COVID-19
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Studies suggest a link between an incurable and fatal prion disease known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and COVID-19 vaccines. Researchers believe the prion region from the original Wuhan COVID-19 variant’s spike protein was incorporated into mRNA vaccines and adenovirus vector vaccines — given to hundreds of millions of humans — and that it can cause a new type of rapidly progressing…
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Biden administration officials recently tried to calculate the number of daily COVID-19 deaths Americans would “tolerate,” Politico reports. Three people familiar with the administration’s discussions told the news outlet that a target of 200 or fewer Americans was considered before officials decided not to use it in pandemic planning. The sources, who were granted anonymity to…
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Despite strong levels of vaccination among older Americans, COVID-19 killed them at vastly higher rates during this past winter’s Omicron wave than it did the previous year in the country, The Seattle Times reported on Tuesday. “Almost as many Americans 65 and older died in four months of the Omicron surge as they did in six months…
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Despite evidence that China’s the country of origin of the COVID-19 outbreak, and thatr it may have even covered up its own role in the pandemic, the nation was elected to the World Health Organization’s executive board Friday. The move raised eyebrows among critics, if not world leaders. U.N. Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer denounced the move over China’s…
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China plans to build permanent facilities and more COVID-19 test sites to reinforce the country’s capability to prevent and control COVID-19 in the early stage of infection, according to Ma Xiaowei, director of China’s National Health Commission (NHC). Ma unveiled China’s blueprint to prevent and contain the virus in the long run in an article…
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Despite recording only small numbers of daily cases, the Chinese capital Beijing closed dozens of subway stations due to COVID-19 measures intended to curtail spread of the deadly virus. China has been battling its worst COVID-19 surge since the early days of the pandemic, with most cases recorded in the country’s business hub, Shanghai. After…
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Authorities in Shanghai said on Tuesday they have stepped up efforts to cope with a much higher demand for ambulance services as the city is fighting a tough battle against its worst COVID-19 outbreak. With hundreds of thousands of positive cases reported since March, the eastern Chinese city has been grappling with a growing number…
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China’s unending pursuit of a policy to keep Covid-19 from spreading through its population has reached worrying new lows with a video that will make blood boil. Shanghai, China’s main financial hub, is in the midst of its worst spike in cases since 2020. Local authorities have introduced a raft of new measures including locking…
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Apartment rents in Miami have increased due to large numbers of out of state residents fleeing taxes, crime and Covid. It was reported this week in Realtor.com that the median February rent for apartments in the Miami metro area jumped to $2,988 in February. Miami rents are now more than 20 percentage points higher than…
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U.S. companies are loading up on costly inventories, as a new wave of Covid shutdowns in China are threatening global supply chains. Kent International, Inc, a New Jersey-based wholesaler and manufacturer, has about a 10-week supply at its three warehouses in California, South Carolina, and New Jersey, compared to the pre-COVID normal four to six…
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People who are vaccinated against COVID-19 who have a history of certain mental health conditions have been found to be at greater risk of breakthrough infection, a study found. As vaccines are not 100 per cent effective at preventing infection, a “breakthrough infection” is when a fully vaccinated person becomes infected and is more frequent…
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A new COVID-19 variant made up of two strains of Omicron is thought to be even more infectious than the one currently driving cases up around the world. Health officials are tracking the strain, called XE, which was first detected in the UK but is now being reported in cases elsewhere. It’s just the latest…
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The growing magnitude of this pandemic makes it more critical than ever that public and private stakeholders come together. We must think and act as one global society. This pandemic cannot be the only focus of our attention. Many other digital health trends will accelerate this year to make patient care more precise, personalized, and…
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The global nursing workforce was estimated in 2019-20 as being 27.9 million nurses. Prior to the pandemic, the global shortage of nurses was estimated at 5.9 millionnurses; nearly all of these shortages were concentrated in low- and lower middleincome countries. The pandemic has exacerbated the existing nurse supply shortfalland has forced rapid and “emergency” policy…
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The Queen has revealed that her bout of Covid left her feeling “very tired and exhausted” just over a month after she tested positive for the virus. Her Majesty described her experience with the virus as she sympathised with a patient from the Royal London Hospital who had also recovered from it, but had lost his brother and father to…
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Topic: Discourse on Whistleblower Protection and COVID-19 (A Literature Review) “If you’re going to sin, sin against God, not the Bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the Bureaucracy won’t.” Admiral Hyman G. Rickover INTRODUCTION Leadership incompetence and apathy among members of a democratic society are the bane of good corporate governance. Moreover, autocracy and rigidity…
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