COVID19

New study finds that SARS-CoV-2 infects fat tissue and creates inflammatory storm cloud

by Stanford University Medical Center Is SARS-CoV-2 hiding in your fat cells? A study by Stanford Medicine investigators shows that SARS-CoV-2 can infect human fat tissue. This phenomenon was seen in laboratory experiments conducted on fat tissue excised from patients undergoing bariatric and cardiac surgeries, and later infected in a laboratory dish with SARS-CoV-2. It was
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Even With Mild COVID, Obesity May Mean Worse Symptoms

By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Obese people have a tougher time fighting COVID-19, even if they have a milder form of the virus, a new study finds. Researchers looked at more than 500 patients who tested positive for COVID but didn’t require hospitalization. Teens and adults who were overweight or obese
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WHO Says Don’t Vaccinate Kids for COVID-19

Organic Consumers Association Organic Consumers Association by Alexis Baden-Mayer COVID-19 As we learned from Dr. Henry Ealy in Monday’s weekly broadcast on data coming into the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, the latest VAERS data for 12-to-17-year-olds include 7 deaths and 271 serious adverse events following COVID vaccination. VAERS data showed a total of 358,379
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More Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Clinics Hit Pause — 18 People Suffer Reactions at N.C. Site, 4 Hospitalized

North Carolina paused two vaccine sites Thursday, as Colorado, Iowa and Georgia also reported adverse reactions, but CDC said no cause for concern. By  Megan Redshaw 35 The Defender is experiencing censorship on many social channels. Be sure to stay in touch with the news that matters by subscribing to our top news of the day.
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The Acrobatic Immigrant Who Invented Pilates in a Prisoner of War Camp

Interned during WWI, circus entertainer Joseph Pilates used found materials and his fellow prisoners as his test lab, and imagined an exercise system that would captivate millions. Jacob Pagano For Joseph Pilates, confinement paradoxically offered a kind of liberation. Illustrations by Julie Benbassat  In the early afternoon of September 12, 1915, a British vessel set off
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The High-Risk Group Left Out of New York’s Vaccine Rollout

Virus cases are surging among incarcerated people at prisons and jails. But state officials have not announced when they will be vaccinated. By Troy Closson Jan. 26, 2021 When New York announced new vaccine eligibility guidelines two weeks ago covering millions of additional state residents, one particularly hard-hit group remained unmentioned: the nearly 50,000 people
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The Virus, the Bats and Us

They probably spread the virus that’s killing humans. We almost certainly spread the fungus that’s killing them. By David Quammen Mr. Quammen is the author of “Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic.” Dec. 11, 2020 Leer en español The order of animals known as Chiroptera, the bats, enjoys a mixed reputation among humans.
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Hong Kong is beating this virus. Why can’t we?

Opinion by Jennifer McMahon Jennifer McMahon teaches English at the University of Hong Kong and spends summers and holidays in New York. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows acknowledged in late October that the United States is “not going to control the pandemic.” Hong Kong, a city about the size of New York, is
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