Opinion

Drug Companies Need To Update the Efficacy of COVID-19 Treatments

Lynora Saxinger / Undark Dec 22, 2023 Paxlovid has saved lives, but research on how it affects illness duration, transmission risk, and long Covid is lacking. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Flu Season

Peter Kuper Dec 21, 2023 Dig deeper

Hysteria Over Ebola Fuels Racism, While the Real Disease Is Capitalism

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Oct 16, 2014 Western inaction has worsened the crisis in part because there was no money to be made before the disease reached epidemic proportions. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

WHO: Common Infections and Minor Injuries Would Kill Again in ‘Post-Antibiotic Era’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 1, 2014 The World Health Organization says the world faces a huge public health threat as bacteria and viruses become increasingly resistant to antibiotic drugs, putting people of any age in danger. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dutch Scientists Monkey With the Bird Flu Virus

Staff / Truthdig Nov 30, 2011 In what may turn out to be a really bad idea, Dutch scientists have created a strain of the bird flu virus that maintains its 60 percent kill rate and is easily transferred between mammals, and they’re looking to tell the world how they did it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Overstatement of the Porcine-tury

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2010 Remember the H1N1 panic that erupted only last year that sent public health bodies into a frenzy as we braced for worldwide catastrophe? Well, it turns out everything may have been a bit overstated, and that the credibility lost by health organizations could actually endanger lives. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Has Swine Flu Flown?

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2009 It may finally be the beginning of the end for the H1N1 outbreak in Mexico, as Mexico City's mayor has reduced the flu virus threat level a notch with no new cases discovered in the past week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Swine Flu Halts Aid Ship

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2009 Can we seriously stop this already? A U.S. Navy vessel has halted an aid mission to the South Pacific because one sailor has developed the swine flu/bacon flu/North American flu/H1N1/most current strain of influenza. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Napolitano ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About Swine Flu

Staff / Truthdig May 5, 2009 This will come as no surprise to Ron Paul (remember him?), but it looks like swine flu may be no worse than your garden-variety influenza virus, according to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Not All Swine Flu News Is Bad

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2009 Of course, nobody knows for sure how the H1N1 swine flu virus might morph in the future, but the word from the science community suggests that the current strain may not be quite as catastrophic as it's been cracked up to be. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )