On November 21, global disease tracking organization ProMED posted about hospitals in Northeast China that are overwhelmed due to an surge of “undiagnosed pneumonia” among children, particularly in China’s capital, Beijing, and nearby Liaoning. Some parents there are expressing concern that authorities may have concealed a broader epidemic. ProMED reportedread more
The World Health Organization group tasked with tracking down the origin of the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic is strongly recommending that a deeper investigation be made into the possibility that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may have been released into the public through a laboratory accident. This follows the group’s assertion, afterread more
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the true worldwide death toll from the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic was 14.9 million, nearly three times the official count, based on the number of excess deaths reported up to the end of 2021. This discrepancy in the number ofread more
COVID-19 has officially killed over 900,000 people in the United States as of February 4, a grim milestone reached a mere 51 days after surpassing 800,000 deaths on December 15 of last year. This is the highest recorded death toll of any country in the world, a global total that nowread more