Just when we think the story of hydroxychloroquine is over, today Lancet issued a retraction of its earlier study that claimed people being treated with the antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine are at a higher risk of death and irregular heart […]
We’ve been writing about hydroxychloroquine for at least 3 months now. During the time, we shared with you anecdotal evidence from doctors and patients who claimed the malaria drug saved their lives. To be fair and balanced, we also shared several […]
Last week, we told you about Surgisphere Corp, after the company was caught falsifying data on hydroxychloroquine. The revelation came after a group of Australian infectious researchers raised questions about a controversial study published in the medical journal The Lancet. The large observational study […]
Neil Ferguson is a British epidemiologist and professor of mathematical biology at Imperial College in London. He’s known around the world for creating the infamous model that was used by government and policy makers to justify the lockdowns and stay-at-home orders in […]
According to a study published in New England Journal of Medicine, “wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from coronanvirus infection.” So, the question is, why are we wearing face mask if it offers little protection from […]
According to a new study published in American Journal of Epidemiology, early outpatient treatment is the most effective for treatment of coronavirus patients. The study, which was led by Dr. Harvey A Risch of Yale University, suggests that late stage studies missed […]
The debate rages on about the ongoing lockdowns and the devastating effects on the U.S. economy. Now, according to a new analysis conducted for the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, an astounding 43% of all COVID-19 deaths have taken place in nursing […]
Earlier today, we wrote about how antibody testing data released by the State of New York revealed that 14% of population may be infected with coronavirus. Now, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning not to use antibody […]
According to CDC estimates, 79,400 Americans died during the 2017–2018 influenza (flu) season. During the same time, flu was associated with more than 48.8 million illnesses, and more than 22.7 million medical visits, 959,000 hospitalizations. Let that sink in for a moment. […]
Yesterday, we told you about coronvirus model from Neil Ferguson’s team at Imperial College London that gathered a lot of attention in March. Back then, the team estimated that around 1% of infections of COVID-19 would ultimately result in 2.2 […]
Happy Memorial Day Holiday! As coronavirus overwhelms the health care system, people with other illnesses are struggling to find treatment. The fight against coronavirus has shifted attention away from patients suffering from cardiovascular disease and other chronic and life threatening diseases. According […]
On March 12, we wrote an article titled, “Coronavirus Panic: What the media is not telling you even if COVID-19 mortality rate is 3.4%.” The story was written in response to mainstream media fear and mongering during the early months […]
Following several weeks of coronavirus lockdown, the number of new confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the U.S. has steadily declined in the last three days. Now, there could potentially be even more good news. According to a new predictive model developed by a team […]
Bonac, a Fukuoka, Japan-based biotechnology startup that specializes in research and development of nucleic acid medicines, announced today that it is partnering with Fukuoka prefectural local authorities in an effort to develop a drug to treat COVID-19 using its RNA technology. Under an agreement struck […]
Since March, we’ve been telling you about hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug that has now turned to be the most controversial drug in America. Although there is anecdotal evidence that coronavirus patients and health workers benefited from the hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, and […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci expressed cautious optimism on Friday about the possibility that a Coronavirus vaccine may be available by the end of this year or early next year. In an interview with NPR on Friday, the White House’s top infectious disease […]
With more than 100 experimental vaccines against Covid-10 currently being developed worldwide, Oxford University researchers continue to make progress in various phases of its vaccine trial program. The first phase of the trial which began in April, involves 1,000 healthy adults […]
In a race to find drugs and vaccine that can cure the coronavirus and treat patients with COVID-19, the U.S. government announced it is partnering with drugmaker AstraZeneca for at least 300 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by the […]
On Monday, we told you about Moderna after the pharmaceutical giant announced that its vaccine trial shows promising early results. According to the company, a preliminary test in 8 healthy volunteers found its experimental vaccine was safe and provoked a […]
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have boosted their control of the fundamental properties of molecules at the quantum level by linking or “entangling” an electrically charged atom and an electrically charged molecule, showcasing a way […]
