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• 10 Deadly Pandemics that Changed the Course of History – One Green Planet
  The world has faced several deadly pandemics before COVID-19, and each time society reemerged as a dramatically changed place. Here’s a look at 10 of them: Source: 10 Deadly Pandemics that Changed the Course of History – One Green Planet
• 100 years and counting of mask wearing in Japan | Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
  Gradually, the practice of mask-wearing became less dependent on a specific pandemic threat and premised more on an individual duty to protect one’s family, community and country, which demanded sustained engagement. It was not surprising then that public campaigns also built upon themes that integrated family and work life. On the one hand, mask-wearing came ...
• 13 RSV Symptoms in Babies All Caregivers Should Be Aware of Right Now | SELF
  According to surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), RSV cases have been rising sharply since October. Public health experts are warning about the potential impact on kids, as the virus is overwhelming many hospitals and rapidly filling pediatric ICU beds. If you have kids—and an infant, in particular—here’s what you ...
• 2020 – the year that masks replaced gum under the lunch tables : mildlyinteresting
  2020 - the year that masks replaced gum under the lunch tables : mildlyinteresting
• 28 Ways to Learn About Disability Culture – The New York Times
  New York Times staff members put their heads together with disability advocates to recommend movies, books, TV shows, dance and art that capture disability experiences. Source: 28 Ways to Learn About Disability Culture – The New York Times
• $35 insulin caps for Medicare patients is not enough
  The sky-high cost of insulin is causing adults in the U.S. with diabetes to ration their medication. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), people with Type 1 diabetes need about two-to-three vials per month, which could total up to $1,000 or more. For those working to make ends meet, paying up to $300 a ...
• 400 Million Free N95 Face Masks Are Being Dispensed — Here’s How To Get Yours
  The Biden administration aims to make 400 million N95 masks available to all Americans for free at pharmacies and community health centers next week, a White House official said per The Wall Street Journal. The masks will be coming from the Strategic National Stockpile, the national repository of critical medical supplies. The program will be ...
• 5 Ways Parents Can Help Their Kids With Reemergence Anxiety | HuffPost Life
  Experts share their advice for supporting children’s mental health in this transitional time. Source: 5 Ways Parents Can Help Their Kids With Reemergence Anxiety | HuffPost Life
• A New Wave of Covid-19 Is Coming. Here’s How to Prepare.
  HAVE HIGH-QUALITY MASKS ON HANDEven if you’re not wearing a mask now, check your mask supply and make sure you have plenty of high-quality medical-style masks on hand. A limited number of free N95 respirator masks are available at pharmacies and community centers. Enter your ZIP code on the C.D.C.’s mask locator to find a ...
• A teacher who turned his home into a PPE factory during the pandemic was honored with a new car – CNN
  When health care workers were running out of personal protective equipment as the coronavirus pandemic spread across the United States, a middle school shop teacher in New Jersey decided he had to help. Source: A teacher who turned his home into a PPE factory during the pandemic was honored with a new car – CNN
• A woman living with ME and EDS is dying in front of her husband’s eyes in an NHS hospital
  A woman is fighting for her life in hospital after doctors refused to let her see specialists that may be able to help her. She lives with severe chronic illness – myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS). So, her husband has issued a desperate cry for help on her behalf. Sadly, her story will not ...
• ACE2-independent infection of T lymphocytes by SARS-CoV-2 | Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  SARS-CoV-2 induced marked lymphopenia in severe patients with COVID-19. However, whether lymphocytes are targets of viral infection is yet to be determined, although SARS-CoV-2 RNA or antigen has been identified in T cells from patients. Here, we confirmed that SARS-CoV-2 viral antigen could be detected in patient peripheral blood cells (PBCs) or postmortem lung T ...
• Acute and postacute sequelae associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection | Nature Medicine
  Compared to no reinfection, reinfection contributed additional risks of death (hazard ratio (HR) = 2.17, 95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.93–2.45), hospitalization (HR = 3.32, 95% CI 3.13–3.51) and sequelae including pulmonary, cardiovascular, hematological, diabetes, gastrointestinal, kidney, mental health, musculoskeletal and neurological disorders. The risks were evident regardless of vaccination status. The risks were most pronounced in the acute phase ...
• Adviser suggests Biden still wears mask outside out of habit
  He’s not alone. Although there is the science and statistics to prove the effectiveness of masking, the thing that has convinced most people is the fact of not being sick as often. Aside of preventing the spread of Covid 19, masking has also kept many from getting seasonal colds and flu, suffering as much from ...
• AltPPE.net Sis. Lasher Comments on: There Is Little Evidence That Mass Transit Poses a Risk of Coronavirus Outbreaks – Scientific American
  Is it safe to ride the bus? Sis. Lasher parses the information in plain language to help you use public transit safely. Calculate your risk level and protect yourself accordingly.
• Anti Masker Free North Patriots Purposefully Spreading Coronavirus Linked to Company Selling Paranoia for Profit
  Organizer of ‘Canada-wide’ anti-lockdown protests linked to private security agency that sells special bracelets to block 5G signals Source: PressProgress
• Anti-Vaxx Doctor Group Founder Infected With Severe Case of Greed & Lust – YouTube
  “When employees at leading COVID pseudoscience group America’s Frontline Doctors tried to log in to work last week, they found themselves locked out of their email accounts. The nonprofit quickly fell into factions, with employees holding rival Zoom meetings to plot who would take over the group.The organization’s exiled founder, Dr. Simone Gold, tried unsuccessfully ...
• Are clear masks helpful? [CC] – YouTube
  Are clear masks helpful? - YouTube
• Asian Americans Are ‘Not A Virus,’ New PSA From Director Alan Yang Powerfully Declares | HuffPost
  The ad, directed by the “Master of None” co-creator and “Tigertail” director, spotlights the alarming rise in anti-Asian racism because of COVID-19. Source: Asian Americans Are ‘Not A Virus,’ New PSA From Director Alan Yang Powerfully Declares | HuffPost
• Beware of Mask Scams
  Companies advertising on Facebook and other social media are scamming people with transparent masks that are substandard and unsanitary.
• Black doctor, COVID victim alleges racism at Carmel, Indiana, hospital
  Dr. Susan Moore, 52, said she was mistreated, delayed proper care and had complaints of pain downplayed because of the color of her skin. Source: Black doctor, COVID victim alleges racism at Carmel, Indiana, hospital
• Build a DIY air purifier! Tickets, Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite
  If you are concerned about the risk of COVID, RSV, the flu, and poor indoor air quality at work, school, or home (especially if people are infected and want to reduce the risk of spread to other household members) but cannot afford to buy expensive HEPA air purifiers, fret not–you can build your own air ...
• Building a Corsi-Rosenthal Air Filter Box for the first time
  It took me about 50 minutes to build this Corsi-Rosenthal air filter box with parts from Home Depot here in Toronto. It’s a 20″ box fan, four 20″x20″x1″ 3M 1900 air filters (1″ deep), some duct tape and cardboard. The cardboard came from the fan’s box and from a grocery delivery, so you can use ...
