The trucks are rolling, bringing pallets of COVID-19 vaccine to distribution centers. For those in the 1A allocation group, you'll be the first for vaccination. A wave of concern has followed. What precautions should individuals take?
Prison health, for humanitarian reasons and because prisons are breeding grounds for contagious diseases, should be high on the list of distribution for the vaccine even as the incarcerated are seen as the most expendable members of society.
Now that we have a randomized controlled trial (RCT) about masks, will it change what you do? After being rejected by three major journals, an RCT completed by 4,862 participants has been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Most Americans are aware of the predicted second wave of COVID-19 cases. It's the Grinch that is stealing Christmas. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is predicting up to 282,000 deaths by Dec 5, 2020.
Pfizer, with its recent announcement has generated much excitement about the 90 percent effectiveness reported for the COVID-19 vaccine—which is far better than expected. Only three vaccines in 10 years have been more than 50 percent effective.
Are you looking forward to Thanksgiving with your family? Or awaiting Dr. Anthony Fauci's permission? With most traditional events geared to usher in the holiday season cancelled Americans are forced to make decisions on any upcoming family gatherings.
Some say, perhaps in jest, that COVID-19 will vanish on Nov. 4, at least if the correct candidate wins. Each candidate has presented a plan to combat the coronavirus, but what will the election's outcome determine?
Professors from Harvard, Stanford, and Oxford, along with more than 200,000 medical practitioners, scientists, and citizens have signed the Great Barrington Declaration, stating that to continue current COVID-19 policies until a vaccine is developed will "cause irreparable damage."
For those who are old enough, you may remember Grandma telling you to play outside and get fresh air and sunshine. Fresh air dilutes and dries out germs, and the ultraviolet light in sunshine kills them.
Six months into the pandemic, there is hardly a sole on earth who isn't in Coronavirus overload. What's more, we don't know what to believe! This is my attempt to intelligently discuss corona-phobias, facts, fiction, and feelings.
President of Doctors for Disasters Preparedness, Dr. Jane Orient, M.D., remains a strong advocate of the drug hydroxychloroquine in the fight against the Coronavirus, despite the various labels the drug has been given and its mainstream stigma.
Every school year, children catch illnesses at school, and so do teachers and parents. Occasionally an outbreak causes schools to close for a time, say during a flu epidemic that is causing a lot of absenteeism.
Dr. Jane Orient, the President of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness, explains the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is withholding the vital anti-viral drug, Hydroxychloroquine, in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus by blocking the distribution.
As Covid-19 cases surge across the United States citizens are supposed to follow "evidence-based medicine" these days, but there is no firm evidence to support the masking and "social distancing" mandates being imposed throughout the land.
Today, as COVID-19 surges in border states, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) calls on governors to consider the approach used for HIV/AIDS instead of more lockdowns and issued the following statement.
As people begin to emerge from house arrest, there is much fear about a resurgence of cases of COVID-19. People wonder how to protect themselves, and some are going to a lot of trouble to disinfect packages and groceries.
If the country re-opens for business, there will be more cases of COVID-19 reported, and more deaths. And the more tests we do, the more cases we will find. If we remain locked down the expectations are the same.
The Coronavirus has been a cruel enemy, invisible, free to invade unchecked, with a strength any general would admire, unabated by traditional military might, the pandemic handicapped the world's economies and challenged every available medical resource.
Will the FDA Find Courage in the Age of CoViD-19? While on lockdown to maintain our sanity many of us have turned to movies. I beg you not to rent Pandemic, Contagion, or 28 Days Later.
As the coronavirus becomes embedded in our psyche with a new revelation countering previous knowledge each day, knowing a few do's and don't may be just what the doctor ordered to collectively calm nerves and gain insight.
COVID-19 has been, in all probability, active for six months in Wuhan, China, before any global disease investigation team mobilized to confirm the onset of the new coronavirus, which becomes day one for the issuance of interim procedural guidelines.
In today's brave new world, imagine receiving a letter from the school principal about your only child: Your son will not be home tonight, but your daughter will be home in a few days.
With confirmed cases of the Corona-virus worldwide now reaching 90,000, three thousand new cases in two days, and the United States finally seeing confirmed cases and unfortunately deaths, the biblical reference to a worldwide plague, hasn't escaped media.
