Category: Health
Dr. John Campbell: Wuhan Institute of Virology were working on Monkeypox virus in February 2022
Dr John Campbell wonders why the Wuhan Institute of Virolgy were researching the Monkeypox virus just weeks before the outbreak of Monkeypox in Europe. More...
SARS-CoV-2 can infect and kill different immunity cell types independently of ACE2
In one of the most disturbing preprints we have seen during the entire pandemic, researchers outline the damage that SARS-CoV-2 can do to key components of the human immune system, independently of ACE2. More...
WHO: We don’t know if it’s too late to contain Monkeypox
“We don’t really know whether it is too late to contain Monkeypox”
The fact that this virus has appeared in Europe in a large number of cases, an increasing number of cases, is clearly cause for some concern and it does suggest that there may have been undetected transmission for a while. More...
Preprint: COVID-19 vaccination and Guillain-Barré syndrome
“Our study reports an association between first-dose ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AstraZeneca) COVID-19 vaccination and Guillain-Barré syndrome, accounting for an estimated excess incidence of 5.8 Guillain-Barré syndrome cases per million first doses.” More...
FDA on Paxlovid rebound: “there is no evidence of benefit at this time for a longer course of treatment”
The US FDA have issued a thinly veiled rebuke to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, after his recent comments to Bloomberg News about Covid-19 infections rebounding after treatment with Paxlovid. More...
UK: 2 million people suffering with Long Covid
An estimated 2 million people living in private households in the UK (3.1% of the population) were experiencing self-reported long COVID as of 1 May 2022. More...
Monkeypox: 86% of UK cases are in London
Of 190 confirmed cases identified from 6 to 30 May, 183 were in England, 4 were in Scotland, 2 were in Northern Ireland and 1 was in Wales. More...
UK: Monkeypox cannot be eradicated by vaccination alone due to animal reservoirs
“Monkeypox has a wide range of hosts, which has allowed it to maintain a reservoir… it therefore cannot be eradicated by human vaccination alone.” More...
WHO: The potential for further Monkeypox transmission in Europe and elsewhere is high
Rapid, amplified transmission has occurred in the context of the recent lifting of pandemic restrictions on international travel and events. More...
Monkeypox: Nine dead in Congo, Nigeria sees 1st death from disease in 2022
Nine people have died of monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2022 while Nigeria has recorded its first death from the disease this year. More...