• California lawsuit accuses drugmakers, pharmacy benefit managers of insulin overcharging
  (Reuters) -California is suing the United States’ leading insulin makers and pharmacy benefit managers, accusing them of using their market power to overcharge patients for the life-saving drug, the state’s attorney general announced on Thursday.The lawsuit, filed in California Superior Court in Los Angeles, targets Eli Lilly and Co, Novo Nordisk A/S and Sanofi SA, ...
• Can’t Mask? You Can Still Protect Yourself and Others.
    Many people can’t mask for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, the rules and policies in many places don’t take people with special needs into account. Most of the time though, you can solve problems if the gate keepers know that you are considerate. Face shields are well known alternatives, but here are some others. Pins ...
• CDC confirms masks also protect the wearer, outlines which ones are most effective
  The CDC confirmed this week that a mask protects not only those around you but also you. Learn which ones the organization recommends. Source: CDC confirms masks also protect the wearer, outlines which ones are most effective
• CDC encourages people to wear masks to prevent spread of Covid, flu, RSV
  The Centers for Disease Control Prevention on Monday encouraged people to wear masks to help reduce the spread of respiratory illnesses this season as Covid, flu and RSV circulate at the same time.CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, in a call with reporters, said wearing a mask is one of several everyday precautions that people can ...
• CDC reverses indoor mask guidance as Covid cases rise
  The CDC recommended indoor mask-wearing, even among vaccinated people, in areas with high transmission rates. The agency also advised that all students in K-12 wear masks when they return to the classroom. Source: CDC reverses indoor mask guidance as Covid cases rise
• CDC Urges Citizens To Avoid Travel To Israel Over Covid – I24NEWS
  Israel confirmed 33,622 new Covid cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of active patients to 253,103The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday warned United States citizens of traveling to Israel due to a “very high level” of Covid in the Jewish state.“If you must travel to Israel, make sure you are ...
• Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond – STAT
  These 30 moments in 2020 and 2021 are possible turning points for the pandemic or barometers for how the virus is reshaping our lives. Source: Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond – STAT
• Cloth Masks Work Better Than Valves in Scientific Visualizations/Simulations
    Siddhartha Vermaa),  Manhar Dhanakb), and John Frankenfieldc) have published simulations that suggest that cloth masks work a lot better than masks with valves at preventing the spread of Covid-19 and other viruses. Whether or not this works the same in real life, it is something to consider when choosing what to use. ...
• Complications, Adverse Drug Events, High Costs, and Disparities in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children vs COVID-19 – PubMed
  In this cross-sectional study, MIS-C was more common and severe than previously reported, with more racial disparities in outcomes than were seen in patients with COVID-19. The findings of this study suggest that relying on mean outcomes for MIS-C from past studies can be misleading … Study Also Finds Underreporting of Severe Effects of COVID-19 in ...
• Coronavirus: Buying PPE online for care sector ‘like the Wild West’ – BBC News
  From personal care to meal preparation, every day many thousands of vulnerable people depend on receiving care in their own homes.Often it is provided by domiciliary carers from private companies who make several visits a day, but with personal protective equipment (PPE) stocks stretched, some agencies have been turning to online suppliers.One care company says ...
• COVID-19 Bivalent Vaccine Boosters Have Been Authorized for School Age Children | FDA
  The FDA authorized bivalent formulations of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for use as a single booster dose at least two months after completing primary or booster vaccination.The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent is authorized for use as single booster dose in individuals 6 years of age and older. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent is authorized ...
• COVID-19 Vaccines Safe with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors – NCI
  The new study involved more than 400 people with cancer who were treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). Each received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine before or after treatment with a type of immunotherapy drug known as an immune checkpoint inhibitor.An analysis of the patients’ medical records revealed no evidence that mRNA COVID-19 vaccination ...
• Covid-19: World’s top latex glove maker shuts factories
  Malaysia’s Top Glove will close more than half of its plants after a surge in virus cases. Source: Covid-19: World’s top latex glove maker shuts factories
• CVS Sued Over ‘Fraudulent’ Donations to American Diabetes Association – Health
  A consumer filed a class-action complaint in the Eastern District of New York against CVS Health Corporation for a purportedly deceptive charity campaign it held last year, which the plaintiff asserts was more like a reimbursement to CVS than a charitable donation.According to the complaint, prior to the completion of a customer’s transaction, the checkout ...
• Delta variant: Doctor recalls anti-vaxxers visiting ER and ‘secretly’ getting vaccinated
  The spread of the Delta variant seems to be convincing some vaccine skeptics to reconsider getting the COVID-19 vaccine, even if that means being inoculated in secret. Source: Delta variant: Doctor recalls anti-vaxxers visiting ER and ‘secretly’ getting vaccinated
• Doctor:How to Protect yourself from Monkeypox, Blood Clots & Covid While TRAVELING! #monkeypox 2022 – YouTube
  Informative and uptodate video with lots of pictures ( 2022) Watch this before you take your next trip. #doctor #monkeypox #traveltips I recently returned from New York and felt I would use some of my experience to leave you some practical tips. Hope you find it helpful, save or share.
• Ear Savers Adult Size From House of Slaughter on Etsy
  3D printed ear savers Made from PLA Color is sent out at random. If you have a preferred color please contact BEFORE purchase. We can do custom phrases * please ask before purchasing. Minimum order of 50 pieces ** Source: House of Slaughter: Ear savers adult size | Etsy
• Efficacy of Ivermectin Treatment on Disease Progression Among Adults With Mild to Moderate COVID-19 and Comorbidities: The I-TECH Randomized Clinical Trial | Complementary and Alternative Medicine | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network
  Question Does adding ivermectin, an inexpensive and widely available antiparasitic drug, to the standard of care reduce the risk of severe disease in patients with COVID-19 and comorbidities?Findings In this open-label randomized clinical trial of high-risk patients with COVID-19 in Malaysia, a 5-day course of oral ivermectin administered during the first week of illness did ...
• Expect Delays in Medicines and Supplies as USPS Hounded and Said to be Compromised By Trump Administration
  Is the U.S. Postal Service compromised? Is the Trump administration purposefully sabotaging the mail to add weight to claims of voter fraud risk? The people and the unions want to know.
• Experimental Monoclonal Antibodies Show Promise Against Epstein-Barr Virus | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  A panel of investigational monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting different sites of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) blocked infection when tested in human cells in a laboratory setting. Moreover, one of the experimental mAbs provided nearly complete protection against EBV infection and lymphoma when tested in mice. The results appear online today in the journal Immunity. Scientists ...
• Face mask safety: Two or three layers best to protect against coronavirus, study finds – CNN
  Home-made cloth face masks likely need a minimum of two layers, and preferably three, to protect against COVID-19, a new study finds. Source: Face mask safety: Two or three layers best to protect against coronavirus, study finds – CNN
• Facial Tissue As A Mask Filter?
