#Why do some people get side effects after COVID-19 vaccines?

#Why do some people get side effects after COVID-19 vaccines?

“#Why do some people get side effects after COVID-19 vaccines?” Why do some people get side effects after COVID-19 vaccines? Temporary side effects including headache, fatigue and fever are signs the immune system is revving up — a normal response to vaccines. And they’re common. “The day after getting these vaccines, I wouldn’t plan anything…

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#How Google exploits the sick and vulnerable for a profit

#How Google exploits the sick and vulnerable for a profit

“#How Google exploits the sick and vulnerable for a profit” In 2019, Google embarked on a mysterious-sounding venture.  Called Project Nightingale and carried out in secret, the tech giant teamed up with St. Louis-based Ascension, one of the largest private health-care companies in the country. Google was granted complete access to 50 million patients’ names,…

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#Top JAMA editor on leave amid podcast racism controversy

#Top JAMA editor on leave amid podcast racism controversy

“#Top JAMA editor on leave amid podcast racism controversy” The editor-in-chief of the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of a probe into a controversial podcast episode that appeared to deny structural racism exists in health care — which critics quickly blasted as racist. The…

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#Agony of post-COVID-19 loss of smell

#Agony of post-COVID-19 loss of smell

“#Agony of post-COVID-19 loss of smell” NICE, France — The doctor slid a miniature camera into the patient’s right nostril, making her whole nose glow red with its bright miniature light. “Tickles a bit, eh?” he asked as he rummaged around her nasal passages, the discomfort causing tears to well in her eyes and roll…

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#Chinese state fund invests in gene firm BGI

#Chinese state fund invests in gene firm BGI

“#Chinese state fund invests in gene firm BGI” SYDNEY – The Chinese government has made an investment in BGI Genomics Co, a listed Chinese company that has supplied millions of COVID-19 tests globally as the gene firm seeks to fund exponential growth driven by the pandemic. BGI Group, which runs a massive gene databank in…

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