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05/29/2020 / By Ralph Flores

South Korea’s CDC says recovered coronavirus patients aren’t contagious, as country grapples with another surge of new cases

People who have tested positive again for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) after initially recovering from the disease are not infectious, suggests new data from health authorities in South Korea. The report, which the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) posted last Monday, also revealed that most recovered patients have antibodies that confer immunity from the […]

05/27/2020 / By Ralph Flores

South Korea says relapsed coronavirus cases are “testing flukes”

Health authorities in South Korea have found that people who tested positive for COVID-19 a second time had not passed the disease to others. This raises the idea that the suspected relapses were a testing fluke as opposed to a reemergence of an active infection. While the study is still in its preliminary stages – with […]

04/20/2020 / By Isabelle Z.

Worries mount as coronavirus appears to disable the immune cells that fight it off, reactivating in some people

Coronavirus would be a bit less daunting if we could be sure that the people who have had it once won’t get it again, but that is increasingly appearing not to be the case with this illness. In fact, one study suggests that coronavirus has the power to disable the immune cells that fight infections, […]

11/29/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

Bombshell research documents severe withdrawal symptoms from antidepressants; prescription practices “not evidence-based”

Anti-depressant drugs do not solve problems; they only give patients an illusion of control over their mental state. When it comes to diagnosing mental illness, there is an absence of objective and credible criteria for determining depression and anxiety. When patients want off the pills, the withdrawal effects can be so severe, the person is […]

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