  In an article in The Strategist, the author referred to Dr. Yi Cui proposing facial tissues (specifically Kleenex, but not sure if this is because of sponsorship $ or the brand is better than others) as added filters in cloth masks. You may not think the humble tissue would do much against a pandemic virus, but ...
• Fact Check-Monkeypox can be spread by anyone in close contact and is not a “gay disease” – contrary to posts online | Reuters
  “To label it as a gay disease is both untrue and unfair”, Dr Andrew Lee, professor of public health at the University of Sheffield, told Reuters.A person’s sexuality and sexual orientation is not the route of transmission, Lee said in an email. “Anyone can get it if they have had direct contact with an infected ...
• False negative rapid Covid tests create confusion for people with obvious symptoms
  A study out of the Harvard School of Public Health noted that some strains were harder to locate using a rapid test than others. “The delta variant was more difficult to detect, it had a higher limit of detection than omicron. This may relate to the omicron subvariants because some of the strains of the omicron ...
• Fashion Policing Face Masks [CC] – YouTube
  Fashion Policing Face Masks - YouTube
• Fighting Back against the Loneliness Epidemic – Scientific American
  Throughout the country, socially distanced young adults and older adults have been forming connections Source: Fighting Back against the Loneliness Epidemic – Scientific American
• Filtration Efficiency of Hospital Face Mask Alternatives Available for Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Infectious Diseases | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network
  Question: How effective are the aerosol filtration efficiencies for fitted face mask alternatives used during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic? Findings: In this quality-improvement study of 29 fitted face mask alternatives, expired N95 respirators with intact elastic bands and masks that had been subjected to ethylene oxide and hydrogen peroxide sterilization had unchanged fitted filtration efficiencies ...
• First Covid-19 ART kit developed and made in S’pore approved for sale | The Straits Times
  SINGAPORE – The first antigen rapid test (ART) kits for Covid-19 to be developed and manufactured in Singapore have been approved for retail sale by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) under the Pandemic Special Access Route.Local diagnostics and reagents company Cellbae, which developed the self-test kit, said it decided to establish research and manufacturing in ...
• Fitted Filtration Efficiency of Double Masking During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Otolaryngology | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network
  Although adding a procedure mask (mean ), the overall performance was no different than wearing the procedure mask by itself. In contrast, wearing a procedure mask under the cloth face covering produced marked improvements ...
• Flying Has Become Hell for Passengers with Wheelchairs
  For millions of wheelchair users, flying on an airplane means undergoing a series of indignities, and sometimes even dealing with a broken chair upon arrival. VICE News rides along with one traveler to see the nightmare firsthand.
• Found! PM2.5 Replacement Filter Activated Carbon Adhesive Tape Backing Adult Child | eBay
  Finally found some mask filters with adhesive backing! I’m still trying to find some locally accessible to me, but those of you in the States can get these already. Each filter has a 4-point adhesive to attach to your mask (mask is not included). Source: PM2.5 Replacement Filter Activated Carbon Adhesive Tape Backing Adult Child | eBay
• Guinea declares new Ebola outbreak
  Guinea declared a new Ebola outbreak on Sunday, as tests came back positive for the virus after at least three people died and four fell ill in the southeast – the first resurgence of the disease there since the world’s worst outbreak in 2013-2016. The seven patients fell ill with diarrhoea, vomiting and bleeding after ...
• Half of Virginia high school out sick due to flu-like symptoms
  About 1,000 students at a Virginia high school were out sick last week with flu-like symptoms after the school’s homecoming event may have turned into a superspreader, officials and students said.Nearly half of the student body of Stafford High School in Fredericksburg, Virginia, had symptoms and were absent from school on Oct. 21, a spokesperson ...
• Hello world!
    Welcome to AltPPE.net! This site is here to feature links and information on personal protective equipment for people with special needs and styles. Viruses are not political, but politics can certainly lead to problems. We all know about the struggle between maskers and anti maskers. Well, the whole reason that debate exists at all is because, ...
• Here’s How to Find Your Childhood Vaccination Records | SELF
  If you’ve recently texted your mom to ask her about which vaccines you got as a kid, well, you’re definitely not the only one. We’ve all heard our share of vaccine news lately, the most recent being tied to a case of polio in an unvaccinated person in Rockland County, New York. Coupled with the ...
• Here’s how to spot ‘dangerous’ health misinformation online, according to a doctor
  Medical information comes at you in so many different forms online. Source: Here’s how to spot ‘dangerous’ health misinformation online, according to a doctor
• Homophobic misinformation is making it harder to contain the spread of monkeypox | MIT Technology Review
  There have been 2,093 confirmed cases of the virus reported worldwide as of June 17. So far cases have mainly been identified among men who have sex with men, according to the World Health Organization. Its director in Europe, which is the epicenter of the current outbreak, sounded the alarm this week, warning that the ...
• Hospital-acquired pneumonia is killing patients. There’s a simple way to stop it.
  Four years ago, when Karen Giuliano went to a Boston hospital for hip replacement surgery, she was given a pale-pink bucket of toiletries issued to patients in many hospitals. Inside were tissues, bar soap, deodorant, toothpaste, and, without a doubt, the worst toothbrush she’d ever seen.“I couldn’t believe it. I got a toothbrush with no ...
• Hospital and Veterinary Safe Mask Alternative From the University of Florida College of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology 
  This mask consists of two layers of HALYARD H600 medical fabric. The blue side is the right side and will face out. The mask has passed the Respirator Fit Test. Please note that the masks will be sterilized after they are returned to the hospital. Source: Mask Alternative » Department of Anesthesiology » College of Medicine ...
• How cancer cells move and metastasize is influenced by the fluids surrounding them – understanding how tumors migrate can help stop their spread
  Counterintuitively, cells move faster in thicker fluids. New research on breast cancer cells explains why, and reveals the role that fluid viscosity plays in metastasis. Source: How cancer cells move and metastasize is influenced by the fluids surrounding them – understanding how tumors migrate can help stop their spread How cancer cells move and metastasize is influenced ...
• How Clean Is the Air on Planes? | Condé Nast Traveler
  It’s that time of year again, when travel—or any indoor activity, really—comes with concerns of catching the flu. The combination of the annual surge of influenza activity with still-lingering COVID strains is enough to make even savvy travelers worried about stepping into a crowded airport or boarding a plane.One of the paramount issues is determining ...
• How NOT to Wear a Mask – The Times in Plain English
  A very good article in plain English about how NOT to wear a mask. Source: How NOT to Wear a Mask | The Times in Plain English
• How to Buy Medicines Safely From an Online Pharmacy | FDA
  Many unsafe online pharmacies use fake “storefronts” to mimic licensed pharmacies or to make you think their medicines come from countries with high safety standards. But the medicines they sell could have been made anywhere, with little care or concern for safety and effectiveness. Also, these drugs could be fake, expired or otherwise unsafe for ...
