Author: Claudinne Miller
Spouting COVID Misinformation Tied to Use of Ivermectin, HCQ
MedPageToday And survey study finds similar usage of unproven drugs for COVID among Democrats and Republicans. Endorsing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, lack of trust in physicians or scientists, and conspiracy-mindedness were linked to the use of non-evidence-based treatments for COVID-19, an internet-based survey study of U.S. adults showed. Of more than 13,000 survey respondents who reported […]
Oct 3, 2023
The US Deserves a Better Vaccine Rollout Than This
Bloomberg The rollout of this fall’s Covid vaccine has been frustrating. When CDC authorized the Covid shots for everyone 6 months and older on Sept. 12, the expectation was they’d be available within days. That hasn’t proven to be the case. Instead, appointments seem readily available, only to be cancelled at the last minute; surprise bills for vaccines […]
Oct 3, 2023
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to scientists who laid foundation for messenger RNA vaccines
Washington Post The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to two scientists whose research laid the groundwork for messenger RNA vaccines that transformed the threat of the coronavirus pandemic. Early in her career, Katalin Kariko, 68, a Hungarian-born scientist, saw mRNA’s medical potential and pursued it with ferocious and single-minded tenacity that exiled her to the outskirts […]
Oct 3, 2023
WHO approves second, affordable vaccine in fight against deadly malaria
Washington Post The World Health Organization has approved a new anti-malaria vaccine, which will offer countries a cheap and more accessible option to combat one of the leading causes of child deaths in Africa. Developed by Oxford University, the R21/Matrix-M vaccine is the second such vaccine to be recommended by the WHO, it said in […]
Oct 3, 2023
The Secret Ingredient of ChatGPT Is Human Advice
NYT Companies like OpenAI hone their bots using hand-tailored examples from well-educated workers. But is this always for the best? Last November, the company behind Facebook released a chatbot called Galactica. After a torrent of complaints that the bot made up historical events and spewed other nonsense, Meta removed it from the internet. Two weeks later, […]
Sep 27, 2023
Psychiatric Symptoms and Fatigue in COVID-19 Survivors
Cureus Introduction: Psychiatric symptoms and fatigue are common after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) illness. The cause of these symptoms is direct neuronal injury and indirect injury with immune-mediated inflammation. In addition, social factors also affect mental health. Objective: We aim to compare psychiatric symptoms and fatigue between COVID-19 survivors and healthy controls. Material and […]
Sep 27, 2023
What is Fat Bear Week? Everything to know about the big, beefy event.
Washington Post ’Tis the season to be jolly, and I’m not talking about Christmas. It’s Fat Bear Week, a pure and wonderful treat for people who need a break from the harsh realities of life. The competition champions the brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve as they complete their transformations from scrawny to elephantine for […]
Sep 27, 2023
About 250,000 courses of COVID pill Paxlovid being administered per week – Pfizer CEO
Reuters Pfizer Inc’s chief executive said on Tuesday that almost 250,000 courses of the drugmaker’s oral antiviral COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid were being administered per week as cases surged in the United States. Speaking at the Cantor Fitzgerald Annual Healthcare Conference, Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said the company is still uncertain about when Paxlovid, which is […]
Sep 27, 2023
Covid Is Back. Here’s What You Need to Know
Bloomberg While the Covid-19 public health emergency may feel like a distant memory, the virus isn’t done with us. Hospitalizations have climbed back up and experts predict Covid cases will rise further as the weather turns colder. But it’s not totally clear how we should prepare. When the darkest days of the pandemic passed, so […]
Sep 27, 2023