t informed that the touted effectiveness might decline, a top U.S. health official said on March 3. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recalled watching coverage of clinical trial results that indicated the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was…