• Video: How to make a mask with a clear window that allows you to see a smile!
  Instructions for how to make a lip reading mask in video and text. There is a downloadable pattern and further instructions in the description. #ssolsmilemasks #altppe #adaptiveppe #diyppe
• How to Stop Your Glasses From Fogging While Wearing a Mask With an Easy Sewing Adjustment
  There have been many “hacks” and tricks for preventing glasses from fogging, but the only way I’ve found that really works is sewing or taping in a flap. Here are the sewing instructions. If you want to do this for a disposable mask, just use some tape and a sturdy paper towel to do the ...
• I Asked Google Episode 1: Mold
  I asked Google for some information about mold, and learned something else new.
• I Had Covid-19 in 2022 | My Experience – YouTube
  After over two years of being careful, I finally got covid.
• ‘I hope you die’: how the COVID pandemic unleashed attacks on scientists
  Infectious-diseases physician Krutika Kuppalli had been in her new job for barely a week in September 2020, when someone phoned her at home and threatened to kill her.Kuppalli, who had just moved from California to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, had been dealing with online abuse for months after she’d given high-profile ...
• “I Think I’m Going to Die”: Guy With Monkeypox Shares His Terrifying Symptoms With The World
  TW: Skin lesions An individual from London who was diagnosed with monkeypox and sent to a hospital for many days has described his terrifying symptoms, which led him to believe he was going to pass away.A charity worker named Harun Tulunay, whom is 35 years old, was cooped up in a hospital room all by himself ...
• If I get COVID on vacation, what should I do and when can I go home? : Goats and Soda : NPR
  So you’ve joined the millions of travelers who are taking off this summer, headed for vacations, weddings, family reunions, conferences. And you flew to your destination.You arrive, you’re having a great time. Then you feel a little off. Your throat is scratchy. Maybe you start coughing. Or your head feels as if it is about ...
• Incoming College Freshmen Face a Disorienting Orientation | Digital Trends
  Addison Cross is a college freshman at Texas A&M who’s learning the ropes as she navigates her first year at school. Source: Incoming College Freshmen Face a Disorienting Orientation | Digital Trends
• Israeli mask maker Sonovia expects 99% coronavirus success after lab test – The Jerusalem Post
  New fabric technology may help to make a new generation of face masks that are more comfortable yet more effective. Sonovia’s reusable anti-viral masks are coated in zinc oxide nano-particles that destroy bacteria, fungi and viruses, which it says can help stop the spread of the coronavirus. Source: Israeli mask maker Sonovia expects 99% coronavirus success after ...
• It’s Time to Wear a Mask Again, Health Experts Say
  Masks are back, and, this time, they’re not just for COVID-19. A “tripledemic” of the coronavirus, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, sweeping through the United States has prompted several cities and counties, including New York City and Los Angeles County, to encourage people to wear a mask in indoor public spaces once ...
• Keeping COVID-19 and influenza at bay this autumn/winter. Prepare, prevent, protect
  WHO/Europe is launching the campaign “Keeping COVID-19 and influenza at bay this autumn/winter. Prepare, prevent, protect” to raise awareness about the pressing need for vulnerable populations to protect themselves from serious illness or death by getting vaccinated against both influenza and COVID-19.  The campaign calls on countries in the WHO European Region to relaunch mitigation ...
• Kentucky officials fear measles outbreak after ‘spiritual revival’ – Alternet.org
  Kentucky health officials have warned people who attended a large “spiritual revival” to be on the lookout for any measles symptoms after an unvaccinated participant came down with the disease.Measles are re-emerging as a concerning health issue as anti-vaxxers have spread their message to cover other vaccines. Some religious groups also preach against vaccines. Measles ...
• Local health officials report first probable monkeypox case in Riverside County
  Riverside County public health officials reported Wednesday the first probable case of monkeypox in the county.An eastern Riverside County man, who is under the age of 60, was seen in an outpatient setting and did not require hospitalization. Tests conducted on tissue samples from the man showed a preliminary positive for an orthopoxvirus, and additional ...
• Lower empathy partially explains why political conservatism is associated with riskier pandemic lifestyles
  New research helps to explain the association between political conservatism and riskier pandemic lifestyles. According to new research published in Discover Social Science and Health, political conservatives tend to be less empathetic, hold more authoritarian beliefs, and feel less threatened by the pandemic, which in turn is associated with reduced adherence to COVID-19 health recommendations. “Although ...
• Mainland Chinese head to Hong Kong for mRNA COVID vaccines
  Scores of mainland Chinese travellers are rushing to Hong Kong to receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which are not available on the Chinese mainland, as the country grapples with a torrent of infections which have overwhelmed its health system. Source: Mainland Chinese head to Hong Kong for mRNA COVID vaccines
• Many minorities still don’t participate in clinical trials, but changing the narrative can save lives
  For the Black community, the clinical trials are reminders of the often negative intersection of ethics, race, and medicine that has led to distrust. It is rooted in a history of exploitation of, and experimentation on, African-Americans that ranges from the Tuskegee Syphilis Study to a 19th-century doctor experimenting with gynecological treatments on enslaved women ...
• Masks block 99.9% of large Covid-linked droplets: Study, Europe News
  Europe News -Large respiratory droplets are thought to be the main driver of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.. Read more at straitstimes.com. Source: Masks block 99.9% of large Covid-linked droplets: Study, Europe News
• Masks have stopped disease spread for centuries. Here’s why they may catch on in the U.S.
  More than a year into a pandemic that has sickened tens of millions of people in the United States and killed more than 500,000, most people are eager to reclaim some semblance of their former lives. About half of the country has received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccines authorized for emergency use by ...
• Matthew Cortland Hosts Twitter Space: Is it safe to ____?
  Disability activist and inspiration for this site and the term adaptive PPE, Matthew Cortland is hosting a Twitter space to help people learn how to manage air quality in indoor spaces and generally protect themselves as the pandemic continues. Join the conversation!
• Missoula man with disability adapts N95 masks to work with wheelchair | Coronavirus | bozemandailychronicle.com
  Tyler Stosich’s wheelchair is controlled by a straw. Normally, he doesn’t think twice about it. But COVID-19 turned normal on its head, so Stosich decided to innovate. Source: Missoula man with disability adapts N95 masks to work with wheelchair | Coronavirus | bozemandailychronicle.com
• Mobile Ticket – Virtual Queue Management
  Empower your customers by allowing them to queue virtually using their phone, eliminating the pain of waiting in line Source: Mobile Ticket – Virtual Queue Management
• Moderna says its COVID vaccine will remain free for all consumers, even those uninsured
  Moderna has announced it will provide its COVID vaccine for free to people without insurance, even after government money dries up. Source: Moderna says its COVID vaccine will remain free for all consumers, even those uninsured
• Moringa, an Isothiocyanate-rich Seed Could Prevent or Reduce Blood Sugar Spikes After Covid Vaccination
  If you are diabetic and noticing your blood sugar has been spiking more often during these stressful times, or will be getting vaccinated soon, try to find some mature moringa seeds. The mature seeds work better for reducing blood sugar than the younger ones or other parts of the plant in an emergency situation ...
