Healthcare
Study Claiming Hydroxychloroquine Dangerous and Ineffective Is Retracted
A study that was published to great fanfare in the prestigious journal The Lancet about the failings of hydroxychloroquine has now been retracted....
Exodus From Cities — Once Fueled by Economics — Hastened by Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the exodus from big cities, as people have started fleeing densely populated locations for communities with more breathing...
Read moreHydroxychloroquine Misinformation Can Be Deadly: Let Patients Decide
Of the fake news and misinformation that has proliferated in this pandemic, the most harmful is the claim that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a...
Read more100,000 COVID Deaths: Putting the Tragedy in Perspective
All of COVID deaths are tragic and are to be mourned. But from a public policy standpoint, it is imperative to get beyond...
Read moreFauci on Masks, NO; Fauci on Masks, YES. Which Fauci Should We Believe?
One thing about our Dr. Anthony Fauci is that he really does have something for everyone: If you don’t like his position, just...
Read moreChinese Study Finds Asymptomatic COVID-19 Carriers Might Not Readily Spread the Disease
An interesting study on COVID-19 published in the journal Respiratory Medicine suggests that asymptomatic carriers might not spread the disease very effectively after...
Read moreDays After Maskless Beach Selfies, Virginia Governor Northam Issues Decree That All Virginians Wear Masks
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that — as of Friday, May 29 — any Virginian over the age of 10 will be...
Read moreSuicides Outpacing COVID-19 Deaths at California Hospital, Say Doctors
Doctors at a California hospital say suicide is outpacing COVID-19 as a cause of death in their facility, and their county’s shelter-in-place order...
Read moreCDC: COVID-19 Death Rate Far Lower Than Previously Thought
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest best estimate of the death rate for individuals with COVID-19 symptoms is just 0.26...
Read moreFDA Bureaucrat Brags on Blocking Physicians Prescribing Hydroxychloroqine in Early COVID-19
As physicians worldwide were seeing striking success using hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, the FDA erected bureaucratic barriers. ...
Read moreDe Blasio Says Those Who Swim at Beaches Will Be “Taken Right Out of the Water”
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said his city’s beaches will be closed this weekend and if “anyone tries to get in...
Read moreHydroxychloroquine Dr. Zelenko: “We Are at a Pivotal Moment”
The notion that there is no treatment available for COVID-19 is simply not true, as several doctors in the United States and abroad...
Read moreLockdown Weary New Yorkers Flock to Streets to Party; De Blasio Vows Crackdown
Many New Yorkers braved the coronavirus and took to the streets to celebrate over the weekend. But their revelry isn't sitting well with...
Read moreHHS: No Spike in COVID-19 Cases in States That Have Reopened
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said there has been no spike in COVID-19 cases in the states that are reopening parts...
Read moreNew York Changes COVID-19 Methodology to Undercount Nursing-home Deaths
New York quietly changed the way it counts COVID-19 deaths among nursing-home residents in early May, possibly to hide how many were caused...
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