Health

Trending 01/16/22, 23:23

An infectious diseases expert and the president's chief medical advisor will be investigated if the GOP regains control of the U.S. House, a Trump ally said. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) promised to launch a congressional inquiry into Dr. Fauci if a House Republican majority wins the federal election on Nov. 8. "If ...

Australia & Oceania 01/15/22, 18:38

The tennis player Novak Djokovic was re-arrested and taken to the Melbourne Park Hotel, where he had held following the first cancellation of his visa upon his arrival in Melbourne, Australia. On Sunday at 9.30 a.m. (local time), an emergency court hearing will define whether or not the Serb will ...

News 01/15/22, 16:37

Martin Shkreli, a former pharmaceutical executive, was barred "for life" from participating in the pharmaceutical industry by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote on Friday and was ordered to pay nearly $65 million in fines to seven states, including New York, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, North Carolina, and Virginia. "Based on the ...

United Kingdom 01/14/22, 01:00

A UK surgeon who carved his initials into the livers of two patients was struck off the medical register Tuesday, The Guardian reported. Surgeon Simon Bramhall, 57, admitted to using an argon beam machine to etch his initials into his patients' organs on two occasions during 2013, while working at the ...

News 01/11/22, 17:22

As part of the overall strategy to make COVID tests available for millions of Americans, private health insurers will have to provide up eight at-home COVID tests per month per person starting Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Likewise, the Biden administration expects to make 500 million tests available for Americans in ...

News 01/11/22, 00:34

Despite ethical controversies, Dave Bennett, 57, a resident of Maryland, USA, agreed to receive a genetically modified pig heart as an alternative solution to his heart problem.  The surgery lasted nine hours as doctors attached Bennett to the heart of a one-year-old, 240-pound pig bred explicitly for this purpose at the ...

News 01/11/22, 00:14

In another of the controversial experiments financed by the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Anthony Fauci, female hormones were injected into monkeys to study the effects on their immune system, according to the institution. At least $205,562 was awarded to the Scripps Research Institute ...

U.S. 01/10/22, 16:26

After transgender swimmer Lia Thomas had boasted of beating women in several women's competitions, she was defeated by Iszac Henig, a woman who is in the process of changing to the male gender.  The two athletes competed in the women's 100-yard freestyle, and Hening was the winner with a time of ...

Trending 01/08/22, 16:37

According to data given by New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday, around half of all COVID patients in New York City hospitals were admitted for another condition before being diagnosed with the virus. "COVID was not included as one of the reasons for admission" in roughly 43% of hospitalizations, which ...

News 01/08/22, 06:14

California's health official has decided to maintain the indoor mask mandate till Feb. 15 as the state is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 patients, partly due to the Omicron variant. California Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly announced the extension on Wednesday, Jan. 5. Fox News reported that he also urged people to ...

News 01/08/22, 05:57

Rabies is a virus that infects the central nervous system and is typically lethal to both animals and humans. The disease is conveyed mainly by the bite of an infected animal, with bat interactions accounting for most infections in the United States in recent years. Five people died of rabies in ...

World 01/07/22, 21:22

French scientists have detected a new mutant variant of the coronavirus, which they fear could be more resistant to COVID-19 vaccines but is not fast spreading. The new variant, dubbed "IHU" or B.1.640.2, was first reported in November by researchers at the Méditerranée Infection University Hospital Institute in Marseilles, which means it ...

News 01/07/22, 20:18

The authoritarianism and perversity of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are in the news again. After forcibly locking up the 13 million Chinese in Xi'an for barely 143 positive cases to the point of starving them because they could not even go out to buy food. Now the authorities are ...

New York 01/06/22, 15:25

An investigation into Andrew Cuomo's handling of nursing home COVID-19 deaths is closed with no charges against the former New York governor, according to Fox News. Early this week, Elkan Abramowitz, a former federal prosecutor who represents Cuomo, said that the Elder Care Unit from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office informed him that they ...

America 01/06/22, 12:12

A mysterious brain disease is affecting young people in a Canadian province and no one knows the cause nor has a cure been found.  A whistleblower from the Canadian province of New Brunswick warned that the progressive neurological disease that has been causing rapid cognitive deterioration in those affected for the ...

China 01/06/22, 01:13

The partial closure of Ningbo in China's eastern Zhejiang province, which has resulted in fewer drivers and trucks, has generated concerns about supply for major fashion firms such as Nike and Adidas. Ningbo is the world's busiest port in tonnage and third in daily container handling. However, the emergence of the ...