Last week, two patients referred to Dr. Michael Chatenay in Edmonton tested positive for COVID-19. When his team broke the news to them, he said, they asked whether they could be prescribed ivermectin to help treat the virus. The medication — used to treat parasitic infections — is being touted [Read more…]
Some doctors and nurses are frustrated with large groups of anti-vaccination protesters outside hospitals in cities across the country and say limited health-care resources are being used to save the lives of those who decided not to protect themselves against COVID-19. Dr. Steven Fedder, who works in the emergency room [Read more…]
With COVID-19 cases rising again, vaccines appear to remain effective even against the Delta variant, according to a new report from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The rate of new cases is 12 times higher among the unvaccinated compared to fully vaccinated individuals, PHAC said. The rate of [Read more…]
It seems almost incredible to me that nearing the end of 2021 a warning like this one is still necessary. Such is the state of ignorance, antiscience movements, and quackery in the world. ~ admin The United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a statement on Saturday warning citizens [Read more…]
Sabrina Huot sometimes feel the weight of the world and it’s climate on her shoulders. The MacEwan University student advocates sustainability and leads by example — riding her bike most places, cutting back on plastics and buying in bulk. Still, Huot said she wonders if it’s all for nothing. She [Read more…]
The Amazon rainforest is often called “the lungs of the world.” It produces oxygen and stores billions of tons of carbon every year. The Amazon rainforest covers more than 60% of the landmass of Peru. (USDA Forest Service photo by Diego Perez) Earth’s trees and plants pull vast amounts [Read more…]
The short answer, in my opinion, is unquestionably yes. Individuals may (or may not) have the right to refuse a vaccination. However, the rights of any individual in any society reach a limit where they impose a risk to other people, and this is especially the case with Health Care [Read more…]
Image shows a map of potential landslide risk output by NASA’s Landslide Hazard Assessment Model (LHASA) in June 2021. Red indicates the highest risk and dark blue indicates the lowest risk. (Credit: NASA) Every year, landslides – the movement of rock, soil, and debris down a slope – cause [Read more…]
Are you sick and tired of peeling forks off your head and car keys off your fingers? Are you suddenly a master of magnetism, capable of bending metal with your mind like the Marvel villain Magneto? Then you might be one of the imaginary “victims” of the coronavirus vaccine, according [Read more…]
When lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic cut local nitrogen oxide emissions, the effect on ozone pollution was global and unexpectedly rapid. As the coronavirus pandemic slowed global commerce to a crawl in early 2020, emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) – which create ozone, a danger to human health and to [Read more…]
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