New Bat Virus Identified in Thailand
Eco-Health Alliance, the New York-based non-profit that used U.S. government money to fund gain- of-function research on coronaviruses in bats at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), research that has been implicated in the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, recently announced that a new virus has been identified in bats in Thailand.1 2 Dr. Peter […]
Recalls of U.S. Pharmaceutical Products Highest in Decade
Pharmaceutical product recalls in the United States are projected to reach the highest they have been in more than a decade, according to Sedgwick’s Quarterly Recall Index Report.1 Although the number of pharmaceutical product recalls in the U.S. decreased by 20.7 percent from the second quarter to the third quarter in 2023, the pharmaceutical industry […]
CDC Recommends Mask Wearing Despite Evidence They Do Not Work and May Cause Harm
The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH is recommending that Americans wear masks to help protect against respiratory diseases such as RSV, COVID-19, pneumonia and influenza that federal health officials say are on the rise again.1 Dr. Cohen advised: To protect yourself and your family this […]
U.S. Spends the Most on Health Care, Has Worst Health Outcomes
Despite the United States spending twice as much money on health care, the health of Americans is worse than other high income nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to a 2023 report by the Commonwealth Fund.1 In 2021, the U.S. expenditure for health care was $11,912 per person. Germany was […]
Sleep Crisis Affects Mental Health of Students in U.S.
At least 50 percent of middle school students and 75 percent of high school students in the United States are not getting enough hours of sleep on a daily basis, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).1 Commenting on children not getting enough sleep, Oleg Tarkovsky, director of Behavioral Health Services […]
U.S. Maternal Mortality Still Climbing
The maternal mortality rate in the United States is the highest of all developed nations and has been steadily rising since the 1990s. By definition, maternal mortality includes women who die during pregnancy, childbirth, or 42 days after birth during the postpartum period. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has deemed this […]
