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Coronavirus Destroys The Placenta

AP – New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women. It’s an uncommon outcome for any pregnancy but women with COVID-19 face an elevated risk. Authorities believe vaccination can help prevent these cases. Researchers in 12 countries, including the United States, analyzed placental and autopsy tissue from 64 stillbirths and four newborns who died shortly after birth. The cases all involved unvaccinated women who had COVID-19...

5 States Where Covid Deaths Just Doubled – Or Worse

Sources: State and county officials, NBC News NBC NEWS, Feb 10, 2021 The omicron variant is now fueling a wave of Covid-related deaths. Average deaths have plateaued at close to 2,600 a day, the highest level since February 2021. During the delta variant peak, deaths averaged more than 2,000 a day for nearly two weeks. Omicron has exceeded 2,000 deaths a day for three weeks now. While daily case counts are declining in most of the country, reported deaths...

Why CDC Redefined Vaccination

AP – The CDC has altered the language in the definition of vaccination on its website, including after the development of COVID-19 vaccines. The changes were made to prevent potential misinterpretations, and did not alter the overall definition, according to the agency. Experts confirmed to The Associated Press that the changes reflect the evolution of vaccine research and technology. The suggestion that COVID-19 vaccine ineffectiveness led the CDC to change its definition of the word...

Low-Cost, Widely Available Drug Could Fight COVID-19

Australian National University – A widely available and affordable drug, heparin, limits lung damage when inhaled by COVID-19 patients, according to world-first findings by researchers from The Australian National University (ANU). The researchers are coordinating multiple studies tracking hospital patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 in 13 countries who were given doses of inhaled heparin. ANU study lead Professor Frank van Haren said initial results indicate the drug could be "a promising treatment" and also "a possible preventative against the...

Anti-Vaccine Singer Dies After Deliberately Catching COVID

TIMES OF ISRAEL | PRAGUE, Czech Republic — An anti-vaccine Czech folk singer has died after she deliberately contracted COVID-19 to obtain a health pass that would have allowed her to visit the sauna and theater, her family said. Proof of vaccination or recent infection is required to access cultural and sports facilities as well as for travel and for visiting bars and restaurants in the EU member state. Hana Horka, who was the vocalist for...

Nations Report Record COVID Cases

New Zealand reports record 243 new COVID cases Hong Kong reports record daily high of 351 coronavirus cases Singapore's daily local COVID-19 cases triple to more than 13,000 Czechs hit virus record but see significantly fewer deaths Feb 5 (Reuters) - New Zealand reported a record 243 new COVID-19 community cases on Saturday, as officials warned more cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant are expected but urged people in the highly vaccinated nation...

US COVID-19 Death Toll Hits 900,000

PLUS: 6% of COVID-19 deaths due to ‘only’ COVID-19 explained! ABC NEWS – Propelled in part by the wildly contagious omicron variant, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 900,000 on Friday, less than two months after eclipsing 800,000. The two-year total, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is greater than the population of Indianapolis, San Francisco, or Charlotte, North Carolina. The milestone comes more than 13 months into a vaccination drive that has been beset by...

Russia Mulls Further Loosening of Covid Restrictions

Vladimir Putin says his government is considering loosening some coronavirus restrictions, even as the country is facing a record-breaking surge of infections because of the highly contagious omicron variant.

Covid Shots May Soon Be Obsolete

THE NEW YORK TIMES HYDERABAD, India — On the outskirts of this centuries-old Indian city, a world away from its congested roads and cacophony, the gleaming modern laboratories of Bharat Biotech are churning out a Covid vaccine that would be sprayed into the nose rather than injected into the arm. Currently available vaccines produce powerful, long-lasting immunity against severe illness, as several studies have recently shown. But their protection against infection from the coronavirus is...

“Omicron Is Crushing Hospitals”

Why omicron is crushing hospitals — even though cases are often milder than delta SHOTS HEALTH NEWS – Omicron has filled up U.S. hospitals with more COVID-19 patients than any other surge of the pandemic. But there's been a shift in how the illness behaves since the days of delta, with many cases, even hospitalized ones, milder and quicker to treat. As with earlier variants, COVID-19 can still be a dangerous, unforgiving disease for patients who...

Mayo Clinic Confirms: Booster Shots Work

MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK – A new study from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirms what Mayo Clinic and other experts have been saying: COVID-19 booster vaccinations improve protection against severe illness and hospitalization. The study examined people who had three doses of the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines, as well as whether it was a booster dose or the No. 3 dose for people who are immunocompromised. "The third dose actually decreased...

A Covid Test Costing More Than a Tesla? It Happened in Texas.

KAISER HEALTH NEWS – When covid-19 first struck, Travis Warner’s company became busier than ever. He installs internet and video systems, and with people suddenly working from home, service calls surged. He and his employees took precautions like wearing masks and physically distancing, but visiting clients’ homes daily meant a high risk of covid exposure. “It was just like dodging bullets every week,” Warner said. In June 2020, an employee tested positive. That sent Warner and his...

People Are Using Covid Home Tests Wrong

MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK – A Mayo Clinic expert is urging people to use at-home COVID-19 tests only as directed. While online claims suggest that a throat swab may better detect the omicron variant of COVID-19 than a nasal swab, Dr. Matthew Binnicker, director of Clinical Virology at Mayo Clinic, says no scientific evidence supports that claim. "We don't have the data to support that a throat swab is better than a nasal swab. We need to...

Covid Hospitalizations Hit Record In Super-Vaxxed State

Vermont in mid-January hit record highs for residents hospitalized with covid-19; elective surgeries in some Vermont hospitals are on hold; and schools and day care centers are in a tailspin from the numbers of staff and teacher absences and students quarantined at home.

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