Last Wednesday, we wrote about France after 523 French people died of coronavirus in just 24 hours. A few hours later, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a month-long nationwide lockdown to stem the tide of the deadly virus. Now, it seems the situation is […]
For many times since the coronavirus pandemic started in January of this year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reversed course on guidelines regarding the COVID-19. In an effort to encourage everyone to vote in the […]
Calithera Biosciences is a San Francisco-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the discovery and development of targeted, small-molecule therapies that disrupt cellular metabolic pathways to preferentially block tumor cell growth and enhance immune-cell activity. Today, the company received a new research award […]
Earlier today, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a national lockdown until December 2 as coronavirus cases top 1 million in Great Britain. “From Thursday until the start of December you must stay at home, you may only leave home for specific […]
For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic started this year, the United Kingdom recorded 1 million cases of coronavirus as the country braced for another round of lockdown since March. Prime Minister Boris Johnson expected to announce a month-long national lockdown during […]
If you think this is coming from the Onion or Babylon Bee, then you’re wrong. The state of Colorado is taking the mask mandate to a new level. Now, the Colorado Department of Public Health now wants to impose indoor mask […]
As the second wave of coronavirus spreads across Europe, France and the UK recorded the highest daily COVID-19 cases ever. The EU warned that some countries have worse outbreaks than during the peak in March. French President Emmanuel Macron is planning […]
Back in August, we wrote about the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after the agency reported its updated provisional death counts for the reporting period 2/1/2020 through 8/22/2020. According to the stats, CDC said that only 6% of the […]
Last week, we wrote a piece about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data which showed that the number of influenza (flu) cases has dropped by 95 percent from the same time last year. We later asked whether there was […]
The coronavirus pandemic is getting worse across Europe with the number of cases in this second wave continues to rise. Even with all the lockdowns and social distancing measures put in place across European nations back in March, Europe still has […]
The rise in the number of coronavirus cases has led to renewed calls for mask mandate. On Friday alone, 32 states saw a sudden increase in the number of reported COVID-19 cases. The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and […]
Last week, we wrote about Gilead’s remdesivir (Veklury) after a new study of more than 11,000 people in 30 countries sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO), found that remdesivir failed to prevent COVID-19 deaths in huge a trial. The study […]
In a reversal about what the public health officials and scientists have been telling us for months, Dr. Mike Yeadon, the former Chief Science Officer for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says “there is no science to suggest a second wave should happen.” […]
A recent JAMA article estimated that 25% of healthcare spending is waste due to administrative complexity, failure of care coordination, and low-value care. According to JAMA, the estimated total annual costs of waste were $760 billion to $935 billion, and savings […]
Across the United States, the percentage of deaths due to pneumonia, influenza, or COVID-19 has continued to decline since early September, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The seasonal influenza activity in the United States remains […]
Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University has died, stating it had received data from an investigation into the matter, according to a […]
In a promising sign of coronavirus attenuation, two new peer-reviewed studies are showing a big drop in coronavirus deaths among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The research, an earlier version of which was shared online as a preprint in August, will appear next […]
Microsoft co-founder is back in the news with another warning. This time, it is not coronavirus but climate change. In early September, we wrote about Gates after he warned that “climate change is an even harder problem than the coronavirus pandemic.” […]
Dr. Zelenko is a Hasidic Jewish doctor and a board-certified family practitioner in New York. We first wrote about him in March after he reportedly treated coronavirus patients with a 99% success rate using hydroxychloroquine and zinc. Back in July, Dr. Zelenko […]
As coronavirus continues to spread around the world, there is a growing demand for face masks as people look for ways to protect themselves from the deadly virus. But this raises the question millions of people have been asking is: Do […]
