2 days later the JAMA publishes better data questioning its benefits. CDC never tells us what its own monkeypox vaccine trial in Congo learned about the vaccine. And always admits…nothing Meryl Nass Oct 3 STAT in an October 3 email only: “Last week [September 28] the CDC released heartening preliminary data on how much protection people who…

https://twitter.com/Emily_Burns_V/status/1494047959184556033 To my Governor, Janet Mills, every day you delay lifting the mandates the more votes you lose in November.  It will have to be done, and soon.  Do it now. You claim to be leading us on a “New Direction for Maine.”  It requires a U-Turn, Janet. And stop blaming the hospitals for the…

There is not a lot of data to go on, But during the clinical trials there were more thrmobembolic events in the vaccine group compared to placebo, as well as 3 or 4 arterial clots in the vaccine group but not the placebo group. EMA probing cases of blood clots after use of J&J’s COVID-19…

I blogged (here and here) about how the Inspector General System, set up by Congress to provide independent oversight of the 70 plus executive branch federal agencies, has been prevented from doing its job during the Obama administration.  In this post I discuss another way 3 federal health agencies (FDA, CDC, NIH) have been redirected…

According to the AAP, 86 American children have died from Covid-19 through July 30, 2020. (UPDATE Aug 16:  186 was a mistake) According to the CDC in its latest year reporting on flu deaths,  “During the 2018–2019 season, 136 deaths in children with laboratory–confirmed influenza virus infection were reported in the United States. However, influenza-associated pediatric deaths are likely…

Here is a compendium of very useful info on H1N1, both for clinicians and the public. It appears to be regularly updated. Cidrap has gathered its information from WHO, CDC and other sources.