• My work investigating the links between viruses and Alzheimer’s disease was dismissed for years – but now the evidence is building
  Ruth Itzhaki has spent more than 30 years researching whether certain common viruses play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s. But for years her research was greeted with hostility. Source: My work investigating the links between viruses and Alzheimer’s disease was dismissed for years – but now the evidence is building
• National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity to meet | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) will convene virtually on January 27, 2023, to discuss the draft report of the NSABB Working Groups to Review and Evaluate the U.S. Government Potential Pandemic Pathogen Care and Oversight (PC3O) and Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) Policies. The draft report will be posted on the ...
• Network for Community-Engaged Primary Care Research | Community Engagement Alliance
  Network for Community-Engaged Primary Care Research (NCPCR) supports the CEAL mission by leveraging community-engaged research in primary care settings to address health inequities. The trusted voices of health care providers are enabled as they engage patients within their communities. In this role, primary care providers actively address misinformation and disinformation related to prevention and treatment ...
• Nevada man’s COVID-19 reinfection, the first in the US, is ‘yellow caution light’ about risk of coronavirus
  A 25-year-old Nevada man is the first American confirmed to have been infected twice with COVID-19. He was sicker the second time. Source: Nevada man’s COVID-19 reinfection, the first in the US, is ‘yellow caution light’ about risk of coronavirus
• New figures reveal shocking impact of long COVID on Australian economy | 7NEWS – YouTube
  The days of lockdowns might be gone, but new figures show the shocking impact long COVID is having on the Australian economy.
• New HHS Report: COVID-19 Vaccinations in 2021 Linked to More than 650,000 Fewer COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Over 300,000 Fewer Deaths Among Medicare Beneficiaries, Underscoring Importance of Getting Updated COVID-19 Vaccines This Fall | HHS.gov
  “This report reaffirms what we have said all along: COVID-19 vaccines save lives and prevent hospitalizations,” said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. “We now have updated COVID vaccines designed to protect you against the Omicron strain of COVID that makes up almost all COVID cases in the U.S. The Biden-Harris Administration has ensured that updated vaccines ...
• New Research: COVID-19 Vaccines Saved 20 Million Lives Worldwide in the First Year
  COVID-19 vaccines reduced the potential global death toll during the pandemic by more than half in the year following their implementation, according to estimates from a mathematical modeling study published on June 23, 2022, in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.19.8 million out of a potential 31.4 million COVID-19 deaths were prevented worldwide in the first year ...
• Newly Disabled by Covid? Please Take This Advice From Long Term Disabled Advocates.
  https://twitter.com/Imani_Barbarin/status/1565460365726687234?s=20&t=dUjXxr0MnjVTNaZE9Pfm-Q   We’re happy for the fresh voices in this struggle, but you have to be aware of just what the struggle is. Once you become disabled, non disabled people having been informed by societal ableism, don’t take you as seriously as they should. Also, if you are in the process of recovery and advocating for recovery ...
• NIH-funded study shows sound sleep supports immune function | NHLBI, NIH
  Getting a consistent good night’s sleep supports normal production and programming of hematopoietic stem cells, a building block of the body’s innate immune system, according to a small National Institutes of Health-supported study in humans and mice. Sleep has long been linked to immune function, but researchers discovered that getting enough of it influenced the ...
• No COVID-19 restrictions for hundreds of thousands in New York’s Times Square for New Year’s
  In New York City, New Year’s Eve celebrations and crowds are returning after two years of scaled-back festivities. But the threat from COVID-19 is not gone.
• NOT-AI-23-031: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Advancing Research Needed to Develop a Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) Vaccine
  Coccidioidomycosis, more commonly known as Valley fever, is a fungal infection of increasing public health concern in the United States. Clinical manifestations range from mild flu-like disease to severe disseminated infection that can require life-long therapy. Valley fever is most common to the arid regions of the southwestern United States, Mexico and Central and South ...
• Now you can order a third round of free test kits from COVIDTests.gov – The Verge
  The US Postal Service has updated its free at-home COVID-19 test webpage, indicating that citizens can now place an order for a third round of government-provided rapid tests (h / t Alexander Tin and DrAltGov on Twitter). Compared to previous rounds, you’ll be sent double the number of tests — eight instead of four. Source: Now ...
• One Ladybug’s Surprise Appearance During A 59-Year-Old Man’s Colonoscopy | IFLScience
  When venturing into the human colon, there are a few things gastroenterologists might expect to see. A tumor, scarring, ulcers, and a little bit of poop are all commonplace, but sometimes investigations into the bowel reveal more surprising inhabitants. A clinical team, who published their findings in the ACG Case Reports Journal in 2019, could ...
• Over Gov. Ron DeSantis’ objections, Florida school districts are imposing mask mandates
  Over Gov. Ron DeSantis’ objections, Florida school districts are imposing mask mandates Source: Over Gov. Ron DeSantis’ objections, Florida school districts are imposing mask mandates
• Pandemic Fatigue Could Cause Problems For Public Health (In The Loop) – YouTube
  As most people get tired of dealing with the pandemic, experts worry Congress will too, which could affect vaccines, tests and other policies.    
• Pandemic politics: People in Republican counties were more likely to die from COVID-19, new analysis shows
  “Voting behaviors at the county level are likely to represent the compliance or lack of compliance with mask mandates, vaccine uptake and use of other protective policies to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic,” said senior author Dylan Roby, associate professor of health, society and behavior in the UC Irvine Program in Public Health. Source: Pandemic ...
• Pandemic Preparedness
  Pandemics are a part of life since the dawn of civilization. It’s just part of the reality of humans living in close quarters. Whenever the first announcements of a pandemic hit the news, people panic and rush to the grocery stores. This ends up causing unnecessary chaos and shortages. There was no panic in ...
• Parents knowingly sent kids with coronavirus to school, Wisconsin officials say
  “A handful of irresponsible parents could be responsible for closing down entire school districts,” the Washington-Ozaukee public health director said. Source: Parents knowingly sent kids with coronavirus to school, Wisconsin officials say
• People living with long COVID explain how the disease changed their lives
  The specter of long COVID, with its mysterious cause, no obvious cure and an unknown duration, haunts millions and millions of people. In this report, we hear from some of those who are suffering with it and Wiliam Brangham speaks with Dr. David Putrino of Mount Sinai Health in New York about the varied symptoms ...
• Pluralistic: 07 Jun 2022 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
  Cults and cons have a lot in common, of course. Take “health care sharing ministries.” These are fake health insurance programs run by evangelical cults, like Jericho Share (formerly “House of Prayer and Life Inc”), which is advertised heavily to people searching for health insurance, even though it is definitely not health insurance.Writing for Kaiser ...
