Category: Health News

Dry Oven Heat Can Disinfect N95 Covid Masks

A method that uses dry ovens can disinfect N95 masks for reuse in settings where new masks may not be available, a new study shows.


Coronavirus: Scientists Uncover Why Some People Lose Their Sense of Smell

From the first reports coming out of Wuhan, Iran and later Italy, we knew that losing your sense of smell (anosmia) was a significant symptom of the disease. Now, after months of reports, both anecdotal and more rigorous clinical findings, we think we have a model for how this virus may cause smell loss. One…


Prime Age Mortality up 40 Percent, Majority Not COVID-19

Mortality among young-to-middle-age Americans went through the roof last year. The majority of the increase didn’t involve the COVID-19 disease, according to official death certificate data. Deaths among people aged 18–49 increased more than 40 percent in the 12 months ending October 2021 compared to the same period in 2018–2019, before the pandemic, based on…


Prime Age Mortality up 40 Percent, Majority of Deaths Not From COVID-19

Mortality among young-to-middle-age Americans went through the roof last year. The majority of the increase didn’t involve the COVID-19 disease, according to official death certificate data. Deaths among people aged 18–49 increased more than 40 percent in the 12 months ending October 2021 compared to the same period in 2018–2019, before the pandemic, based on…


Convalescent Plasma May Keep COVID-19 Patients out of Hospital

The results of a nationwide, multicenter clinical trial provide solid evidence for the use of convalescent plasma as an early treatment for people with COVID-19.


Pfizer: Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Data for Children Under 5 Expected by April

Pfizer has amended its COVID-19 vaccine trial for younger children and expects results in several months, a researcher said Wednesday. The study has been adjusted from two doses to three doses in light of the growing body of evidence showing the primary regimen’s effects wane as time goes on from vaccination, Dr. Alejandra Gurtman, part of…


More Good News on Ivermectin

When it comes to the treatment of COVID-19, many Western nations have been hobbled by the politicization of medicine. Throughout 2020, media and many public health experts warned against the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), despite the fact that many practicing doctors were praising its ability to save patients. Most have been silenced through online censorship. Some even lost…


The Treatment Dilemma of ‘Stage Zero’ Breast Cancer

When abnormal cells are detected inside the milk duct of a woman’s breast, she faces a difficult dilemma. Does she have surgery and possibly radiation treatment due to the relatively small risk that they become cancerous, or does she forgo treatment in hopes that she falls in the majority for whom these cells pose no…


How to Avoid Achy Feet While Working at Home

If you’ve been spending more time at home during the pandemic, you may not realize how important proper footwear is for keeping certain injuries at bay. Sean Peden, an orthopaedic foot and ankle specialist from Yale University Medicine, says not wearing supportive footwear on a regular basis can lead to foot pain and other problems….


Fauci Says Omicron COVID Cases Rising in ‘Vertical Spike’ but Peak Could Come Soon

By Dave Goldiner From New York Daily News Dr. Anthony Fauci said the new year is bringing bad news as the highly transmissible omicron variant powers a “vertical spike” in COVID-19 cases. But even as omicron drives the worst caseloads of the entire pandemic, Fauci believes the wave could peak quickly. “Cases are not going…