Amid summer COVID surge, FDA reportedly poised to approve updated shots
With the country experiencing a relatively large summer wave of COVID-19, the Food and Drug Administration is considering signing off on this year's strain-matched COVID-19 vaccines as soon as this week, according to a report by CNN that cited unnamed officials familiar with the matter. Last year, the FDA gave the green light for the…
Long COVID rates have declined, especially among the vaccinated, study finds
Enlarge / Long covid activists attend the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies hearing on the "Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health," in Dirksen building on May 23, 2024. As a summer wave of COVID-19 infections swells once again, a study published this…
SCOTUS nixes injunction that limited Biden admin contacts with social networks
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court tossed out claims that the Biden administration coerced social media platforms into censoring users by removing COVID-19 and election-related content. Complaints alleging that high-ranking government officials were censoring conservatives had previously convinced a lower court to order an injunction limiting the Biden administration's contacts with platforms. But now that injunction…
Doc who claimed COVID shots cause magnetism gets medical license back
Enlarge / Cleveland doctor Sherri Tenpenny gives false testimony on June 8, 2021, saying COVID-19 vaccines magnetize people. An anti-vaccine doctor best known for losing her medical license after falsely claiming that COVID-19 vaccines cause people to become magnetic and "interface" with 5G towers, has had her medical license restored, according to local media reports.…
Supreme Court rejected military chaplains’ lawsuit saying their careers were ruined...
The US Supreme Court has decided not to hear a case involving 39 military chaplains who say they continue to face recrimination for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine for religious reasons.In an announcement Monday of the cases the court has selected to hear next year, the justices denied the chaplains' petition to review last…
China is gunning for the chief scientist of its COVID vaccine...
The chief researcher of China's first general-use COVID vaccine was ousted last week from the country's highest organ of power.Yang Xiaoming, 62, was booted on April 23 from the National People's Congress "due to serious discipline and law violations," state media reported this weekend.The phrase typically means a person is under investigation for corruption in…
The rapid rise and fall of ghost kitchens
Restaurants are scaling back 'ghost kitchen' operations due to added stress and customer complaints.Brands like Wendy's and Kroger are shutting down their ghost kitchens, the Times reported.Ghost kitchens were an exciting pandemic-era innovation. But the anonymity bred lower standards. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the…
101 studies flagged as bogus COVID cure pusher sees career unravel
Enlarge / Microbiologist Didier Raoult addresses a press conference on COVID-19 at the IHU medical institute in Marseille on April 20, 2022. A scientific journal published by Elsevier has reportedly posted a stunning 101 expressions of concern on studies connected to Didier Raoult, a disgraced French microbiologist who gained international prominence amid the pandemic by…
German man got 217 COVID shots over 29 months—here’s how it...
A 62-year-old man in Germany decided to get 217 COVID-19 vaccinations over the course of 29 months —for "private reasons." But, somewhat surprisingly, he doesn't seem to have suffered any ill effects from the excessive immunization, particularly weaker immune responses, according to a newly published case study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The case is…
CDC ditches 5-day COVID isolation, argues COVID is becoming flu-like
Enlarge / A view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta. COVID-19 is becoming more like the flu and, as such, no longer requires its own virus-specific health rules, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday alongside the release of a unified "respiratory virus guide." In a lengthy background…
