April 27, 2024

Massachusetts sees first two cases of deadly West Nile virus

Two Massachusetts residents have contracted the mosquito-born West Nile virus in the state’s first human cases of the year. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced Tuesday, August 29 that one woman in her 70s was exposed to the virus in another area of the country and a man in his 40s was exposed […]

Robert Redfield: ‘Biology of the Virus’ Suggests It Emerged via ‘Accidental Lab Leak’

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testified on Wednesday that his examination of SARS-CoV-2 virus led him to believe that the novel coronavirus emerged via an “accidental lab leak.” Redfield, a medical doctor and virologist, offered his remarks while testifying before the House Select

Hill GOP Presses Agencies Linked to Wuhan Lab Funding, Data on Research for CCP Virus Origins

An aerial view shows the P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, on April 17, 2020. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images) Congress Congressional Republicans are pressing federal officials for documents and data on the origins of the CCP virus—also known as the novel coronavirus—that has reportedly killed more than 600,000 Americans […]

Giroir: ‘I Don’t Think Dr. Fauci Needs to Be Commenting’ on Virus Origins, He’s at Least Perceived as Having a Conflict

During an interview released on Friday’s “Fox News Rundown” podcast, former HHS Assistant Secretary Adm. Brett Giroir said that White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci doesn’t need to be commenting on the origins of COVID-19, and “should be careful in being the public face or the W.H.O. representative on things regarding the origins. Because…

Cotton: If China Keeps Covering Up, It’s ‘Reasonable’ to Conclude Virus Came from Lab

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) argued that if China continues to cover up the origins of COVID-19, “it’s reasonable for the American people to draw the conclusion that China is covering up an accident in those labs.” Cotton said, “I think all of the evidence…

Brazil Accuses Russia of Sending Vaccines Carrying Live Cold Virus

The top regulatory health authority of Brazil banned Sputnik V, a Chinese coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by Russia, on Wednesday citing, among other flaws, that samples it studied contained a live virus that causes respiratory illness. Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) also asserted that Russia’s Gamaleya Institute, which produced the vaccine candidate, did not provide…

CDC Director: Our Data ‘Suggests That Vaccinated People Do Not Carry the Virus’

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky stated that CDC data released earlier in the day “suggests that vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don’t get sick, and that it’s not just in the clinical trials, but it’s also in real-world data.” Walensky said, “I’m so impressed with…

Updates on CCP Virus: White House Says It’s Holding Onto AstraZeneca Shots for Americans

The White House is holding onto some doses of AstraZeneca Plc’s CCP virus vaccine so they can be given to Americans quickly if authorized by the U.S. health regulator, a top administration official announced. AstraZeneca has produced doses of the vaccine in the United States, where it has yet to be approved. In Europe, 10 countries […]

Cuomo Defends Controversial Nursing Home Directive, Blames Staffers, Visitors for Virus Spread

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Monday addressed the mounting criticisms over his administration’s handling of the Chinese coronavirus — particularly the fallout from his state’s controversial March 25 directive and the recent revelation that his administration hid the true fatality figures out of fear of a federal investigation — telling reporters that the illness “did…

Flu Drug Approved in Japan Claims to Stop Virus in 24 Hours

One dose of the medication, called Xofluza, cripples influenza by interfering with an enzyme critical for viral replication. Health authorities in Japan on Friday (February 23) approved a new flu medication, called baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza), that aims to stop the virus within one day, according to The Wall Street Journal. The drug works by blocking […]

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS EXPERT TALKS ABOUT THE ZIKA VIRUS

A 24-year veteran of the U.S. Army and retired Army Chemical Officer, David Jones taught nuclear biological and chemical warfare defense to military personnel all over the world. Being recognized as a weapon of mass destruction expert, six months after 9/11 occurred David was recalled to active duty. He spent the next 22 months in […]

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