• Polio cases in Africa linked to new oral vaccine | Science | AAAS
  Last week, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reported seven children, six in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and one in neighboring Burundi, had recently been paralyzed by poliovirus strains derived from a vaccine meant to prevent the disease. Unfortunately, such cases are so common—786 were reported last year in Africa, Yemen, and elsewhere—that ...
• Polio: New York governor declares state disaster emergency amid circulating poliovirus evidence, samples found in 5 counties – CNN
  CNN)New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency amid evidence of circulating poliovirus, a move that will increase the availability of resources including expanding the network of polio vaccine administrators, state health officials said.Sequence analysis of wastewater surveillance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found poliovirus samples in Nassau County, bringing ...
• Political ideology linked with COVID health outcomes | News | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  Boston, MA – The higher the exposure to political conservatism, the higher the COVID-19 mortality rates and stress on hospital intensive care unit (ICU) capacity, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Source: Political ideology linked with COVID health outcomes | News | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• PPE and Pandemic Aware Fashion Guide for Merchants and Crafters
  Every crafter with a sewing machine or good hands should already be aware of the need for reusable gear for medical professionals. While you’re at it though, you may be able to fund your projects or supplement your income by being aware that masks are here to stay. Those who have gotten ill ...
• Preparing for the Twindemic: Flurona Season
  Find out what everyone needs and get those needs met. Old people and others in high risk categories especially need help right now, getting groceries and things they need without having to put themselves in more danger than necessary. Until there is an available vaccine, they will need people to deliver food and pick ...
• Quack who sold sham COVID “immunization pellets” gets nearly 3 years in prison | Ars Technica
  California naturopath and homeopath Juli Mazi will spend 33 months in federal prison for falsifying federal COVID-19 vaccination cards and selling pellets she falsely claimed would offer lifetime protection from COVID.   Further ReadingFeds arrest CA homeopath for selling COVID pellets, fake CDC vaccine cardsIt was a scheme that netted her thousands of dollars in the early ...
• Requiring Masks Early In the Covid-19 Pandemic Would Have Prevented Many Deaths – ScienceDirect
  Our main counterfactual experiments suggest that nationally mandating face masks for employees early in the pandemic could have reduced the weekly growth rate of cases and deaths by more than 10 percentage points in late April and could have led to as much as 19 to 47 percent less deaths nationally by the end of ...
• Reserving coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines for global access: cross sectional analysis | The BMJ
  This study provides an overview of how high income countries have secured future supplies of covid-19 vaccines but that access for the rest of the world is uncertain. Governments and manufacturers might provide much needed assurances for equitable allocation of covid-19 vaccines through greater transparency and accountability over these arrangements. Source: Reserving coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines ...
• Rest in Power, Caress
  On January 25, 2021, Covid-19 took my cousin Caress. She was only 34 years old. I didn’t get to see her much since for the past 22 years, I’ve been in Israel, but I still remember her as a kind hearted little girl. She grew up to be a kind hearted woman despite enduring a ...
• Reusable Silicone Face Mask with 30 Filters Face Mask Face | Etsy
  REUSABLE SILICONE MASK Anti : DUST ; BACTERIA ; VIRUS ; SMOG ; PM2.5 Can be sterilized by boiling water Food Grade FDA standard silicone material with High Temperature Resistance -40C to +230C flexible Material closely fit to different size of face. Source: Reusable Silicone Face Mask with 30 Filters Face Mask Face | Etsy
• Rising Risks with COVID Reinfection | Harvard Magazine
  The risk of hospitalization, organ damage, and death rises markedly with repeat COVID-19 infection. Assistant professor of medicine Amy Barczak shared a Nature study that used data from the Veteran’s Administration to assess the cumulative risk of post-infection effects in people with one, two, and three or more SARS-CoV-2 infections, as compared to noninfected controls. The data ...
• RSV: Scary season for parents of young children | Pediatric research
  We knew this day would come. School is back in session, there’s a chill in the air and everywhere you go you hear the sounds of the season: sniffling, sneezing and coughing.After two years of a global pandemic of a respiratory virus, these sounds might feel extra spooky. If you’re a parent of a newborn, ...
• Running Essential Errands | CDC
  CDC provides credible COVID-19 health information on how to stay safe while grocery shopping, getting gas, or running other essential errands. Source: Running Essential Errands | CDC
• Santa gave 75 people coronavirus in care home superspreading incident – Wales Online
  The volunteer who visited the home fell ill three days after the visit Source: Santa gave 75 people coronavirus in care home superspreading incident – Wales Online Santas, please be careful. Wear a mask and keep the proper distance. There are fun ways to do things safely.
• Science Discussion Series: We’re epidemiologists, medical doctors, virologists, disease modelers, lab scientists, geneticists, and other public health experts from Johns Hopkins University. We’re here to talk about all things SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Ask us anything! : science
  Science Discussion Series: We’re epidemiologists, medical doctors, virologists, disease modelers, lab scientists, geneticists, and other public health experts from Johns Hopkins University. We’re here to talk about all things SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Ask us anything! : science
• Seoul donates next-gen Covid jabs
  The Republic of Korea has donated over 500,000 doses of the bivalent Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Thailand to mark the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.The donation means that for the first time since vaccine rollouts began, Thailand has access to the updated Covid-19 vaccine, which targets both the original variant of ...
• Sharing Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Between People and Pets… Is There a Concern? | Worms & Germs Blog
  An abstract in the upcoming European Conference on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) has gotten a fair bit of press and led to a lot of questions because of some sensational headlines. I’ll hopefully be able to check out all the details at ECCMID (I’ll be there for the Global Leaders Group on AMR ...
• Should covid-19 vaccines and drugs be “not for profit”? | The BMJ
  Yes—Mohga Kamal-Yanni Inequality in access to medicines and vaccines has been prevalent in developing countries for decades. The HIV epidemic of the 1980s revealed massive faults in the global system of biomedical research—primarily a reliance on market incentives to dictate research and development (R&D) of pharmaceuticals through intellectual property rights. Millions of people died of AIDS, ...
• Since COVID, more young people are dying of heart attacks. Here’s what we know
  When Demi Washington, a basketball player at Vanderbilt University came down with COVID-19 in late 2020, her symptoms were mild, just a runny nose. But to ensure her safe return to the court, the school required her to undergo an MRI.The results brought Washington to tears.Following the infection, the now college senior had developed myocarditis ...
• Smokers who switch to vaping may take up healthier routines, new UW study shows | The Seattle Times – With Commentary by K. Sis. Lasher
  Rick Kosterman, a UW researcher, would never say that vaping is good.But a new University of Washington study shows smokers who switch to e-cigarettes may have more opportunities for healthier choices. That doesn’t mean vaping is healthful, researchers said, but for people who already smoke (and aren’t able to quit) it can be associated with ...
