Category: PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION

Growing Number of Experts Call on US Government to Recognize Natural Immunity

A growing number of experts are urging the U.S. government to formally recognize natural immunity, or the protection one enjoys after recovering from COVID-19. More and more experts are arguing that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recommended vaccination schedule should feature fewer doses—or none at all—for people who have contracted COVID-19 and…


People Who Contract COVID-19 at Higher Risk of Mental Health Problems: Study

People who get COVID-19 are more likely to suffer from mental health problems, according to a newly published study. Researchers found that people with COVID-19 who did not die were at a 60 percent higher risk of any mental health diagnosis or prescription, with problems including sleep disorders, depression, and neurocognitive decline. People with COVID-19,…


Scotland to Stop Reporting COVID-19 Data Because of Concerns It’s ‘Being Misrepresented’

Health authorities in Scotland are halting the publication of COVID-19 data because of concerns the data is being used to promote inaccurate narratives. Public Health Scotland (PHS) typically publishes a weekly report that includes COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. Each metric is divided between people who are unvaccinated and people who have received a COVID-19…


Austria to Drop Most COVID-19 Restrictions on March 5

BERLIN—The Austrian government said Wednesday that it plans to end most of the country’s COVID-19 restrictions on March 5, though wearing masks will remain obligatory in some places. Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced the decision at a news conference in Vienna. Officials stressed that the pandemic is not yet over but a stabilization of new infections…


Call for Investigation Into Increase in Deaths in Young Males in UK

A group of UK doctors, scientists, economists, psychologists, and other academic experts have called for an immediate investigation into the increasing death rate amongst 15- to 19-year-old males. The organisation HART, set up to share concerns about policy and guidance recommendations relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, has written to the British government over a rise…


Long-Lasting COVID Symptoms Resolved Using Antihistamines: Study

Two people suffering from symptoms of COVID-19 long after the typical disease time frame, have reported an almost full recovery after taking daily doses of over-the-counter antihistamines. Antihistamines, drugs commonly used to treat allergies like influenza, common cold, etc., were taken by the individuals to treat “long COVID,” also known as post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection…


Long-Lasting COVID-19 Symptoms Resolved Using Antihistamines: Study

Two people experiencing the symptoms of COVID-19 long after the typical time frame of the disease have reported an almost full recovery after taking daily doses of over-the-counter antihistamines. Antihistamines, drugs commonly used to treat allergies, influenza, the common cold, and so forth, were taken by the individuals to treat “long COVID,” also known as…


Privatization Is Not Seen as the Answer to Youth Mental Health Crisis: State Officials, Advocacy Groups

State officials and advocacy groups in South Carolina and Michigan don’t see privatizing mental health services as an answer to the youth mental health crisis COVID-19 helped create by disrupting students’ lives. They agree the solution is additional funding to increase salaries of school counselors and clinicians and hire new ones to replace many who…


GSK-Vir Monoclonal Antibody Protects Against Omicron Subvariant, Companies Say

The monoclonal antibody treatment from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Vir BioTechnology protects well against the Omicron subvariant that is becoming more prevalent in the United States, the companies said Feb. 10. Preclinical data suggest that sotrovimab, the monoclonal, “retains neutralizing activity against the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron,” the companies said in a press release. The data,…


CDC Needs to Reclaim Its Reputation as Nation’s Public Health Agency and Be Apolitical: Medical News Editors

The editors of an online medical news organization called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to “reclaim their independence” and their credibility as the nation’s leading public health agency by leaving the White House COVID Response Team in Washington. “CDC and its director, Rochelle Walensky, MD, need to reclaim their independence and…