A third of the world’s population remains unvaccinated against COVID-19

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said vaccinating 70% of the population in all countries against COVID-19 is essential to control the outbreak, and priority should be given to health workers, older people, and other high-risk groups. Many middle – and high-income countries have achieved this goal, and there is a decoupling between the number of […]

Two doses of vaccine reduced the risk of COVID-19 sequelae by 41 percent

A study from the United Kingdom showed that people who completed two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were about 41 percent less likely to have long-term sequelae after recovering from COVID-19. That’s according to a paper published February 24 on medRxiv by the chief statisticians in the Department of Health Analysis and Life Events at […]

What you don’t know and what you should know about the oral miracle drug for COVID-19

After more than a year in the spotlight, the “side effects” of the COVID-19 vaccine may have become familiar. In the same way, through the news media, you may also be beginning to learn about the effectiveness of oral COVID-19 wonder drugs and be impressed by them. Now, in the wake of omicron’s massive zero […]

Without the Mask Mandate, Schools would Become Transmission Hotspots

Two years into this pandemic, keeping unproven measures in place is no longer justifiable. Although no district is likely to roll back COVID policies in the middle of the Omicron surge, at the top of the list of policies we should rethink once the wave recedes is mandatory masks for kids at school. Covid restrictions […]

Omicron Could End The Epidemic?

In the third year of the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 350 million people and killed more than 5 million people worldwide, the latest variant, Omicron, has replaced the Delta variant that recently dominated the world. The 1918 influenza pandemic, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of […]

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