When the team infected mice with Candida albicans strains taken from the severely affected Covid patients, they discovered that the mice generated increased fungal antibodies and neutrophils. And when they then treated these infected mice with the common antifungal drug fluconazole, numbers of these fungal-induced neutrophils decreased—as did the quantity of fungal antibodies. This indicated …
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, KFF Health News From spring break parties to Mardi Gras, many people remember the last major “normal” thing they did before the novel coronavirus pandemic dawned, forcing governments worldwide to issue stay-at-home advisories and shutdowns. Even before the first case of COVID-19 was detected in the U.S., fears and uncertainties helped …
Arthur Allen | KFF Health News (TNS) Evangelical minister Eddie Hyatt believes in the healing power of prayer but “also the medical approach.” So on a February evening a week before scheduled prostate surgery, he had his sore throat checked out at an emergency room near his home in Grapevine, Texas. A doctor confirmed that …
Arthur Allen | KFF Health News (TNS) Evangelical minister Eddie Hyatt believes in the healing power of prayer but “also the medical approach.” So on a February evening a week before scheduled prostate surgery, he had his sore throat checked out at an emergency room near his home in Grapevine, Texas. A doctor confirmed that …
15 years worth of Aaron Rodgers photos in 2 minutes Check out 267 Aaron Rodgers photos in 127 seconds as photographed by Journal Sentinel photojournalist Mike De Sisti since 2008. Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MADISON – Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has approached former Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers about …
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, according to a newly published case study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The case is just one person, of …
Sen. Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, discussed his recently released book at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley on Tuesday, February 20. In his book “Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up,” released in October and published by Regnery Publishing, Paul slammed Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious …
People can test themselves about as accurately at home with rapid antigen coronavirus tests as health care professionals using the same tests, according to a Johns Hopkins Medicine-led study published online this week. In the study, which involved nearly 1,000 patients seen at the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital during a five-month period in 2022, …
By Melissa Goldin | Associated Press The budding love story featuring music superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce took an unexpected turn into the world of political conspiracy theories this week after the team advanced to the Super Bowl. Myriad baseless rumors emerged on social media — everything from claims …
Amid widespread COVID-19 cases from a rapidly spreading subvariant of the virus, California health officials have shortened isolation recommendations for those who test positive if the infected person is fever-free. The California Department of Public Health says the new guidance — shortening the isolation period from five days to one — aligns COVID-19 recommendations with …