Category: PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION

Another Study Finds Increased Risk of Adverse Events After COVID-19 Vaccination Among Naturally Immune

People who recovered from COVID-19 have a higher risk of adverse events after vaccination, according to a new study. Health care workers who had post-infection immunity reported more adverse events after receipt of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine than those without natural immunity, researchers in England said. Rachael Raw of Newcastle University’s School of Medicine and Health,…


How to Use Ginger to Relieve COVID Symptoms

Ginger is an essential ingredient in the global culinary culture and is regarded as a medicinal ingredient with health benefits. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners explained how to promote self-immunity and alleviate symptoms of COVID during the pandemic by using ginger. When people talk about ginger, they are usually referring to fresh ginger. Fresh ginger…


Natural Immunity Better Than COVID-19 Vaccination Against Omicron: CDC Study

Post-infection immunity is superior to protection from COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new study from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers. Natural immunity, or postinfection immunity, provided 76 percent protection against COVID-19-associated hospitalizations while Omicron was the dominant virus strain in the country, the researchers found. A primary series of the Moderna…


Immune System Complete Guide: This Is How Your Body Keeps out Bacteria and Viruses (Infographics)

There is an increasing number of infectious diseases circulating around the world, from influenza to SARS to COVID-19. Your immune system plays a key role in fighting off these infectious diseases. So how does the immune system work to fight viruses and bacteria? What factors affect your immunity? This article will answer all your questions…


Turmeric Can Boost Immunity and Improve COVID-19 Symptoms, 6 Types of People Should Avoid

Both Asian and Western literature have found that turmeric has many benefits, including anti-inflammation, prevention of cardiovascular disease, prevention of dementia, prevention of cancer, anti-depression, improvement of skin quality, and the like. Especially during the pandemic, improving one’s immunity has become the main act to fend off COVID. Dr. Dawei Guo, a physician at the…


Natural Immunity as Good as or Better Than COVID-19 Vaccination: Study

Post-infection immunity is similar or even superior to the protection bestowed by COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new study. Post-infection protection—known widely as natural immunity—was strong and remained significant over time, researchers found. Against the Wuhan, Alpha, and Delta variants, the protection against re-infection was 85 percent at four weeks, 78 percent at 40 weeks,…


FDA Announces Recall of Tens of Thousands of Unapproved COVID Test Kits

A recall was issued for more than 56,000 COVID-19 rapid tests last week because they were not distributed with the proper clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to an announcement posted on its website. Some 56,000 Skippack Medical Lab SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test Kits are being recalled by its maker, Universal Meditech Inc., because…


COVID-19: A Wakeup Call for Our Dying Microbiome

Our microbiome is dying. This essential collection of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that live in our body and on our skin is disappearing. Herbicides like glyphosate are partly to blame, but special attention must be paid to certain medical interventions, research suggests. Enough warning signs have arisen that researchers are raising alarm to fix, protect,…


Bladder and Bowel Incontinence in COVID‐19, Remedies to Relieve the Symptoms

COVID-19 has various manifestations such as respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal, neurological, and so forth. COVID-19 can directly or indirectly damage neurons by invading the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. Studies have already shown that contracting COVID-19 may cause bladder and bowel incontinence by inducing inflammation and demyelination in the pudendal nerve. Jonathan Liu, a professor at…


Positive COVID Test Result No Longer Required to Prescribe Paxlovid, Lagevrio: FDA

Doctors and pharmacists can now prescribe COVID-19 drugs Paxlovid and Lagevrio to patients without a positive test of infection, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Wednesday. Pfizer’s Paxlovid and Merck’s Lagevrio were granted emergency-use authorizations by the FDA in December 2021. Both oral pills have since been used as postinfection treatments for patients…