Category: healthcare

How Many Variants And Deaths Are We Willing To Accept, Before We Protect The Whole World?

Millions of people worldwide are getting infected or re-infected with highly transmissible Omicron subvariants. And yet millions of people in low and middle-income nations are still lacking access to vaccines and tools. World leaders have failed to uni…

WHO Recommends Expanding Second Booster Shot Eligibility In Europe As Covid-19 Cases Rise

Cases and hospitalizations are growing across the continent as summer holiday travel picks up and most governments have dropped pandemic restrictions.

Don’t Wait Until The Fall To Get Boosted Against Covid, CDC Says

Holding out until October or November for an omicron-specific Covid-19 shot is “not a good plan,” Centers for Disease Control Director Rochelle Walensky said on Tuesday.

Researchers Transplant Pig Hearts In 2 Brain Dead Patients

The pair of successful transplants comes months after the first-ever successful pig heart transplant into a living person.

Flu Infection Could Help Fight Off Covid, Study Suggests

The findings suggest infection with both Covid and influenza—often dubbed “Flurona”—“does not represent a looming threat for humanity,” said study author Benjamin tenOever, a professor of microbiology at New York University.

#COVIDisAirborne Trends, Will Face Mask Mandates Return As Covid-19 Cases Rise?

With the BA.5 Omicron subvariant spreading, various municipalities like Los Angeles County are considering re-instituting face mask requirements.

England Ambulance Crisis Hits New Peak With All Services ‘Under Extreme Pressure’

An ongoing heatwave has increased demand for emergency services as Covid-19 keeps staff at home.

Reinventing How We View Substance Abuse

Over 103,000 overdose death occurred last year. Thankfully, 75% of those who experience addiction eventually recover. Author and advocate Maureen Cavanagh explains how addiction can happen in any family, and how we should reinvent how we view substance…

Long Covid And Its Unequal Burden

The heightened probability of infection, reduced access to primary/specialized care, and diminished economic position faced by minority populations will translate to a more arduous road to Long Covid recovery.

Herschel Walker Makes Covid-19 And Air Pollution Statements, Here’s The Reaction

The Republican U.S. Senate candidate said, “Our good air decided to float over to China’s bad air, so when China gets our good air, their bad air got to move.”