September 21, 2024Ohio Star Staff Late last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a monkeypox vaccine that is known to “shed from the vaccination site” and cause heart inflammation in about 1 in every 175 persons. ...
Following last month's announcement of the halved isolation period, some experts publicly questioned why the guidance did not recommend a negative test after the 5 days of isolation to better justify its ending. “The significance of a negative antigen test late in the course of illness, after...
Myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, usually responds well to treatment, theCDC says, and research shows people are more likely to develop myocarditis from a COVID infection than from the vaccine. "I think all of that needs to be weighed. And so that's why I hesitate to make...
The report released April 1paints the picture of ongoing risks and negative health outcomes that could spring up after a patient has gotten COVID-19. The report also touches on the potential risk of heart issues after receiving an mRNA vaccine for the coronavirus. The two mRNA...
This month, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said vaccination programs in EU countries should prioritize people aged 60 and older as well as other vulnerable groups. In Germany, booster shots have been targeted to these groups, while the British government's vacc...
Mathew said she couldn't work for at least a month. One of the most crippling symptoms for her was the sleep deprivation — sometimes known as "COVID-somnia," According to a 2022 survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, nearly a third of Americans said they've experienced ...
People ages 60–74 who are at increased risk of severe RSV, meaning they have certain chronic medical conditions, such as lung or heart disease, or they live in nursing homes, receive the RSV vaccine. This recommendation is for adults who did not get an RSV vaccine last year. The RSV va...
This is an update to the story I published earlier this month (June 2024) looking into the former director of the CDC during the Trump presidency, Dr. Robert Redfield, and why he has been predicting a deadly Bird Flu pandemic for 3 years now. As I men...
Temporal Trends of Infant Mortality Secondary to Congenital Heart Disease: National CDC Cohort Analysis (1999–2020)doi:10.1002/bdr2.2398Chobufo, MuchiDitahAli, ShafaqatTaha, AmroDuhan, SanchitPatel, NeelGonuguntla, KarthikLudhwani, DipeshThyagaturu, Harshith...
Just one of the examples he gave was the agency’s go-ahead to use hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19 even though there was no reliable evidence that it worked, and some indication that it could cause heart damage. The FDA later back-tracked andrevoked the authorization. ...