An image has been circulating online with the misleading suggestion that scientists’ failure to make an effective vaccine for the common cold or flu means the COVID-19 vaccine cannot be believed. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS The post says: “Science hasn’t managed in 80 years to produce a vaccine for the […]
Failure
What kind of sleeper are you? Heart failure risk tied to how you snooze, study says
Adults with healthy sleep patterns have lower risks of suffering from heart failure despite other potential risk factors than adults who don’t sleep as well, a new study reveals. Specifically, healthy sleepers recruited in the study conducted by Tulane University researchers in Louisiana had a 42% lower risk of heart […]
Officials Knew CDC Coronavirus Test Kit Was Prone to Failure, Released It Anyway : NPR
The flawed coronavirus test kits went out to public laboratories in February. An internal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention review obtained by NPR says the wrong quality control protocols were used. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP hide caption toggle caption Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Voters Say Coronavirus Response is Donald Trump’s Greatest Failure: Poll
In a poll released by YouGov and Yahoo News on Monday, voters say that President Donald Trump’s greatest failure was his administration’s coronavirus response plan. In the U.S., 230,858 fatalities attributable to COVID-19 have been recorded. While Trump’s administration has been pushing the development of therapeutics and vaccines, only the […]
Prestigious medical journal calls for US leadership to be voted out over COVID-19 failure – WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather
(CNN) — In an unprecedented move, the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday published an editorial written by its editors condemning the Trump administration for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic — and calling for the current leadership in the United States to be voted out of office. “We rarely publish […]
Boris Johnson to face MPs as testing ‘failure’ puts NHS ‘under huge pressure’
Getty Images Boris Johnson will face a grilling from senior MPs amid a warning that the “failure” of the test and trace system is placing “huge pressure” on the health service. As the system struggles to cope with soaring demand, people have been turning up to accident and emergency to […]
Government launches trial of new contact tracing app after failure of original
UK National Health Service employee Anni Adams looks at new NHS app to trace contacts with people potentially infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) being trialled on Isle of Wight – Isla Binnie/Reuters Residents of the Isle of Wight will once again be at the centre of a trial for […]
Trump’s Reckless Push To Reopen Schools Is An Admission Of Failure
By pushing to reopen schools this fall regardless of whether the coronavirus is still spreading wildly, President Donald Trump is giving up on his own plan to contain the virus. In April, the White House unveiled ”Guidelines for Opening Up America Again,” which call for business and other activities to […]