Category: PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION

‘It Doesn’t Make Sense,’ Experts Trying to Explain White Lungs in China

While the official data from China reports mild disease and low mortalities surrounding the latest COVID-19 outbreaks, Chinese social media is awash with reports of “white lung,” a form of pneumonia often seen in moderate to severe disease. Anecdotal accounts of deaths after infections, and overwhelmed hospitals and morgues, have flooded Weibo and Chinese short-form video…


Concerning Reports of White Lungs in China, Experts Weigh In

While the official data from China reports mild disease and low mortalities surrounding the latest COVID-19 outbreaks, Chinese social media is awash with reports of “white lung,” a form of pneumonia often seen in moderate to severe disease. Anecdotal accounts of deaths after infections, and overwhelmed hospitals and morgues, have flooded Weibo and Chinese short-form video…


Electrolyte Deficiencies Provide Warning Signs for Severe COVID

The association between illness and electrolyte imbalances isn’t a new concept, but it’s come back into the spotlight more recently, with recent studies examining electrolyte imbalances and COVID-19. The results are quite interesting, as they reveal possible diagnostic opportunities and therapeutic interventions to help reduce the severity of  COVID-19. Also, a correlation has been found…


Ways to Regain Sense of Smell After COVID

Among the many aftereffects of COVID-19 infection, one that has garnered much attention is the loss of smell or taste. For many people, the condition is long-term and treatment remains elusive. Why does this happen to some people and are there effective treatments available to restore our sense of smell after COVID? Loss of Smell…


Ways to Regain Loss of Smell After COVID

Among the many aftereffects of COVID-19 infection, one that has garnered much attention is the loss of smell or taste. For many people, the condition is long-term and treatment remains elusive. Why does this happen to some people and are there effective treatments available to restore our sense of smell after COVID? Loss of Smell…


Benefits of Vaccinating Nursing Home Staff Diminished Amid Omicron Wave, Study Shows

The benefits of having more nursing home staff take COVID-19 vaccines faded as the Omicron variant took hold, a new study of some 15,000 facilities across the United States suggests. The authors of the study, a team of researchers from the University of Chicago, sought to find out whether higher levels of staff vaccination rates…


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…


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…


Long COVID: 4 Contributors and the Possible Root Cause

It has been more than two years since long COVID manifested, and scientists are still far from settled on its cause. However, based on common clinical manifestations and emerging research, clinicians have identified several contributors to long COVID symptoms. Spike Protein Appears to Be the Leading Contributor Spike protein can exist in the immune cells…