By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News Thousands of letters full of money flooded Jonas Salk’s mailbox the week after his 1955 polio vaccine was declared safe and effective. Everyone wanted his vaccine. Desperate parents have shut down doctors’ phone lines in search of the precious elixir; medicine companies and doctors …
Read More »Michelle Obama to bat for Biden
One of the most anticipated moments of the Democratic convention will be Monday, when Michelle ObamaMichelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaTrump to oppose DNC on trip to swinging states Biden steps out with Harris, the worst of his choices Biden, Harris to address Chase Center’s Democratic convention in Delaware MORE will provide …
Read More »Temperature controls at entrances to businesses or schools are not effective in detecting COVID, says Fauci
Controlling people’s temperatures at the entrance to businesses and schools is essentially useless as a stand-alone measure to protect against the spread of COVID-19, and the practice can just as well be avoided to save time, said Drs. Anthony Fauci during a Facebook Live broadcast Thursday. Fauci, the director of …
Read More »Scientists decode probable sequence of Covid-19 symptoms
Scientists have found the likely sequence in which Covid-19 symptoms first appear, an advancement that can help clinicians rule out other diseases, and help patients seek rapid care or decide to self-isolate earlier. According to the study, published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health, the likely sequence of symptoms …
Read More »Seattle’s ‘flu’ cases were COVID, the real spread hidden
(News) In early March, the state of Washington reported just over 100 cases of coronavirus. But Seattle alone could actually have thousands of infections at that point, according to a new study, because so many diseases were instead thought to be the flu. The findings by researchers at the University …
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