As the death toll and cases of 2019- nCoV (aka novel coronavirus) infection rises, our curiosity increases as to the epidemic’s when, why, where, and how. Is the new virus naturally occurring, animal to human transmission, a bio-weapon?
Clusters of a dozen or so deaths may get nonstop “if-it-bleeds-it-leads” press coverage. But the lack of preparedness for the really, really big threats may be met with virtual radio silence—until panic breaks out.
A couple of years ago, computer programs, algorithms, and glorified Google searches were touted as the replacements for a physician’s analysis of a patient’s medical condition. Web MD became the physician of choice for many searching for a diagnosis.
The Oath of Hippocrates states physicians have the duty to advise their patients according to the best of their ability and judgment. Physicians usually recommend vaccination, believing that for a particular patient, the benefit exceeds the risk.
In a lawsuit against Aetna for denial of benefits which the patient alleges "almost killed him," Aetna's medical director admitted under oath that he never looked at patients' medical records when deciding whether to approve or deny care.
Those who believe that Americans are far-removed from the threat of Zika are in for a wake-up call. Puerto Rican blood banks have seen a steady rise in the number of Zika-infected blood units collected.
"Fire with Fire," a three minute documentary from DB Productions and GE Froward, a subsidiary of General Electric, presents the findings of a rare cancer treatment, breakthrough, CTL019, decades in the making.
"Calvary" from Fox Searchlight Pictures and Lipsync Productions, presents an intimate portrayal of an Irish priest faced with a personal impasse as a cast of conflicted, tortured and tormented souls pass through his remote parish confessional.
Aldis Hodge, the star of the just released true story of vindicated USC bound footballer Brian Banks, took time out of his packed schedule during the recent media day to sit down with Haute-Lifestyle.com Publisher Janet Walker.
Point Defiance, from Lexicon Entertainment and Room in the Sky Films, presents a psychological thriller that weaves the deep hidden secrets into dark mind games as two brothers try separately to hide from their past.
In our modern age we, an evolved people, know that no person has a perfect body, and even supermodels yes, the bikini models you see in Sports Illustrated and Victoria's Secret, have lines, blemishes and even stretch marks.
Now taking center stage as my favorite “it” footwear is Tosaly’s “Kamaria” heel. Conceived by the “well-heeled” luxury British designer, Toyin Salami, the Kamaria is a tried-and-true statement shoe handmade by master artisans using modern techniques.
President Donald Trump failed devastated Floridians stricken by the full force of Hurricane Michael as shell shocked residents still wait for the officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, food, water and make-shift shelters to arrive.
The recent successful launch of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo 2 manned mission was the second most watched space launch in history after the Apollo Moon Landing July 20, 1969.
I Can Only Imagine, from Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions, presents the heartfelt and uplifting story of a song from up and coming Christian band, Mercy Me, that exploded across all charts making it the most played in history.
Celebrities, family and friends of the late Jerry and Elaine Orbach gathered recently, at The Snapple Theater Center in Manhattan’s Theater District, to honor them with readings from their newly released book, “Remember How I Love You - Love Letters From An Extraordinary Marriage.”
Louis Lefebvre, owner of the Galerie Lefebvre & Fils located in the heart of Paris' curators and collectors of art and design district, created out of his mastery and knowledge, "The Residency" in the rich historic region of Versailles.
President Trump has apparently resigned his inability to control the impeachment hearings and has decided to adopt a business as usual attitude, appearing at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as his impeachment trial begins.
President Trump's Middle East policy successes are by far the most progressive of any previous administration, defeating ISIS, moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, and effectively handling Iran, and must be considered when looking at his overall record.
Since its founding by Griff Williams in 1993, Gallery 16 has remained dedicated to the belief that the brick and mortar gallery is vital to the advocacy and nurturing of working artists, the local community and its creative culture.
When you hear the name of a popular tech brand, you’ll naturally have a gut reaction. Perhaps you love Sony’s game consoles, but can’t stand its headphones. Or maybe you buy Samsung exclusively, whether it’s a smartphone, tablet or refrigerator.
“Butcher Boys” from Greeks Productions, Kitchen Sink Productions and Texas Chain Saw Massacre writer Kim Henkel, brings to the screen a deeply dark, shockingly graphic horror ride into the depth of modern Satanism.
