A case report in the medical journal Frontiers in Immunology highlights a rare case of a patient developing rheumatoid encephalitis after receiving a booster immunization of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine, raising concerns about potential adverse reactions to the vaccine.
A new preprint by Wilson N. Sy, PhD, Director of the Biotechnology Unit at Investment Analytics Research located in Australia, finds that excess deaths in Australia in 2021 were likely due to vaccination, not COVID-19 mortality.
Former CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield reveals in a resurfaced interview that gain-of-function research has been conducted on bird flu viruses and expresses concern that society should debate the safety and responsibility of such research, with a coming bird flu pandemic predicted to be worse than COVID-19 and requiring a proportional investment in national security preparedness.
A study found elevated levels of spike protein circulating in the bloodstream of individuals who developed postvaccine myocarditis after receiving the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, which might potentially contribute to myocarditis by causing inflammation.
Health officials from Europe and the US are calling for international action to tackle the spread of avian influenza as fears grow that the virus could mutate and spread among humans.
"Over the period of the special military operation, Russian troops have secured over 20,000 documents, references and analytical materials, and interviewed eyewitnesses and participants in American military-biological programs," RCB Troops Chief Igor Kirillov said in a Monday briefing in Moscow.
As the world continues to grapple with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, new questions have emerged about the origin of the virus and whether one of its more pathogenic variants, Delta, may have originated from Pfizer Inc.'s India operations.
