Coronavirus Vaccine: Why It’s Important to Know What’s in the Placebo
Some researchers conducting clinical trials on a COVID-19 vaccine have not revealed to the public what the placebo contains, but they should. This is because the placebo ingredients influence how effective or harmful the active treatment, with which the placebo is compared, appears. Our new guideline published in PLOS Medicine remedies this problem by providing a […]
Will New COVID Vaccine Make You Transhuman?
Two years ago, in October 2018, Forbes contributor Neil Sahota, a United Nations artificial intelligence adviser and UC Irvine professor, warned that transhumanism is fast approaching—likely faster than you think.1 “In the past few years, there has been considerable discussion around the idea we are slowly merging with our technology, that we are becoming transhuman, […]
Coronavirus Cases Plummet When PCR Tests Are Adjusted
Health experts now say that PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus associated with the illness COVID-19, is too sensitive and needs to be adjusted to rule out people who have insignificant amounts of the virus in their system.1 The test’s threshold is so high that it detects people with the live virus as well as […]
Health Experts Looking Into Effects of Vitamin D in Fight Against COVID-19
We all know it. We all know it too well. Here in Cleveland, we don’t get a ton of sun, which means, for some people, a deficiency in vitamin D… and it’s not just essential for your bones, your teeth and your muscles, it also plays a huge role in a strong and healthy immune […]
Three New Studies Support Vitamin D’s Role in Preventing and Treating COVID-19
Three new studies have reported the positive role of vitamin D in preventing COVID-19 and reducing the severity of illness in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection. Researchers at Boston University conducted a retrospective, observational analysis1 of over 190,000 U.S. patients from 50 states with SARS-CoV-2 results performed mid-March through mid-June, 2020 and who had 25(OH)D […]
Baby Girl Dies in Vietnam Hours After Getting Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine
A 12-month-old baby girl died on Sept. 15, 2020 in Dong Nai, Vietnam hours after receiving a second dose of the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccine at the Hiep Phuoc medical clinic. The child had received a first dose of the vaccine on July 7, 2020.1 2 3 The child became ill shortly after she was […]