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Tag: COVID-19
Up to 76% of COVID vaccine side effects are just in people’s heads, study finds
Enlarge / A drive-up COVID-19 vaccination site from Renown Health on December 17, 2020, in Reno, Nevada. (credit: Getty | Patrick Fallon) Even before their rollout, a distinct feature of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines has been their “reactogenicity“—that is, their tendency to cause mild symptoms that signal immune responses firing up after a shot, […]
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COVID-infected hamsters in pet shop trigger animal cull in Hong Kong
Enlarge / Workers with Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department inspect the Little Boss pet store in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) Authorities in Hong Kong are planning to cull around 2,000 small animals after a pet store employee and several imported hamsters tested positive for COVID-19, […]
Inmates sue Arkansas doc, jail after unknowingly taking dangerous doses of ivermectin
Enlarge / Tablets of ivermectin. (credit: Getty | Nurphoto ) Detainees at an Arkansas jail were given ivermectin without their knowledge or consent, a new lawsuit alleges. As early as November 2020, Dr. Robert Karas, the jail’s doctor, told inmates who had contracted COVID that he was giving them the cocktail of vitamins, antibiotics, and […]
Stakeholder capitalism is under attack from both the right and the left
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Pfizer and Moderna expect seasonal booster shots after omicron wave
Enlarge / EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – 2022/01/08: A vial containing Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine at a vaccination centre. (credit: Getty | SOPA Images) As the US weathers record COVID-19 cases from the ultra-transmissible omicron variant, vaccine makers are thinking about future waves—and the shots that could help prevent them. Leading mRNA vaccine makers Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech […]
Pregnant people are still not getting vaccinated against Covid
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Dmitry Rogulin ) Calendar year three into the pandemic, and vaccination coverage among pregnant people remains staggeringly low. According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of January 1, just over 40 percent of pregnant people in the United States between age 18 and 49 were […]
Public Health Experts Call Out Spotify Over Joe Rogan And COVID Misinformation — Read The Open Letter!
Medical professionals from a wide range of scientific specialties are coming after Joe Rogan. The Spotify podcast host, who signed a nine-digit exclusive deal with the platform back in 2020, is the target of a lot of public concern right now. On Wednesday night, 270 medical experts published an open letter directed at Spotify regarding Rogan’s […]
Mother Frantically Searching For 7-Year-Old Daughter After Ex Admits Kidnapping Her Over COVID Vaccine
A mother is searching for her 7-year-old daughter in Saskatchewan after her ex-husband admitting taking the little girl in order to prevent her from being vaccinated against COVID-19. Mariecar Jackson (pictured above) spoke to the media this week about the ordeal she’ s been going through over the last two months after ex Michael Jackson […]