Herd immunity against the virus that causes COVID-19 may be impossible to reach, a federal health official said in little-noticed remarks earlier this month. “We would discourage a strict goal of a threshold where we think if we reach that, that community transmission will then cease,” Dr. Jefferson Jones, a medical officer on the Centers for…
Pfizer Deal Lets Outside Companies Make Drugmaker’s COVID-19 Pill
Pfizer and a United Nations-backed group announced Monday that the drugmaker would let outside companies make its COVID-19 pill. “Pfizer remains committed to bringing forth scientific breakthroughs to help end this pandemic for all people. We believe oral antiviral treatments can play a vital role in reducing the severity of COVID-19 infections, decreasing the strain…
Public Trust in Science Shattered by Official Pandemic Response: Dr. Bhattacharya
Trust in science was severely impacted by the actions taken by health officials and scientists in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a conference heard on Saturday. “Public trust has been shattered,” Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a professor at the Stanford School of Medicine and a senior scholar the Brownstone Institute, said during an institute conference. That matters…
Little Evidence Supports Use of Cloth Masks to Limit Spread of Coronavirus: Analysis
November 15, 2021
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Cloth masks are of little use against COVID-19, according to a recently published analysis. Federal health authorities and a slew of jurisdictions require or recommend wearing masks as a way to limit spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. But a trio of researchers pored over the studies often cited by the officials and found…
Common Toxins Linked to Autism
Nicole Johnson, a mom of two and a lawyer, started noticing that her son was having some developmental delays when he was about 12 months old. Johnson, who lives near Athens, Georgia, had had a healthy pregnancy and an uneventful delivery. So at first, she wasn’t too worried. But when she realized that James stared…
Most COVID-19 Restrictions Lifted From Nursing Homes
November 13, 2021
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Nursing homes were told by the U.S. government Friday to ease restrictions imposed around the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, including allowing visitors at all times. The updated guidance (pdf) from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) cites an increase in vaccination rates among nursing home residents and a drop in COVID-19 cases nationwide…
CDC: No Record of Naturally Immune Transmitting COVID-19
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says it has no record of people who are naturally immune transmitting the virus that causes COVID-19. The federal health agency was asked during the fall by a lawyer on behalf of the Informed Consent Action Network for documents “reflecting any documented case of an individual who: (1) never received…
Biden Administration Hikes Medicare Premiums, Blames Drug Costs and Pandemic
President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday announced it is raising Medicare premiums, a move it blamed in part on the cost of drugs. The Medicare Part B standard monthly premium will rise by nearly $22 to $170.10 next year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said. “The increase in the Part B premium for 2022…
Biden Administration Boosts Medicare Premiums, Blames Drug Costs and Pandemic
The Biden administration announced on Nov. 12 that it’s raising Medicare premiums, a move that it blamed in part on the cost of drugs. The Medicare Part B standard monthly premium will rise by nearly $22 to $170.10 in 2022, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). “The increase in the Part B…
Biden to Nominate Robert Califf as FDA Commissioner
President Joe Biden on Friday announced that he will nominate former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf to once again head the agency. Califf, who was commissioner for nearly a year starting in February 2016, “is one of the most experienced clinical trialists in the country, and has the experience and expertise…
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