Oyster mushrooms stand out among fungi species for their fan-shaped, oyster-like caps. Not only do oyster mushrooms resemble oysters, but their mild flavor is seafood-like and somewhat nutty. In the wild, you can find oyster mushrooms growing on decaying wood such as beech and aspen trees. While they grow year-round, they’re most likely to fruit…
Vaccines Offer More Protection Against COVID-19 Than Natural Immunity: CDC Study
COVID-19 vaccines are better in terms of protection than so-called natural immunity, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study. Researchers with the health agency used data from a CDC-funded network of hospitals and attempted to estimate the odds of contracting COVID-19. They formed two groups: one with people who had…
Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Immunity Waned, Regardless of Age: Israeli Study
Israeli researchers found that protection conferred by Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine waned after several months across all age groups against the Delta variant, coming after a UK study revealed that the Delta variant is still highly transmissible among fully vaccinated household members. In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Yair Goldberg, of the Technion-Israel…
How Emotions Have Affected Pandemic Behaviors
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant different things to different people. For some, it’s meant stress over new school and work regimes, or anxiety over the prospect of catching COVID-19 and dealing with the aftereffects of an infection. But for others, it’s created space and freedom to pursue new passions or make decisions that had been…
People With Natural Immunity Don’t Need to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine: Rep. Harris
October 29, 2021
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The immunity conferred by COVID-19 infection and recovery has by now been shown to be superior to the protection given by COVID-19 vaccines, Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) says. “For people who’ve had the disease and who have naturally acquired immunity, there is no reason to get a vaccine,” Harris, the co-chair of the House Doctors…
WHO Says Seeks More Data From Merck on COVID-19 Anti-Viral, From Bharat on Vaccine
October 29, 2021
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GENEVA—The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it was seeking further data from Merck on its experimental new antiviral COVID-19 pill and hoped to issue guidance in coming weeks regarding its use for mild and moderate cases. “This is a drug that we are currently evaluating and we met with Merck on Friday…
FDA Adviser Explains Why He Abstained From Vote on Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Young Children
The only Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory panel member to abstain from a major vote this week that essentially authorized Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 5 said he did so because of limited safety and efficacy data. All 17 others voted to advise the administration, or the FDA, to authorize the…
Worn-Out Nurses Hit the Road for Better Pay
In parts of the country where COVID-19 continues to fill hospitals, a rotating cast of traveling nurses helps keep intensive care units fully staffed. Hospitals have to pay handsomely to get that temporary help, and those higher wages are tempting some staff nurses to hit the road, too. Nearly two years into the pandemic, there’s…
Do Nothing to Do Something for Mental Health
Two Melburnians are daring stressed out Australians to spend 30 minutes a day doing nothing for a month to highlight the mental health challenges people experience, particularly during a crisis. Nearly 80 percent of Australians experienced poor mental health over the past year, according to a survey by Smiling Mind, one of Australia’s leading experts…
‘I Had to Stand up and Try to Do Something:’ Professor of Medicine on Suing School Over Vaccine Mandate
October 28, 2021
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Dr. Aaron Kheriaty reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic like many other medical experts. He worked long hours as the United States tried to grapple with the new disease. He had too many conversations with family members whose loved ones were dying from it. But as time wore on, he started noticing a pattern in public…
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