FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION – COVID-19 is the most deadly global pandemic since the 1918 influenza outbreak, claiming more than 5 million lives worldwide and counting. Well over 700,000 of these deaths occurred in the United States, which is comparable to the number of lives lost in the American Civil War.
Yet the pandemic’s trail of destruction reaches even further than this death toll. Millions of Americans have suffered as a result of lockdowns and...
MSN HEALTH – Up to 1.6 million people in the U.S. may have developed a long-term inability to smell due to COVID-19 infection, according to a study published Thursday in JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery.
The high number of people with chronic olfactory dysfunction (COD) as shown in the study provides another "growing public health concern of COVID-19," the researchers wrote.
The report also indicated that many of those with COD as a result of coronavirus...
THE HILL – An uptick in COVID-19 cases as winter approaches is setting off a debate about if a new era of living with the virus has arrived or whether heightened restrictions and caution are still needed.
Cases in the U.S. have risen to more than 80,000 per day as the weather in much of the country gets colder.
There are about 1,000 people dying every day from the virus, according to Centers for Disease...
ARS TECHNICA – More doctors across the country are pushing back against fringe members of the medical community for spreading COVID-19 misinformation and touting unproven treatments.
Over the weekend, nearly 100 physicians in Alaska signed onto a letter urging the state medical board to investigate doctors in the state who have promoted vaccine skepticism and pushed unproven treatments, namely the antiparasitic drug ivermectin and the antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine.
Merijeanne Moore, a private-practice psychiatrist in Anchorage, told...
NBC NEWS – As cases of Covid-19 rise throughout the U.S., health officials warn that an increasing number of fully vaccinated people are being hospitalized or going to the emergency room.
The concern about waning immunity against severe Covid infection comes as the Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine booster shot for all adults 18 and older.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday in an interview:
“What we’re starting to see...
A doctor has been suspended from treating patients at a Houston hospital for spreading COVID-19 misinformation online and for refusing to treat patients who were vaccinated, a hospital representative said.
Health care providers across the nation are facing a distressing decision - require everyone who works inside their facilities to get vaccinated for COVID-19, or lose all Medicare and Medicaid funding.
Covid-19 infections in England have fallen the most since late April while the UK as a whole reported a 15 per cent slide, the latest weekly report has revealed.
NFL.COM – More concerns over COVID-19 have struck the Minnesota Vikings this week, including a vaccinated player who was admitted to an emergency room Tuesday night.
Coach Mike Zimmer told reporters Wednesday:
"One of our players that was vaccinated, he had to go to the ER last night because of COVID. It's serious stuff,"
"Like 29 guys are getting tested because of close contact, including myself."
Zimmer declined to name the hospitalized player but said he...