4. The Politics of Health

One injection of a long-lasting drug showed up to 76% efficacy in a large trial

A federal panel filled with vaccine skeptics has bewildered public health experts and thrown vaccine makers into turmoil

Sometimes, in the quiet moments between crafting social media posts about vaccines or preparing talks on health misinformation, I entertain a troubling thought experiment. Inevitably, at least a few…

Breaking down several clips from Bernie Sanders' latest appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast. I think even Bernie was surprised by how clueless Rogan has become...

The Trump administration is intensifying its campaign against vaccinations, with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrawing U.S. funding for the world’s preeminent international vaccine organization. The group — known as Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance — is the world’s largest funder of life-saving vaccinations and says it has helped vaccinate more than 1.1 billion children in 78 lower-income countries, preventing nearly 19 million future deaths. Kennedy also recently stacked an important vaccine advisory panel with unqualified appointees, many of them holding anti-vaccine views. “Anti-vaccine activists have been shouting from the sidelines for decades. Now they’re making policy,” says Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

US health secretary says US will decline to renew funding for Gavi, a partnership that works to provide vaccines for poorest countries

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Patients hospitalized with COVID-linked acute kidney injury are more likely to survive if they are vaccinated than if they are not, a recent study suggests.

What can we do for ourselves during this extraordinary period to reduce our own and our family's risk of contracting the new coronavirus? How can you protect yourself? The transmission pattern of the new coronavirus is very similar to that of influenza and the common cold, mainly through droplet transmission and contact transmission. It can be transmitted through droplets such as from sneezing and coughing, or through direct contact with the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose, eyes, etc., or through contact with patients and items contaminated with viruses. Here are a few things everyone can do to reduce the spread of the virus: Wash hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing, sneezing, taking care of patients, before and after eating, and after going to the bathroom for at least 20 seconds; Avoid touching eyes, nasal cavity and

Once a suspect COVID treatment, now a cure for everything

Jess Steier, DrPH, David Higgins, MD, MPH, Elisabeth Marnik, PhD, Aimee Pugh Bernard, PhD, Dr. Christina Madison, and Annicka Evans On Monday, RFK Jr announced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that he…

The Trump administration has reportedly given the personal data of millions of Medicaid enrollees to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as part of President Trump’s sweeping deportation agenda. Officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) handed over a dataset on Medicaid enrollees in California, Illinois, Washington state and Washington, D.C., according…

Every time I post about vaccine science, the responses are swift and predictable: “Where was the evidence for the lockdowns and the masks?” The question carries the weight of genuine frustration. For…

Although the Nordic countries experienced relatively low pandemic excess mortality, the impact and timing of excess mortality differed substantially. These estimates-arguably the most accurate available for any region in capturing pandemic-related excess deaths-may inform future research and policy …

Lockdowns were widely adopted worldwide during the COVID 19 pandemic and have been hotly debated ever since. What lessons can be drawn for future pandemics?

Most of the world went into lockdowns in March 2020 response to the Covid-19 pandemic, but what has been the impact in those that didn't impose strict restrictions?

If you live in the United States and feel like everything is caving in around you, like you are being attacked and fleeced from every angle, like you can’t breathe, like you can’t ever seem to catch a break despite doing everything seemingly right, like you are on the verge of a mental-health crisis and/or homelessness, your feelings are justified. We are living in the middle of widespread societal breakdown. We are witnessing the erosion of an empire. We are experiencing the effects of a rotten system (capitalism) coming to its inevitable conclusion. Simply put, the capitalist class and their two political parties have run out of ways to steal from us. Because we have nothing left for them to take. So, the system is responding like a vampire who is unable to find the blood it needs to survive… erratic, rabid, frenzied, and increasingly desperate and violent, while frantically searching for new avenues of exploitation to keep it churning.

A look inside the Department of Health and Human Services document citing vaccine misinformation that could influence congressional perceptions.

Even without a positive COVID test, lasting symptoms can persist for months. A new study challenges assumptions about recovery and urges broader support for COVID-like illnesses.

Jess Steier, DrPH, David Higgins, MD, MPH, Aimee Pugh Bernard, PhD, and Elana Pearl BenJoseph, MD, MPH Disclaimer: This article reflects the state of knowledge and public health guidance when writing…

The new board members selected by Kennedy "don’t have the technical capacity" to make sound decisions, one critic said.

Dr F. Perry Wilson reviews disturbing data about the accumulation of nanoplastics in the human body.