Disease

An Alzheimer’s drug manufactured by Eli Lilly has shown to slow down the rate that patients lose their ability to think and care for themselves. This was a small clinical trial with 272 patients and has not yet been published or widely reviewed. However, if the findings are true, then this would be…

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic before masks were mandated, researchers in Denmark conducted a study to determine mask effectiveness. They gathered 6,000 participants and recommended some to wear masks and the others to be the control with no masks. The study did not find a strong indication that…

The Alzheimer’s drug, aducanumab, made by Biogen, would have been the first new Alzheimer’s drug in two decades, but a panel from the Food and Drug Administration recently rejected its effectiveness, suggesting that the evidence was not persuasive enough, and did not show enough effectiveness in…

Minks found in Denmark have contracted the coronavirus and transferred a mutated variant back to humans. The Danish government has decided to kill millions of minks as a precaution. The mink is currently the only known animal case to cause this mutation and retransmission. The mutation did not…

Scientists are becoming more aware of the deadly effects of the coronavirus on the vascular system. For serious COVID-19 infections, the virus can alter the endothelial cells which are inside blood vessels. People who died from COVID-19 have more blood clots and damage to the endothelial cells than…

An important advisory committee in the FDA is set to meet Friday. They will discuss an experimental intravenous treatment for Alzheimer's called aducanumab. If the treatment is well received by the committee it may become the first immunotherapy for Alzheimer’s and the first treatment to show that…

Taiwan has gone 200 consecutive days without local transmission of COVID-19. Despite other countries seeing record-high surges in new cases, Taiwans quick and early response proved to be effective in curbing the spread of the virus. By having ongoing mask mandates, early interventions, and intense…

Researchers discovered that many COVID-19 patients develop “autoantibodies” which target human cells instead of virus cells. This could explain why some survivors have lasting problems even after recovering from the virus. It is possible that even a mild response to the virus could induce the…

Setbacks caused by COVID-19 have slowed progress in prevention and treatment of tuberculosis in several countries. For example, tuberculosis case notifications have dropped 25-30% in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The UN Secretary General has issued 10 priority actions to close the gap in…

Recently, physicians like Dr. Gaurab Basu have recognized a growing need to integrate climate change patterns into their discussions with patients and rising physicians. To illustrate, increasing temperatures have extended breeding seasons for mosquitoes that can boost the replication rate of…

Many potential Covid-19 vaccines utilize oil from sharks called squalene. It is taken from shark livers and typically used as a moisturizing ingredient in cosmetics and as an immune system booster in flu and malaria vaccines. Conservationists warn that if the coronavirus vaccine with squalene is…

After quickly revoking publishing advice on airborne COVID transmission on September 21st, the CDC has put forth a revision on Monday to acknowledge that airborne transmission is possible. Aerosols (less than 5 microns) are smaller than respiratory droplets, and can “linger in the air for minutes…

Author: Samira Mosalla Contributor: Jessica Ly History of the Disease Alzheimer’s disease has been recognized for over a century now, and affected 5.6 million Americans over the age of 65 in 20191. It is also ranked the sixth leading cause of death in America2. Alzheimer’s disease is an…

Despite Governor Brian Kemp’s order that bars local governments from implementing their own public health policies, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says she is going to sign an executive order requiring the wearing of face masks in public. The state of Georgia has surpassed 100,000 confirmed…