• Some lab techs refuse to take blood from possible monkeypox patients, raising concerns about stigma and testing delays – CNN
  (CNN)Many technicians at Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics, two of the largest commercial labs in the US, have been refusing to draw blood from patients who might have monkeypox, CNN has learned.Labcorp and Quest don’t dispute that in many cases, their phlebotomists are not taking blood from possible monkeypox patients. What remains unclear, after company statements ...
• Statement on Omicron Subvariants | COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines
  Last Updated: November 10, 2022: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported a rapid increase in the circulation of certain SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants in the United States that are likely to be resistant to currently used anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs).1 The subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are likely to be resistant to bebtelovimab,2 and ...
• Style-conscious Africans turn compulsory masks into fashion accessories – Hindustan Times
  Nigerian fashion designer Sefiya Diejomaoh likes to wear bright, bold clothes to match her personality. She believes a global pandemic should not get in the way of her sense of style. Source: Fashion in the times of Covid-19: Style-conscious Africans turn compulsory masks into fashion accessories – fashion and trends – Hindustan Times
• Teachers DIY safety equipment for school year in the middle of coronavirus pandemic – ABC News
  One teacher in Texas built a hands-free hand sanitizing station. Source: Teachers DIY safety equipment for school year in the middle of coronavirus pandemic – ABC News
• Tensions rise over masks as virus grips smaller US cities
  “MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the deadly coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities that once seemed safely removed from the outbreak.” Source: Tensions rise over masks as virus grips smaller US cities
• The African roots of inoculation in America
  Onesimus was an African man who was instrumental in the mitigation of the impact of a smallpox outbreak in Boston, Massachusetts. Don’t listen to the “white” supremacists and their agents. Vaccination is natural African medicine.    
• The Basics: How to Survive Pandemics (Or Increase Your Chances Anyway)
    Here are the raw basic rules for surviving a pandemic. I will expand on these more in future articles. If possible, be prepared before it starts. Pandemics will happen every few years. Even if the government or medical establishment decides to cover it up, you know there is one when more than maybe three or ...
• The CULT of Superstar Doctors – YouTube
  We have a problematic tendency to elevate scientists or doctors to rockstar status, which can lead to fraud, betrayal, malpractice and death. Explore three stories from the exciting but controversial field of regenerative medicine.
• The Internet Rabbit Hole That May Be a Harbinger of Worldwide Devastation: The Racist Lesbian Emu Saga
  Apparently, the next pandemic may be the “emu flu” or “racist lesbian flu”. It’s one of those things that makes you wonder just how far some people will go for likes. Apparently de facto biological warfare against humanity. https://twitter.com/NeolithicSheep/status/1583443150483656706?s=20&t=sovW6KQBZUZdCfZpqUyJyA    
• The latest antivax false claim: mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 are not vaccines but “medical devices” or “gene therapy” | Science-Based Medicine
  There’s a new antivaccine talking point in town, and it’s just as much disinformation as other antivaccine talking points. It’s the claim that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are not really vaccines but “medical devices,” “gene therapy,” or “experimental biologics” and that they were falsely classified as vaccines in order to bypass safety testing. Here, we discuss ...
• The Most Popular Mask May Also Be the Least Effective, Study Finds
  The 3 layer mask including a layer of surgical mask fabric and masks modified with breathable panty shield were sadly not included in the study, but it’s worth a read. With thousands of brands, styles, materials, and modifications to select from, it’s hard to know which particular masks do the best job of preventing droplets from ...
• The Most Prevalent Illness You’ve Never Heard Of! Severe ME/CFS – YouTube
  People living with severe ME/CFS are often bed-bound and unable to perform everyday tasks without assistance — eating, showering, and even standing are made nearly impossible. Each year on August 8, Severe M.E. Day, we reflect on the tremendous toll this devastating disease takes on individuals suffering from severe ME/CFS symptoms and remember the lives ...
• The Relationship between Physical Activity and Long COVID: A Cross-Sectional Study
  The relationship between Long Covid (LC) symptoms and physical activity (PA) levels are unclear. In this cross-sectional study, we examined this association, and the advice that individuals with LC received on PA. Adults with LC were recruited via social media. The New Zealand physical activity questionnaire short form (NZPAQ-SF) was adapted to capture current and ...
• The risk of seizures and epilepsy is higher after COVID than after the flu – new research
  In a new study, we’ve found that the risk of seizures or epilepsy following a COVID infection is significantly higher than after an influenza infection.We know that COVID is associated with psychiatric and neurological symptoms such as anxiety and difficulty with memory. Many early studies exploring the impact of COVID on the brain, however, ...
• The Self-Driving Car Is a Red Herring
  Ten years ago this fall, Google gave us a glimpse of a new device unlike any it had ever built before—a computer-controlled car.… Source: The Self-Driving Car Is a Red Herring
• The ‘Tripledemic’ Holiday: How to Fly More Safely (Hint: Wear a Mask)
  “CDC recommends properly wearing a high-quality mask or respirator over the nose and mouth in indoor areas of public transportation (such as airplanes, trains, buses, ferries) and transportation hubs (such as airports, stations and seaports),” the CDC says on its website.With the number of people flying tracking close to 2019 levels — the TSA screened ...
• The US has never recorded this many positive flu tests in one week
  And health care systems are getting absolutely crushed … again.   In the week ending November 26, more than 34,000 positive flu tests were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from labs around the US, as shown in the orange line on the chart below. That’s more positive flu tests than have been ...
• These benefits will disappear when Biden ends the Covid national and public health emergencies in May | CNN Politics
  President Joe Biden intends to end the Covid-19 national and public health emergencies on May 11, the White House said Monday. That means that many Americans could have to start paying for Covid-19 testing and treatment after the declarations cease.The White House, in a statement of administration policy announcing opposition to two House Republican measures ...
• This Is Why I Do What I Do – YouTube
  Learning from the past to meet the challenges of the future.
• This May Be the COVID Variant Scientists Are Dreading
  There are also some suggestions that the new subvariants have evolved to target the lungs—unlike Omicron, which usually resulted in a less dangerous infection of the upper respiratory tract.But there’s good news amid the bad. While cases are going up in the U.K., hospitalizations and deaths are increasing more slowly or even declining so far. ...
• Two face masks no better than one at blocking viral spread, Japanese supercomputer shows
  Researchers used the Fugaku supercomputer to model the flow of virus particles from people wearing different types and combinations of masks, according to the study released by research giant Riken and Kobe University on Thursday.A single surgical-type mask, made of non-woven material, had 85 per cent effectiveness in blocking particles when worn tightly around the ...
• U.S. military says no ‘hard data’ showing vaccine mandate hurts recruiting | Reuters
  WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) – The U.S. military has no data to back up claims by top Republicans in Congress that the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is hurting recruiting, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday.”I’ve not seen any hard data that directly links the COVID mandate to an affect on our recruiting,” Austin told ...
