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Ivermectin: What The Evidence Says

Daily Briefing, September 21, 2021 ADVISORY BOARD – Ivermectin is an anti-parasite drug discovered in 1975. It was initially introduced as a drug for livestock, and a version of the drug for humans was developed later. Ivermectin is used to treat several parasitic infections around the world, including river blindness and elephantiasis. Around 250 million people take ivermectin to treat parasitic infections every year, and its side effects, such as nausea, itching, and rashes, are typically mild....

Doctors Charged In Massive Fraud Including False Covid Claims

NBC NEWS – The Department of Justice has announced criminal charges against 42 medical professionals, including 23 doctors, and nearly 100 other people for alleged health-care fraud that involved about $1.4 billion in suspected losses. The cases charged include ones that involved the use of telemedicine services as part of the fraud, which alone accounted for approximately $1.1 billion in alleged losses from false and fraudulent claims. Telemedicine employs communications technology to evaluate and treat...

Vaccine Effectiveness “Appears To Wane Over Time”

(CNN) The protection provided by Covid-19 vaccines appears to wane over time, especially for people 65 and older, a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expert said Wednesday. Ruth Link-Gelles, who helps lead the CDC's Vaccine Effectiveness Team, reviewed a series of studies looking at the overall effectiveness of vaccines in various groups between February and August. They found similar patterns for Pfizer's and Moderna's vaccines, both made using mRNA. The findings tended to support the...

Rising Covid Death Count “A Real Failure Of Society”

For health workers, the deaths, combined with misinformation and disbelief about the virus, have been "heart-wrenching, soul-crushing."

Blacks: Vaccine Mandate Is Being Weaponized Against Us

After a skirmish involving NYC’s vaccine mandate and African-American patrons erupted at Carmine’s restaurant in the Upper West Side last week, Black Lives Matter of Greater New York and related organizations converged in front of the establishment Monday to protest and hold a news conference.

No ‘Credible Religious Argument’ Against Vaccines: Texas Megachurch Pastor

BUSINESS INSIDER – As Republican lawmakers rage against President Joe Biden's sweeping vaccine mandates, the Associated Press reported that religious exemptions are becoming more widely used as a "loophole" to avoid getting a COVID-19 vaccine. But a Trump-loving preacher at a Texas megachurch has decreed that there is "no credible religious argument" for turning down a shot, the Associated Press said. The Rev. Robert Jeffress, a pastor at the 12,000-member First Baptist Church in Dallas, told...

Stop Staring At Female Athletes’ Butts

(CNN) The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has apologized to Austrian climber Johanna Farber after inappropriate images of her were broadcast during the World Championships in Moscow. Multiple media outlets reported that the event's broadcaster aired a close-up replay of Farber's bottom during the boulder semifinals last week, prompting the sport's governing body to post an apology. "The IFSC condemns the objectification of the human body and will take further action in order for it...

Fake News Making Horses Sick

Some horse owners who have been able to find ivermectin in stock have seen higher prices due to "all this ivermectin craziness," as one equine forum poster put it - and extra hurdles in buying it.

Diners Asked For Vaccine ID, It Does Not Go Well

THE NEW YORK TIMES – New information emerged on Saturday about a brawl outside a popular Italian restaurant in Manhattan that raises questions about initial accounts of the altercation. Police said they arrested three women from Texas after they attacked a hostess who had asked them to provide proof of their vaccination status. In a statement on Thursday, the police said that they had responded to an assault in front of Carmine’s on the Upper West...

What A ‘Mild’ Case Of Covid Is Really Like

KAISER HEALTH NEWS – The test results that hot day in early August shouldn’t have surprised me — all the symptoms were there. A few days earlier, fatigue had enveloped me like a weighted blanket. I chalked it up to my weekend of travel. Next, a headache clamped down on the back of my skull. Then my eyeballs started to ache. And soon enough, everything tasted like nothing. As a reporter who’s covered the coronavirus...

Ivermectin, ‘Wonder Drug’?

SHOTS HEALTH NEWS – Through July and August, Julie Smith watched her husband Jeffrey get worse and worse from COVID-19. In early July, the healthy, 51-year-old outdoorsman had tested positive for the coronavirus. Within a week, he was admitted to the intensive care unit at a hospital near their home, in the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio. The hospital treated him with antiviral drugs, convalescent plasma and steroids, but he continued to decline. Weeks later he...

Pfizer Vaccine Promises To Knock Down Pediatric Covid Spike

Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon -- a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters.

Texas Abortion Law: “We’re In A Post-Roe World”

A year after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the country's top abortion-rights activists warned that the Supreme Court's recent inaction on Texas' extremely restrictive new abortion law could signal the end of judicial checks and balances on the issue.

Trick? Or Treat? Vaccines For Kids Eyed For Halloween Rollout

Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) is expected by October 31 for the Moderna vaccine for kids 5 to 11.

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