Category: Mind & Body

FDA to Decide on Pfizer Booster Shots Without Hearing From Expert Panel

U.S. drug regulators will decide whether to greenlight booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for all Americans 16 or older without convening its expert vaccine advisory panel, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed to The Epoch Times on Wednesday. FDA’s acting head and other top Biden administration officials said earlier this year that booster…


FDA to Decide on Pfizer Vaccine Booster Shots Without Hearing From Expert Panel

U.S. drug regulators will decide whether to approve booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for all Americans aged 16 or older without convening its expert vaccine advisory panel, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed to The Epoch Times on Nov. 17. The FDA’s acting head and other top Biden administration officials said earlier in…


Researchers Discover Second Ever Person to Overcome HIV Without Drugs or Medical Treatment

An Argentinian woman has become the second ever person in the world to rid herself of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) without drugs or medical treatment, according to researchers. According to a report published Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine titled, “A Possible Sterilizing Cure of HIV-1 Infection Without Stem Cell Transplantation,” a now 31-year-old woman who was diagnosed…


Insights on Friendship from Iris Murdoch

Making friends might come easier to some people than others, but in general, we all use the same criteria for forming relationships. We are drawn to people who share our interests, or who we simply like and admire. Once we make friends, we tend to hold them in high esteem. We speak positively about our…


Overcoming the Decision-Making Fatigue of COVID-19

Are you having trouble thinking clearly lately? Have you recently struggled with making up your mind? Are you constantly anxious about what fate the future holds? If so, you’re not alone. A new poll from the American Psychological Association (APA) shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our ability to make decisions large and small….


Another Distributor Recalls Onions Over Salmonella Concerns

By Entrepreneur Staff Alsum Farms & Produce, Inc., a Wisconsin-based distributor, is voluntarily recalling onions as a multi-state salmonella outbreak continues. Alsum issued its recall announcement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which posted the statement on its website. The yellow, white, and red onions in question were sourced from Keeler Family Farms, one of…


Pfizer Asks Food and Drug Administration to Authorize COVID-19 Pill

Pfizer on Tuesday said it submitted a request for emergency clearance for a pill designed to treat COVID-19. The treatment, known as Paxlovid, is meant to keep COVID-19 patients with mild or moderate symptoms out of hospitals. It reduced the risk of hospitalization or death in a clinical trial, according to an interim analysis the…


Are Avocados a Weight Loss Food?

Studies funded by the Avocado Board suggest avocados may facilitate weight loss and lower the risk of metabolic syndrome, but compared to what? Since the study was funded by the Avocado Board, it’s especially important to dig into how the researchers designed the trial. What are the effects of avocado on metabolic syndrome, a clustering…


Herd Immunity Against COVID-19 ‘May Not Be Possible’: CDC

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…