Category: Health
Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 neuroinflammation, microhemorrhages, brain hypoxia, and neuropathology
“Here, we show neuroinflammation, microhemorrhages, brain hypoxia, and neuropathology that is consistent with hypoxic-ischemic injury in SARS-CoV-2 infected non-human primates (NHPs), including evidence of neuron degeneration and apoptosis. More...
Sociopathic narcissist squatting in No 10 Downing Street allowed Covid parties
“It is deeply, deeply contemptible that not just the PM but senior civil servants have allowed such people to have their reputations attacked in order to protect the sociopathic narcissist squatting in the No 10 flat.” More...
Egypt: Antibiotic and corticosteroid usage are predictors of severe post-COVID symptoms
“The predictors of post-COVID symptoms were severe and critical forms of the disease and intake of antibiotics and corticosteroids for treatment of COVID-19.” More...
Netherlands: BA.1.1/BA.2 recombinant designated XM
A recombinant SARS-CoV-2 variant originally sequenced in the Netherlandshas been designated XM. More...
France: Nearly 700,000 Covid reinfections reported
685,858 possible cases of reinfection identified between March 2, 2021 and March 20, 2022, of which 95.2% since December 6, 2021 (start of distribution of the Omicron variant in France). More...
Hong Kong: BA.2 causes 7 times more deaths among hospitalised children than flu
A study from University of Hong Kong found that 15 per cent of children hospitalised with Omicron BA.2 had developed neurological complications
According to the report, about 15 per cent of hospitalised youngsters who had contracted the sub-variant developed neurological complications and more than 6 per cent had respiratory complications, with 21 children being sent to paediatric intensive care. More...
WHO: The world’s most boring report ever proposes an end to the pandemic
28 pages of finger-crossing, hand-wringing, wishful thinking dross. An epic black hole riddled with buzz phrases, key words, bullet points, legal clauses, minute fonts and pointless diagrams. More...
SARS-CoV-2 can infect and replicate in retinal cells
SARS-CoV-2 infects retinal cells, especially retinal ganglion cells, but also light-sensitive cells. More...
US: Delta variant found in Utah mule deer
“On March 22, the APHIS’ National Veterinary Services Lab in Ames, Iowa confirmed a case of the SARS-CoV-2 delta variant in one of the samples submitted from a female mule deer in Morgan County. More...
Research: Natural antiviral found in broccoli, cabbage, brussels and cauliflower
“We evaluated the antiviral activity of sulforaphane (SFN), the principal biologically active phytochemical derived from glucoraphanin, the naturally occurring precursor present in high concentrations in cruciferous vegetables. More...