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Despite arguments against their efficacy, major media institutions continue to advocate the use of masks. A video of a summit which was held in October titled "Masks: The Science & Myths" serves only to pour more fuel on the fire. But…

The growing body of studies showing aerosol spread of covid-19 during choir practice, on a bus, in a restaurant and at gyms have caught the eye of the public and led to widespread interest in better masks and ventilation. Photo credit…

A group of two dozen scientists wrote an open letter on March 4 demanding a new international inquiry be opened on COVID-19’s origins, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, and following up Friday. Photo credit: Ihor Sulyatytskyy /…

Since late December, when vaccinations began, covid cases in nursing home residents have plunged 83%, while deaths have dropped by 66%, according to an analysis by KFF. Photo credit ShutterStock.com, licensed. CALIFORNIA – For nearly a…

In some covid patients, this education may be cut short. Scientists say unprepared immune cells appear to be responding to the coronavirus with a devastating release of chemicals, inflicting damage that may endure long after the threat has…

A new study shows desert camels are dying from ingesting plastic bags; the findings are causing researchers and others to call for a radical shift in the way we sound the plastic pollution alarm. LOS ANGELES, CA - A new scientific study…

LOS ANGELES, CA - A new strain of COVID-19 has been discovered in California and is proving to be more easily transmissible, capable of inflicting a greater degree of sickness, and is more resistant to current vaccines, according…

Officials suggested it may be the first proven case of COVID in the U.S. in which the virus was transmitted via an organ transplant. A surgeon who handled the donor lungs was also infected with the virus and fell ill but later recovered.…

A group of academics has sent a letter to the CDC insisting that more workers get access to top-rated N95 masks in an effort to help drive down the spread of the virus. Photo credit ShutterStock.com, licensed. WASHINGTON, D.C. - A…

60% of people surveyed don’t believe a vaccine is safe for them to take, while 40% of people simply don’t believe a vaccine will work. The survey asked respondents on whether they agreed or disagreed with the statement, “I will definitely…

Hadleigh Tweedall of Tennessee lost her daughter at 18 and a half weeks due to fetal anomalies. A similar law forced her to go out of state to get an abortion after her doctors warned her of the risks of carrying to term. File photo,…

The finding comes from a review of more than 900 children diagnosed with COVID-19 in 2020. Anjali Patwardhan, MD reviewed records from 905 pediatric patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between February and August 2020 to determine each…

Researchers are quick to stress that a coronavirus mutation in itself is no cause for alarm. In the course of making millions and billions of copies as part of the infection process, small changes to a virus’s genome happen all the time as…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As they rush to vaccinate millions of Americans, health officials are struggling to collect critically important information — such as race, ethnicity and occupation — of every person they jab. The data being…

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have grown wood-like plant tissue from cells extracted from the leaves of the Mexican Zinnia plant, which can be grown indoors without soil or sunlight. Photo credit…

Florida's coastlines have been hit hard in recent years by sea-level rise and the increased intensity and frequency of tropical storms. Photo credit ShutterStock.com, licensed. MIAMI - As Florida faces the consequences of climate change…

Sussy Obando graduated from six years of medical school in Colombia, and then spent a year treating patients in underserved communities. Yet when she moved to the U.S., that wasn’t enough to be able to practice medicine here. Photo credit:…

Anti-vaccine activists holds anti-vaccination signs at a rally. Anti-vaccination groups have been exploiting the deaths of those who happen to fall ill after receiving a covid vaccine, undermining nationwide vaccination efforts. Photo…

The documents were released by the CIA in CD-ROM format, and – in combination with other documents already obtained by Greenwald – been converted into PDF documents comprised of thousands of pages that are now hosted on The Black Vault and…

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that China blocked a team of health and disease experts investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic from entering the country, reports say. Despite…

Christina Fuhrman contracted a C. diff infection in 2012, and her daughter Pearl contracted one in 2015. C. diff, a bacterium causing diarrhea and colitis, is a superbug fueled by the overuse of antibiotics. Photo credit: Matthew Matlock. …

Some of the reasons are rooted in the fact that the two currently-available vaccines, developed by pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Moderna, were rushed to market in record time in order to combat the effects of COVID-19 pandemic that has…

In a study published this summer, Dr. William Li, a vascular biologist, and an international team of researchers compared the lung tissues of people who died of COVID-19 with those of people who died of influenza. They found stark…

Last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Florida's first statewide resilience officer to address climate change but soon after, that person left for a job in the Trump administration. Photo credit Shutterstock licensed. TALLAHASSEE, FL --…

Verily Life Sciences Headquarters in South San Francisco, California. Verily is Alphabet Inc.'s research organization devoted the study of life sciences. Editorial credit: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com, licensed. OAKLAND, Calif. — Amid…

Research reported in a recent study was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Human Sleep and Cognition Laboratory of the Sleep and Performance Research Center and start-up funds from the College of Pharmacy and…

A new reports shows that 78 new cybersecurity companies were founded in 2020 raising over $31.6 million in funding year-to-date. The report covers statistics on the number of cybersecurity startups launched and funding raised from 2015 to…

Founded in 2011, RapidAI makes the most-widely used advanced cerebrovascular imaging products for patient care, research, and clinical trials. This funding will support the continued advancement of the Rapid® platform and world-class…

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Audrey Kuehl, a study coordinator at the Clinical Research Institute of Southern Oregon, inoculates Trish Malone with Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Aug. 6. Malone had volunteered for several clinical trials before participating in…