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Does Drinking Red Wine Really Protect Against COVID? Let’s Look at The Data

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A study published last month in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition made headlines around the world. Among a number of findings concerning alcoholic drinks and COVID, it reported drinking red wine was associated with a reduction in the risk of contracting COVID.   Before you start inviting people over to celebrate, it’s important to be … Read more

Satellites reveal record high methane concentrations despite reduction pledges

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Concentrations of greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere continued to rise in 2021 in spite of climate pledges and the economic slowdown brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, satellite data reveal.  Methane concentrations in particular showed a worrying trend, rising to a new maximum of nearly 1,900 parts per billion (ppb), according to the European Earth … Read more

Early Studies Out of UK Indicate Omicron Has a Lower Hospitalization Rate Than Delta

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Two studies from Britain published Wednesday showed COVID infections with Omicron are less likely to result in hospitalization compared to the Delta variant, the latest research confirming a trend first identified in South Africa.​   The preliminary studies – one paper from Scotland and the other from England – were cautiously welcomed by experts, who nonetheless … Read more

How Well Does Pfizer Protect From Omicron? New Preliminary Results Give Us an Idea

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Two doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine shot offered about 70 percent protection against hospitalization during a recent surge in Omicron cases in South Africa, preliminary real-world data found.   This was a drop from about 92 percent in a previous Delta wave, the researchers from Discovery Health, South Africa’s largest insurer and South Africa’s Medical Research Council, said … Read more