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Tag: COVID-19

COVID Mandates and Messaging Resurfacing Around the West Amid Largely Harmless Rise in Cases
Medicine

COVID Mandates and Messaging Resurfacing Around the West Amid Largely Harmless Rise in Cases

January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

Greece is “urging” citizens to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Spain has reintroduced mask-mandates inside medical establishments, American universities are…

Nutrient Deficiencies Put You in the 90th Percentile for Risk of Myriad of Diseases
Nutrition

Nutrient Deficiencies Put You in the 90th Percentile for Risk of Myriad of Diseases

July 11, 2023

Among individuals who prefer to form their eating patterns around maximizing nutrient intake, there’s an urge to proclaim that,…

Most Definitive Study Yet: No, Masks Simply Do Not Prevent Transmission of Viruses
ArchivesMedicine

Most Definitive Study Yet: No, Masks Simply Do Not Prevent Transmission of Viruses

February 27, 2023July 13, 2023

As kids, we learn that germs and viruses are so small you need a microscope to see them. The…

COVID Lockdowns Contributed to a 77% Increase in Childhood Type 2 Diabetes Rates
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COVID Lockdowns Contributed to a 77% Increase in Childhood Type 2 Diabetes Rates

August 31, 2022

Lockdown behavior by state governments has contributed to a 77% increase in the rates of type 2 diabetes in…

Warrantless FBI Data Searches and CDC Mass Data Collection Highlights Level of American Surveillance
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Warrantless FBI Data Searches and CDC Mass Data Collection Highlights Level of American Surveillance

May 4, 2022

In its Annual Statistical Transparency Report, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence admitted to running 3.4 million…

Scientists and CEOs Expand Grey Markets of Cannabis to Break the FDA Stranglehold on the Medical Field
Physiology

Scientists and CEOs Expand Grey Markets of Cannabis to Break the FDA Stranglehold on the Medical Field

April 1, 2021

Cannabidiol, (CBD) the non-psychoactive component of marijuana, is now widely available in the United States for treating things like…

Nutrition

Resveratrol for Cold and Flu: Anti-Aging Compound Shown Promise as Flu and COVID Treatment

November 2, 2020

While many countries around the world shelter in place waiting for a vaccine to be developed that can end…

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Obesity is One of COVID-19’s Highest Comorbidity Factors for Several Reasons

September 11, 2020

Obesity is one of the most significant risk factors for hospitalization and death from COVID-19, says a panoply of…

‘Negligible’ say Scientists: COVID-19 Shutdown Unlikely to Affect Climate Change, But What About Animals?
Environment

‘Negligible’ say Scientists: COVID-19 Shutdown Unlikely to Affect Climate Change, But What About Animals?

August 17, 2020

Short term cooling and reductions in emissions resulting from the monumental reductions in motorized transport due to Covid-19 shutdowns…

With $740 Billion for Bankrolling Defense DoD Gets Another $550 Billion
Foreign Policy

With $740 Billion for Bankrolling Defense DoD Gets Another $550 Billion

July 31, 2020

PICTURED: The Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of Defense, Washington D.C. WASHINGTON D.C., July 30th, 2020. Proceedings were brought…

Russia to Cut Military Spending for COVID-19 While House Democrats Ensure $740 Billion for Pentagon
Foreign Policy

Russia to Cut Military Spending for COVID-19 While House Democrats Ensure $740 Billion for Pentagon

July 22, 2020

MOSCOW, Russia. July 20th, 2020. The advent of COVID-19 and a resulting fall in oil prices has forced the…

Conservation is Expensive: Rwanda and The Seychelles Show How to Make Green to Save Green
Conservation

Conservation is Expensive: Rwanda and The Seychelles Show How to Make Green to Save Green

July 1, 2020

A new report from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature finds conservation in Africa is in need…

Tehran Still Willing to Make a New Deal – Asks Washington to “Apologize” First
ArchivesForeign Policy

Tehran Still Willing to Make a New Deal – Asks Washington to “Apologize” First

June 25, 2020July 17, 2025

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that all of Washington’s wishes of Iranian nuclear arms control could come true…

Wildlife Disease Management Could be Key to Preventing Outbreaks of COVID-19-like Viruses
Environment

Wildlife Disease Management Could be Key to Preventing Outbreaks of COVID-19-like Viruses

June 19, 2020

PICTURED: Two men in Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary move their livestock across tiger habitat. Across the EU and US citizens…

Medicine

Last Week Different Studies Found Killer T-Cells and Antibodies that Neutralize COVID-19

May 18, 2020

PICTURED: The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). Photo Credit: NIAID. CC 2.0 There are currently over 100 COVID-19 vaccines going…

UN Envoy to Yemen Expects Truce Soon as “Non-Existent” Hospital Infrastructure Braces for Coronavirus
War

UN Envoy to Yemen Expects Truce Soon as “Non-Existent” Hospital Infrastructure Braces for Coronavirus

April 17, 2020

PICTURED: Damage to a cholera treatment center in Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders after an airstrike by the…

These Colors Don’t Run – The Face of the Military During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Foreign Policy

These Colors Don’t Run – The Face of the Military During the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 6, 2020

JAPAN, September 16th, 2018. PICTURED: Captain Brett Crozier tours the 7th fleet flagship the USS Blue Ridge with Lt.…

War

The Last Major Roadblock to Peace in Afghanistan Seems to be Out of the Way as Ghani Government Agrees to Prisoner Exchange

April 3, 2020

PICTURED: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, who contested the prisoner exchange as being not something his government had agreed to.…

The Empire of U.S. Bases Could be the Most High Profile Case of a Coronavirus Casualty
Foreign Policy

The Empire of U.S. Bases Could be the Most High Profile Case of a Coronavirus Casualty

April 1, 2020

PICTURED: A sandstorm rolls into the Al-Asad air base, Iraq. WASHINGTON. March 31st, 2019. With over 200 military bases…

On Feb. 10th, the New USAID Budget Got $2 Billion to Try and Eradicate Tuberculosis in Central Asia
World News

On Feb. 10th, the New USAID Budget Got $2 Billion to Try and Eradicate Tuberculosis in Central Asia

March 27, 2020

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan. March 14, 2020, PICTURED: USAID received its personal protective equipment (PPE) shipment in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, as part…


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US Has Bombed Somalia Over 50 Times This Year

Andy Corbley August 21, 2025

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab southwest of the city of Bariire in central Somalia last…

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American Children Getting as Much as Two-Thirds of Daily Calories from Ultra-Processed Foods

Andy Corbley August 7, 2025

Between August 2021 and August 2023, a new report from the CDC found that ultra-processed foods make up over…

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Christians, Catholics in Gaza and the West Bank Face Killings and Persecution

Julien Torres July 28, 2025

Christian holy sites in both Gaza and the West Bank have faced their felt the brunt of Israeli bombing…

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