Category: healthcare

Nearly 240,000 Covid-19 Deaths Could Have Been Prevented With Vaccines, Study Finds

The vaccine-preventable deaths comprise 60 percent of all adult Covid-19 deaths since June 2021, the Kaiser Family Foundation found.

SARS-CoV-2 Infection Of Monocytes Triggers Inflammation

Hyper-inflammation is a hallmark of severe Covid-19. New research shines a light onto one of the potential causes: infection of monocytes and macrophages.

NexHealth Hits $1 Billion Valuation In Bid To Rewire Healthcare Data Flow

Under 30 cofounders Alamin Uddin and Waleed Asif have raised $125 million to make it easier for doctors and dentists to digitize their practices and for developers to access that data.

Cutting Drug Costs From Billions To Millions

When an article appears touting a reimagination of drug R&D that can cut costs from billions to millions, one has to take notice.

‘Testicle Tanning’: Is Tucker Carlson Promoting This New ‘Bromeotherapy’ Now?

The promotional trailer for Carlson’s “The End of Men” special included a montage of shirtless men doing push ups, firing guns at bottles, milking a cow, wrestling, doing push-ups, lifting a tire, swinging an axe, and drinking eggs.

InnovationRx: Hospital Ownership Data; Plus, Novavax Reveals Covid/Flu Vaccine Preliminary Results

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Phony Vaccine Cards, Fake Telemedicine Visits: Feds Charge 21 In Sweeping Covid Fraud Crackdown

A man accused of selling hundreds of fake Covid-19 vaccination cards for as much as $175 apiece allegedly bragged to an undercover agent that “until I get caught and go to jail… I’m taking the money! I don’t care.”

New Members Of The Omicron Family Of Viruses: BA.2.12.1, BA.4, And BA.5

New members of the Omicron family continue to emerge. Here we describe descendants of the highly transmissible BA.2 tree.

Covid-19 Pneumonia Increases Risk Of Dementia, Study Says

People hospitalized with Covid-19-related pneumonia are 18.6% more likely to develop dementia than people hospitalized with other forms of pneumonia, researchers said.

Novavax Claims Positive Results From Early Trials Of Combination Covid/Flu Vaccine

The company will be moving into more clinical trials for the vaccine through 2022 and 2023.