Theranos was a privately-held health technology startup company that is now arguably the largest biomedical fraud in U.S. history. The Silicon Valley-based startup was founded in 2003. Initially, Theranos was touted as a breakthrough technology company, with claims of having devised […]
The wildfires are again raging in the state of California. However, this time is different. This year’s fire season began in a perfect storm of smoke from the blazes, a scorching heatwave, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As expected, the Centers […]
Buckle up, people. We’re in for a bumpy ride. That’s the new warning coming from the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci. During a round table discussion at Harvard Medical School on Thursday, Dr. Fauci warns the U.S. needs […]
While most people are blaming the Chinese government for the spread of coronavirus around the world, the United Nations says China is not to blame. According to the United Nations, the coronavirus pandemic was caused by millennia of patriarchy, and we all […]
AstraZeneca has put on hold the late-stage (phase three) trials of its vaccine to investigate a “potentially unexplained illness” in one of the participants, the pharmaceutical giant announced yesterday. The vaccine, which is currently being developed in collaboration with the […]
A new forecast released Friday by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington (IHME) is predicting a sobering reality for the United States. As the nation heads into the fall and winter, IHME is predicting that more than […]
Early last month, we told you about the new coronavirus vaccine that was developed by Russian scientists. At the time, Russia announced it has completed the clinical trials of a vaccine against COVID-19 and will be made available for emergency […]
Just a few days ago, we told you about a story from the New York Times after the newspaper found that up to 90 percent of COVID-19 positive people were wrongly diagnosed! The NY Times found that “in three sets of testing […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sent a letter to state governors asking them to speed up approval for vaccine distribution sites by November 1, the latest sign the U.S. government is eager to get a vaccine […]
The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Dr. Anthony Fauci is back in the news after the successful surgery to remove a polyp on his vocal cord. In his latest comments on Tueday, Dr. Fauci contracts the […]
Two days ago, we wrote about the recently updated provisional death counts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The death count was for the reporting period 2/1/2020 through 8/22/2020. The updated report has sparked debate about who […]
We’ve been following Gilead’s remdesivir (sold under drug name Veklury) for over five months now. In April, Remdesivir’s study was touted by Dr. Anthony Fauci as a smashing success. Gilead’s stock also soared after the news. A lot has changed since […]
The United States now has at least 6,157,483 confirmed cases of coronavirus with over 187,000 deaths reported, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. As part of its effort to slow the spread of coronavirus in the United States, the […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its provisional death counts for reporting period 2/1/2020 through 8/22/2020. According to the stats, CDC said that only 6% of the 153,504 US deaths are related to COVID-19 only. […]
Thousands of anti-mask, anti-lockdown protesters turn out in Europe’s big cities including Berlin and London to protest against government coronavirus measures. According to German newspaper Deutsche Welle, German authorities estimate that some 38,000 people took part in a march that split into […]
In May, Dr. Risch, a renowned epidemiologist and Yale professor, wrote an opinion study titled: “Early Outpatient Treatment of Symptomatic, High-Risk Covid-19 Patients that Should be Ramped-Up Immediately as Key to the Pandemic Crisis.” The study, which was published in the American […]
On July 12, we wrote about a new mysterious pneumonia ‘more deadly’ than coronavirus that was sweeping across Asia. Back then, Chinese officials said mysterious pneumonia which was understood to have broken out in Kazakhstan, killed over 450 deaths reported in just […]
It’s been a while since we last wrote about Moderna. Late last month, Moderna announced it has begun the final-stage testing of its mRNA vaccine which it says could be ready for use by the end of 2020. Today, the company […]
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its COVID-19 testing guidelines on Monday. The change, which puzzled many doctors, CDC said it’s no longer recommending testing for most people without symptoms, even if they’ve been in close […]
Degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a chronic condition that is characterized by inflammation and breakdown of the extracellular matrix within the intervertebral disc. DDD often results in chronic low back pain, which is a leading cause of disability worldwide and […]
