Public Health

US Senators are currently in the midst of negotiation and finalizing a $10 billion coronavirus aid bill as they await analysis from the Congressional Budget Office. The package has garnered bipartisan support. The bill is expected to contribute to therapeutics including g vaccinations and will be…

For a while, the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin was thought of as an alternative treatment for COVID-19 despite the fact that it lacked sufficient scientific research to support that claim. A recent double-blind, randomized study that compared more than 1,300 people, infected with coronavirus in…

The Biden administration on Wednesday introduced a plan for the future of the pandemic. The White House’s plan aims to get to a lockdown-free future. Vaccines, treatments, masks, and tests will be used to fight the virus and prepare for potential new variants all while not disrupting normal life.…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends contact tracing in the U.S. states and states that tracing should be focused primarily in high-risk settings. Since the beginning of the pandemic, cities and states have faced challenges detecting the virus and obtaining results…

The latest data from the CDC indicates that drug overdoses has reached another record high of 104,288 people dying in the 12 month period up to September 2021. In September 2015, the death toll was around 52,000. Ways to prevent immediate drug overdose deaths include syringe exchange programs and…

 On Monday, January 31, 2022, following the long-awaited submission of data, Novavax announced Monday that it had formally filed a request for emergency use authorization of its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. If authorized, the Novavax shots could be the first COVID-19…

Pfizer and BioNTech have requested emergency use authorization from the FDA to be able to administer the COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months up to 5 years. The FDA’s vaccine committee is set to meet on February 15 to discuss this submission.  According to Dr. Paul Offit, a member of the…

Spain was one of the first European countries to declare a stay-at-home order and now, almost two years later, Spain is preparing for an alternative approach. The country is currently home to one of Europe’s highest vaccination rates wit simultaneously being the most pandemic-battered economy.…

PCR tests are considered to be the gold standard for detecting coronavirus infections. They are able to detect even the smallest amounts of the coronavirus genetic material in a specimen. Even though this sensitivity can be advantageous for detecting coronavirus after recent exposure, it also means…

PHOTO BY WILDPIXEL /Getty Images

As of January 11, 2022, more than 145,900 people were in hospitals across the US, surpassing the previous peak from January 2021. The number of hospitalization is a record high, pushing the health infrastructure towards emergency staffing and adding great strain on the health care networks. A high…

Starting Saturday, January 15th, all private insurers will have to cover the cost of over-the-counter rapid COVID-19 tests. The new regulation is part of President Biden’s plan to make testing and screening more affordable. An average cost of a rapid test is $12. The policy change means that…

With an increase in food prices, people are looking more to resources in place to help with food insecurity, such as food banks, but these resources are also feeling the burden of increased prices. Even people who rely on food stamps are noticing that their pantries and fridges are empty before the…

In the U.K., students are leading the Night In protest to urge bar and club staff to receive better training to reduce incidents of contaminating drinks and "needle spiking", where someone is injected with drugs without their knowledge. Police reports show that in the past two months, there has…