Category: Health Crisis
Sputnik V the Russian Anti COVID-19 Vaccine Is 91.6% Effective.
Detailed results of the Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine have just been published. Its overall efficacy is 91.6%, with side effects slightly more pronounced than with mRNA vaccines. Russia announced …
COVID-19: A New Study Doubts the Effectiveness of Strict Containment
A comparison study of epidemic outbreaks between countries that have used lockdowns and those that have used less stringent measures has shown that the benefits of lockdowns may be …
Travel Advisory: Be Prepared for a COVID-19 Anal Test if Traveling to China
In China, a new COVID-19 anal test is now considered more reliable than the regular tests in use by most countries at the moment. And as a result from …
WHO Team in China Believes It Is Still Too Early to Know Where SARS-Cov-2 Originated From
It is too early to draw conclusions about whether Covid-19 originated in China, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday as it conducts a mission to the country. Ten …
C0VID-19: A Gorilla From the San Diego Zoo Cured With Similar Drug Used to Treat Donald Trump
While a group of gorillas at the San Diego Zoo in California was infected with Covid-19 on Jan. 11, one of them has just been treated with an experimental …
COVID-19: Germany Orders 200,000 Doses of Drug Used to Treat Donald Trump
Germany announced that it has ordered 200,000 doses of monoclonal antibodies the same type of drug that was administered to Donald Trump in October 2020. Germany has decided to …
Moderna Is Working on a New Formulation of Its Vaccine to Combat the South African Variant of COVID-19
In a press release, the pharmaceutical company Moderna claims its vaccine maintains its neutralizing ability against both the English and South African variants of the coronavirus. Additionally, the company …
Monoclonal Antibodies Could Be Used to Prevent COVID-19 Infections in Unvaccinated Individuals
The emphasis on vaccination ignores the fact that there are hundreds of other treatment options for Covid-19. For example, a study just showed that monoclonal antibodies can protect against …
Northwestern University Researchers Recommend Taking the News in Small Doses to Avoid Being Stressed Out
The cumulative stress caused by stressful news increases cortisol production, which helps maintain a high heart rate and blood pressure. Chronic stress could lead to serious health problems. The …