Coronavirus Mortality Rate Could Drop
Health experts say the mortality rate of the coronavirus will likely drop as more is learned about the virus and more cases are accounted for. On Tuesday, the World Health Organization’s director general said, globally, about 3.4 percent of reported COVID-19 cases have died. By comparison, seasonal flu generally kills far fewer than one percent […]
Children in Local County Getting Cancer, Rare Sicknesses
In Highland County, dozens of children have gotten cancer and other rare and deadly diseases. The health commissioner says he hasn’t found a spike in cases but people who live there, they disagree. … In Hillsborough in Highland County, children are getting cancer and rare diseases. We’re from a small town and this can’t be […]
Vaccine Compensation Program Repays Those Injured By Shots
His story starts in the same place it almost ended, a hospital where doctors treated him for pneumonia in 2014. When I was being discharged, the nurse said, oh, hey, by the way, you need a flu shot. He says that flu shot nearly killed him, causing Guillain-Barré Syndrome. The pain was just massive. A […]
Police Drag Chinese Family from Home as Part of Coronavirus Containment
Members of a Chinese family in Wuhan, China are physically dragged from their apartment in Wuhan, China by police in hazmat suits and taken to a quarantine camp. In a separate but similar video by TomoNews U.S., a reporter is heard saying, “As new cases [of coronavirus] continue on an upward climb, respect for human […]
What to Do When Vaccines Go Wrong
Every year, millions of people receive vaccines. These vaccinations are designed to keep people healthy. But sometimes things go wrong, and when that happens patients can only seek recourse at what’s known as Vaccine Court—a government program run by the Department of Health that compensates the injured. … If you’ve never heard of Vaccine Court, […]
Mystery SARS-like Virus Spreads Beyond China
Concern is growing over a possible outbreak of a new SARS-like virus. The flu-like mystery illness first reported in China, already spreading to Japan and Thailand. The global community is very familiar with what happened with SARS in the past, and this is something that is on our radar. Now, federal officials south of the […]