Category: healthcare

Cannabis Use Not Associated With Increased Risk For Ischemic Stroke In Recent Study

A new study from the University of Mississippi found no evidence for the supposed connection; adding to the research suggesting that cannabis is not an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke.

First Covid-19 Reinfection Death Recorded In Netherlands

“It is likely that the second episode was a reinfection rather than prolonged shedding.”

3M Survey Reports Decline In Science Skepticism For First Time In 3 Years

3M’s latest State of Science Index finds that science skepticism has declined for the first time in three years.

Retail Healthcare’s Covid-Fueled Rise Could Be Legacy Providers’ Fall

Thirty-five percent of respondents to a recent PBS NewsHour-Marist poll said they think America’s healthcare system is below average compared to the rest of the world, and two-thirds are now willing to use telemedicine for future healthcare needs.

Rocked By Pandemic, Global Supply Chains Reboot

Ten million parts went into the 30,000 suitcase-sized ventilators that General Motors, in partnership with Ventec Life Systems, delivered to the national stockpile earlier this year.

Man, 25, Is The First In The U.S. To Catch Covid-19 Twice, Second Time Worst That The First

The first confirmed case of reinfection in the U.S. raises further doubts about herd immunity.

Billionaire Ray Dalio’s Foundation Funds $50 Million ‘Health Justice’ Center To Curb Health Disparities Affecting Minorities

Dalio Philanthropies is partnering with NewYork-Presbyterian to launch a new center for health justice.

Johnson & Johnson Halt All Covid-19 Vaccine Trials Over ‘Unexplained Illness’

The pause includes late-stage stage trials for the group’s single dose Covid-19 vaccine.

WHO Warning About Covid-19 Coronavirus Lockdowns Is Taken Out Of Context

A number of people are claiming that the World Health Organization (WHO) has just “reversed” its position and now “admits” that lockdowns are harmful. But did it really?

Trump’s Doctor Says The President Now Tests Negative For Covid-19—But Not With A PCR Test

Trump held his first public event since returning from the hospital for the coronavirus on Saturday.