The use of Ivermectin as a treatment for SARS-CoV-2 has become ever more controversial following Joe Rogan using it as a treatment. Fact Checkers warn us not to listen to Joe Rogan as he’s not a medical expert, while simultaneously parading Big Bird and the Jonas Brothers as Public Service Announcements in favor of the…
If you judged the US’s current COVID-19 situation only by the headlines, you’d come away thinking that we’re spiraling back into pandemic disaster. Localities like Los Angeles County and St. Louis have reimposed mask mandates on their citizens, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just revised its “guidance” to say that, actually, fully…
Thomas Catenacci on July 26, 2021 More than 50 major U.S. medical organizations signed a letter urging health care providers nationwide to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for all personnel. Hospitals and other care providers must mandate vaccination among employees due to the recent virus surge and prevalence of contagious variants, according to the public letter signed…
Eapen Thampy has worked in politics and advocated to legalize cannabis for years. But now, he is among those who need the policies he advocates for to become reality. Currently, he is facing federal marijuana charges to which he has pled guilty. Over the years, Eapen has built relationships with an incredibly diverse number of…
On April 6th, the CDC tweeted a thread of vaccine tweets that contained a variety of infographics. A viral vector vaccine uses a harmless version of a different virus to deliver information to your body that helps it protect you. The vaccine does not contain the virus that causes #COVID19 and cannot give you COVID-19….
Mary Rose Corkery on March 16, 2021 Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber said Tuesday that spring breakers coming to Florida “want to let loose in ways that are unacceptable” during the coronavirus pandemic. “The problem it’s not just Miami. The problem is we have too many people coming. We have too many people coming who…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s controversial early pandemic policy forcing nursing homes to accept COVID-19-positive patients continues to draw scrutiny. And the latest developments are not welcoming news for the three-term governor. Because Cuomo’s mandate prohibited nursing homes from screening residents released from the hospital for COVID-19, many have suspected it needlessly contributed to the…
During the past week, Senator Ted Cruz has been embroiled in controversy as he and his family fled freezing north Texas for a vacation in Cancun, while many of his constituents suffered under extreme weather and their state’s inability to cope with conditions. Natural gas pipes and wind turbines alike froze, leaving 10 million people…
Cate Varney, University of Virginia When researchers began to develop what they hoped would be an effective COVID-19 vaccine, they already knew that H1N1 influenza – a novel virus, like COVID-19 – more severely affected patients with overweight or obesity. Patients with a body mass index of 30 or above had a higher risk of…
Chuck Ross Nine officials in the New York state department of health have resigned in recent months, during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, over frustrations with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, according to a report from The New York Times. The health department’s deputy commissioner for public health resigned in late summer, according to…