Leaked figures from the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) suggest that over half of those hospitalized for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country only tested positive for the disease after admission. The data, which was reported on by The Telegraph, shows that just 44 percent of patients classified as hospitalized with COVID-19 had tested positive at the time of … Continue reading Majority of UK COVID-19 hospitalizations only tested positive AFTER admission
Coronavirus pandemic exacerbates antimicrobial resistance woes as ignorant doctors throw antibiotics at hospitalized patients
A recent study suggests that the approach to treating coronavirus (COVID-19) in hospitals could be exacerbating the global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) problems. If the AMR goes unchecked, the world faces a future in which minor infections could mean death. The study published in the Lancet found that 85 percent of coronavirus (COVID-19) patients admitted to National Health Service (NHS) hospitals during the first wave of … Continue reading Coronavirus pandemic exacerbates antimicrobial resistance woes as ignorant doctors throw antibiotics at hospitalized patients
Sweet salvation: Using sugar for treating wounds
When SHTF, sugar may just save you. While it may often get the flak for its link to diabetes, it has medicinal uses too as a recent study shows that sugar can help treat wounds and ward off infection. The study emerged thanks to an African nurse working in a U.K. hospital. Moses Murandu noticed that conventional drug therapy failed to … Continue reading Sweet salvation: Using sugar for treating wounds
Just a minute of talking can launch over 1,000 coronavirus-carrying droplets in the air, says study
Watch what you say, everyone: A new study suggests that aside from coughing or sneezing, talking can also transmit infectious pathogens like the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) to one another. The research, published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, revealed how talking can launch thousands of droplets that can remain airborne for up to 14 minutes. It’s … Continue reading Just a minute of talking can launch over 1,000 coronavirus-carrying droplets in the air, says study
China’s response to COVID-19 is the latest in string of COVER-UPS and suppression
In China, 82,000 people are now infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus – with over 2,800 deaths and counting as of press time, according to the latest tally in the Natural News website. But that’s not what you’ll see on reports released by the state media. In a report by CGTN, a nationally owned news outfit, Chinese president Xi … Continue reading China’s response to COVID-19 is the latest in string of COVER-UPS and suppression
Pharmaceutical manufacturers contributing to the development and spread of dangerous, multidrug-resistant pathogens
Though antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” are becoming a significant public health threat, most Americans are clueless about the superbug problem and its deadly consequences. As bacteria mutate to outsmart and resist antibiotic drugs, some 700,000 people around the world die from an untreatable bacterial infection each year. Recently, public health officials from Nevada reported on the case of … Continue reading Pharmaceutical manufacturers contributing to the development and spread of dangerous, multidrug-resistant pathogens
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