• Unearthed genetic sequences from China market may point to animal origin of COVID-19
  French scientist finds previously undisclosed data from Chinese research team. A scientific sleuth in France has identified previously undisclosed genetic data from a food market in Wuhan, China, that she and colleagues say support the theory that coronavirus-infected animals there triggered the COVID-19 pandemic. Several of the researchers presented their findings on Tuesday to the Scientific ...
• United States of Conspiracy S2020 E2 FRONTLINE PBS Trailer
  How trafficking in conspiracy theories went from the fringes of U.S. politics into the White House. Source: United States of Conspiracy | S2020 E2 | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site
• UPDATE: Certain Philips Respironics Ventilators, BiPAP Machines, and CPAP Machines Recalled Due to Potential Health Risks: FDA Safety Communication | FDA
  UPDATE – February 9, 2023: The FDA updated this safety communication to provide updated information about medical device reports (MDRs) that the FDA received from November 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022, and are reportedly associated with the breakdown or suspected breakdown of the polyester-based polyurethane (PE-PUR) foam used in the Philips Respironics ventilators, BiPAP ...
• US still has the worst, most expensive health care of any high-income country | Ars Technica
  Americans spend an exorbitant amount of money on health care and have for years. As a country, the US spends more on health care than any other high-income country in the world—on the basis of both per-person costs and a share of gross domestic product. Yet, you wouldn’t know it from looking at major health ...
• Vaccines.gov – Find COVID‑19 vaccine locations near you
  Use Vaccines.gov to find a location near you, then call or visit their website to make an appointment. Source: Vaccines.gov – Find COVID‑19 vaccine locations near you
• Vaping Does Not Increase Covid-19 Risk or Severity
  A Mayo Clinic study has concluded that vaping (use of electronic cigarettes) does not increase a person’s risk of contracting Covid-19 or the severity of symptoms if contracted. This is not to say that a person should continue vaping during the weeks after diagnosis or while symptomatic. It just means that vaping won’t make you ...
• Video: Bucket hat DIY with a clear face shield plus a free pattern in two sizes
  Video of how to make a bucket hat with a face shield. Closed captions available in the video, and further instructions and pattern links are in the description.
• Video: DIY PPE HEAD WEAR FULL HEAD PROTECTION WEAR
  Video instructions for a full head protection hood. The video has closed captions, and further instructions are available in the description. The channel also has other PPE sewing videos for a variety of options.
• We may have to accept a ‘good enough’ COVID-19 vaccine, at least in 2021
  We will struggle to find a vaccine that works perfectly for people who need it most, despite what the headlines say is coming in 2021. Source: We may have to accept a ‘good enough’ COVID-19 vaccine, at least in 2021
• We Studied One Million Students. This Is What We Learned About Masking.
  RETURNING TO SCHOOL THIS FALL, CHILDREN SHOULD BE VACCINATED IF ELIGIBLE, WEAR MASKS OR PREPARE TO RISK GETTING COVID. Big questions loom over the upcoming back-to-school season: Should children be required to wear masks? Should children go to in-person classes at all? If we send children to school without masks, we increase their risk of ...
• What is Monkeypox? | Neil deGrasse Tyson and Epidemiologist Anne Rimoin Explain… – YouTube
  “What is Monkeypox? On this explainer, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice learn essential information about the history of monkeypox, how it’s spread and how people can prevent themselves from getting it with epidemiologist Dr. Anne Rimoin.”    
• What Is Monkeypox? | SciShow News – YouTube
  While cases of Monkeypox are being found worldwide, the nature of the disease and the science we currently have available keeps concerns from growing.
• What to know about the CDC’s new Covid-19 quarantine guidelines – CNN
  The new guidance says that someone exposed to an individual with Covid-19 no longer needs to quarantine at home, away from others. They can go to work, attend school and be in other settings around people as long as they wear a well-fitting, high-quality mask — ideally an N95 or equivalent. People should mask for ...
• What to Wear Instead of a Face Mask Bracket
  Face mask brackets may reduce your cloth mask’s effectiveness. Here’s what AltPPE.net recommends instead.
• When medical bills lead to debt, financial hardship piles on top of sickness : Shots – Health News : NPR
  The three are among more than 100 million people in America ― including 41% of adults ― beset by a health care system that is systematically pushing patients into debt on a mass scale, an investigation by KHN and NPR shows.The investigation reveals a problem that, despite new attention from the White House and Congress, ...
• White patients’ physical responses to healthcare treatments are influenced by provider race and gender | PNAS
  The healthcare workforce in the United States is becoming increasingly diverse, gradually shifting society away from the historical overrepresentation of White men among physicians. However, given the long-standing underrepresentation of people of color and women in the medical field, patients may still associate the concept of doctors with White men and may be physiologically less ...
• Why RSV, cold, and flu season is off to an early, brutal start – Vox
  It’s not just you or your kids: Cold and flu season is off to a particularly nasty start across the United States.With the country stepping down from the pandemic footing of the past few years, the various viruses that cause coughs, runny noses, and sore throats are now on the rebound. Cases of influenza and ...
• Why You will be Forced to Always Wear Masks in Japan – YouTube
  This year is again a very hot summer in Japan! But if you walk on the streets of Japan, you will see something very surprising. Almost everyone has masks on. It is hot here in Israel too, and I find that on really hot days, wearing a mask with an absorbent liner is more comfortable. The ...
• Winter Is Coming: What To Do If Your Kids Are Being Forced Back To School (Updated for 2021)
  Many people had no choice but to work or be in contact with others outside their home during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in their areas. Many were exposed. Many were infected. Most survived, but many still have lingering health problems as a result of infection. Though many in wealthier countries have been ...
• Women wear less make-up since the pandemic – BBC News
  The use of cosmetics was already declining before 2020, but a survey of 10,000 British women by market research firm Kantar has revealed big changes to post-lockdown beauty routines.Make-up purchases and frequency of wearing products has dropped steeply in the last two years, by almost a third, it suggests. Source: Women wear less make-up since the ...
• Young doctor who died of coronavirus was forced to wear the same mask for ‘weeks and weeks’
  A 28-year-old doctor who died from coronavirus had been forced to wear the same mask for “weeks if not months” while treating patients with the disease, her family has said.. Source: Young doctor who died of coronavirus was forced to wear the same mask for ‘weeks and weeks’
• Your Body’s Disease Defenses | NIH News in Health
  Every day while you eat, sleep, work, and play, battles are being fought throughout your body. You rarely feel it. But bacteria, viruses, and other microbes are constantly invading from the outside world.Your body has a defense system for such invaders. It’s called the immune system. Your immune system is made up of trillions of ...
• Your Mask Needs These Three Layers to Fully Protect You, Study Says
  A new study has added to the mounting evidence that your mask isn’t fully protecting you if it doesn’t have at least three layers of fabric. Source: Your Mask Needs These Three Layers to Fully Protect You, Study Says