Tag: COVID-19

Researchers Find ‘Healthy Vaccinee Bias’ May Have Led to Inflated Efficacy Claims of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Booster

In a Letter to the Editor published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on July 20, epidemiologist Dr. Tracy Høeg, physician-scientist Dr. Vinay Prasad, and Dr. Ram Duriseti from Stanford School of Medicine stated that a 2021 Israeli study on Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster may have overestimated the vaccine’s effectiveness by concluding those who received a booster…


Chinese Province Saw Cremations Surge 72 Percent Amid Recent COVID Outbreak: Official Report

China’s eastern Zhejiang Province saw a spike in cremations in the first quarter, official data showed. China observers believe the provincial data indicates that the actual COVID-19 death toll in the country could be much higher than what the leadership in Beijing had reported. Due to Chinese authorities’ past record of underreporting infections and covering up information,…


Gene Mutation May Explain Why Some Dodge COVID Symptoms: Study

A new study suggests that people who contract COVID-19 but do not exhibit symptoms, referred to by researchers as “super-dodgers,” may have a genetic mutation that serves as a form of protection. The research study was published in the journal Nature on July 19 and led by researchers from the University of California–San Francisco. It…


[World Brain Day Watch Party: Jul 22 8:30pm ET] Brain Fitness 101: Ultimate Guide to Optimal Brain Health | The Dr. Monti Show

Health is key to success in the world. But sadly, most of us are not getting the right health information to live our best lives—to really thrive, to think with precision, to feel energized as we face the world each day, and to be free of illness. Health used to be what the field of…


Liberal College Town Settles Lawsuit With Christians Arrested for Maskless ‘Psalm Sing’ Protest Against COVID Orders

The liberal college town of Moscow, Idaho, recently announced that it had settled a lawsuit brought by several Christians who were arrested in 2020 while staging an outdoor “psalm sing” protest outside City Hall against COVID-19 orders. Under the terms of the deal, the city of Moscow will pay a total amount of $300,000 to…


US Experiencing ‘Crises of Early Death’ Unique to Wealthy Nations: Study

A new study found more than 1 million U.S. deaths a year—including those in young people and working-age adults—would have been averted if the United States had mortality rates similar to other wealthy nations. Published in the journal PNAS Nexus, researchers assessed how many U.S. deaths would have been avoided each year from 1933 through…


Labour Board Dismisses Complaint From Alberta Health Employee Fired for Text Seeking Fake COVID Vaccine

The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed a complaint by a former Alberta health department employee who was fired over a text to a co-worker asking for help to fake her vaccination status.  “The employer concluded the complainant had violated the employer’s Code Of Ethics and the misconduct was aggravated by her work as a…


COVID-19 Disruptions to Healthcare Access Linked to 80 Higher Risk of Hospitalisation, Study Finds

Patients whose access to health care was disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic are 80 percent more likely to be hospitalised, a study found. The study, published in medical journal BMJ by researchers led by University of Liverpool lecturer Mark Green, said more than a third of people (35 percent) in England were estimated to have experienced…


[PREMIERING NOW] California ‘Hell-Bent on Medicalizing Our Children’: Alix Mayer on Lawsuits Against Medical Coercion | ATL:NOW

“California seems hell-bent on medicalizing our children as a pretense to take them away from their parents. There’s some really bad bills in the legislature right now … Your child, as young as 12 years old, could be talking to a school counselor and say, ‘my parents don’t support my decisions,’ and that day, that…


California ‘Hell-Bent on Medicalizing Our Children’: Alix Mayer on Lawsuits Against Medical Coercion | ATL:NOW

“California seems hell-bent on medicalizing our children as a pretense to take them away from their parents. There’s some really bad bills in the legislature right now … Your child, as young as 12 years old, could be talking to a school counselor and say, ‘my parents don’t support my decisions,’ and that day, that…