By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Oba Joseph Oloyede, the Apetu of Ipetumodu in the Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State, Nigeria was on Tuesday sentenced to 56 months imprisonment in United States court for $4.2 million COVID funds-related fraud. The 62 year old traditional ruler holds both US and Nigerian was sentenced by US District…
Eight out of 10 adults struggling with long COVID symptoms were able to return to work after using a targeted brain rehabilitation program.1 Zero in the standard care group did. For millions of people, long COVID doesn’t just mean lingering cough or fatigue. It includes a kind of cognitive breakdown that affects focus, memory and…
The US will no longer recommend Covid-19 vaccines for children and healthy pregnant women, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday, calling it a “common sense” decision grounded in sound science. The change follows last week’s announcement by Food and Drug Administration officials that they would limit approval of Covid shots — a…
The U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce committee released an assessment of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) COVID-19 public health campaign, revealing it was fraught with miscalculations that set the stage for widespread public distrust.1 In December 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)…
According to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 6.9% of adult Americans, which is around 17.6 million people, have long COVID.1 Defined as a chronic condition that “can last weeks, months or even years after COVID-19 illness,”2 long COVID severely impacts the quality of life for those…
1 hour ago The Kano State Commissioner for Finance, Dr Ibrahim Jibril, has appealed to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to help the state in tackling drug menace. READ ALSO:NDLEA nabs auto parts dealer, woman over UK-bound opioids, cocaine Jibril made the appeal in Kano on Monday while receiving the state Commandant of…
Online calculator predicts long COVID risk A COVID-19 risk calculator developed by a group of universities in Australia can now also determine a person’s risk of developing long COVID. The obstinate condition, which reportedly affects at least 65 million people worldwide, is commonly characterised by fatigue, brain fog and shortness of breath. Introduced in 2021,…
So far, every instance of fearmongering about the possibility of a lethal bird flu has turned out to be false. That’s why I wrote my New York Times best-selling book “The Great Bird Flu Hoax,” 15 years ago in 2009. Four years earlier, in 2005, then-President George Bush spent over $7 billion dollars on preparations…
