COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are up because of a summer bump that doctors note started from very low rates. Still, there’s concern about where COVID-19 infections will go due to an expected increase in the fall and winter months … Read More

Methicillin-resistant S. aureus colonizes the skin opens wounds and can interfere with wound healing. Recent studies have shown that ultraviolet light C can kill antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria such as methicillin-resistant S. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12426452/#:~:text=Methicillin%2Dresistant%20S.,such%20as%20methicillin%2Dresistant%20S      

Exploratory clinical trial on the safety and bactericidal effect of 222-nm ultraviolet C irradiation in healthy humans   https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32785216/

Experts are concerned that a new global disease outbreak, possibly worse than Covid-19, might begin any day. The virus that worries them is H5N1, a form of avian influenza, or bird flu. Some researchers have warned that with just a … Read More

  The Marburg University Hospital has expanded its post-Covid outpatient clinic with a post-vac outpatient clinic. It’s about possible vaccine damage. “We have to talk about it calmly,” says the manager. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/corona-impfschaeden-7000-menschen-auf-warteliste-von-post-vac-ambulanz-18796703.html?GEPC=s30

Congress should establish a bipartisan national commission of inquiry into the pandemic’s origins. https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-still-dont-know-the-truth-about-covid-wuhan-lab-virology-pandemic-source-gain-of-function-who-research-accountability-china-congress-11675893326

World’s Oldest Virus May Be Revived In a new paper that has yet to be peer-reviewed, the researchers describe how they detected and resuscitated 13 viruses from samples collected from Russia’s territory. These viruses are thought to have descended from 5 different … Read More

Flights landing at Vancouver’s and Toronto’s international airports from China and Hong Kong will have their wastewater removed and tested for COVID-19 starting later this month, a move Ottawa says will help Canada gauge the prevalence of the virus arriving … Read More

HONG KONG—A top Chinese public-health official warned of widespread Covid-19 outbreaks across the country’s more vulnerable rural areas as millions of citizens prepare to travel home for the coming Lunar New Year holiday. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-requirement-of-negative-covid-19-test-for-travellers-from-china-will/

Scientists worry that traditional travel season could spread the virus in China’s countryside, where medical facilities are more poorly equipped https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-health-official-raises-covid-alarm-ahead-of-lunar-new-year-holiday-11672664635