You may have wondered as you do your grocery shopping: How safe are those piles of produce laying out in the open?
Do unwrapped apples, bananas, potatoes, onions, and other fruits and vegetables collect coronavirus as people walk past all day?
Early in the pandemic, Professor Vishal Shah wondered the same thing.
He did what many others were doing at the time: He painstakingly cleaned the produce he brought home from the grocery store, washing it with soap and water.… Read More
Almost since the beginning of the pandemic, doctors believed they knew the most dangerous COVID-19 risk factors.
They were thought to be old age, obesity, diabetes, and lung, heart, and kidney illnesses.
But a major new Harvard University study has uncovered a previously unknown risk factor that make people far more vulnerable to getting a severe case of COVID. It analyzed the medical records of nearly 17,000 coronavirus patients.… Read More
Big Pharma is eager to cash in on the coronavirus crisis. But so far, few of their products have proven useful in treating COVID-19.
The antiviral drug remdesivir, the steroid medication dexamethasone, and monoclonal antibodies have helped some patients. But these drugs are far from cures. In many patients, they just don’t work. In others, the side effects are so bad that patients have to stop using them.… Read More
In the span of just a few minutes, your throat, tongue, and mouth suddenly swell to the point that breathing is difficult.
Your face may balloon so much that it’s hard to open your eyes.
You may suffer stomach cramps and a racing heart. Your blood pressure may crash.[1]
In the worst cases, patients lose consciousness and die if they don’t get prompt medical care.… Read More
When we go to the grocery store, many us look at labels on the foods we buy to see the ingredients. We want to know what we’re putting into our bodies.
Why then do almost none of us know the ingredients of the vaccines we get?
Tens of millions of Americans have lined up to get vaccinated against COVID-19. But very few know what’s going into their arm.… Read More
On the very first day Pfizer’s new coronavirus vaccine was rolled out to the public, something unexpected happened. Something that didn’t show up in testing.
Two people suddenly collapsed after getting the shots. They both had severe life-threatening allergic reactions
It wasn’t supposed to be this way…
Clinical trials showed that the first two FDA-approved vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna were not supposed to have any serious side effects. … Read More