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Is Long COVID Unique Only to SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus?
Authored By: Venkat Rao In the immediate aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic there was barely a mention of long-term effects of coronavirus...
Venkat Rao
May 46 min read


When Poop Becomes Medicine!
Authored by: Venkat Rao I wondered how to phrase the title of this article, because it is not about the well-established fact that...
Venkat Rao
Dec 7, 20243 min read


Coronavirus and Cancer—is There a Link?
Authored by: Venkat Rao Is coronavirus disease linked to cancer? Most known symptoms of COVID-19, generally short-term in nature, are...
Venkat Rao
May 17, 20245 min read


ARE VEGETARIANS LESS LIKELY TO GET COVID-19?
Authored by: Venkat Rao Is not that an interesting postulation—vegetarians or those following a plant-based diet are less likely to...
Venkat Rao
Feb 17, 20245 min read


SARS-CoV-2 is a Teratogenic Virus: Fetus Exposed To The Virus During Pregnancy Linked To Delays in Neurological Development
Authored by: Venkat Rao SARS-CoV-2 virus, among others is a teratogenic pathogen. A team of Brazilian investigators report remarkable...
Venkat Rao
Jan 6, 20243 min read


Drinking Bleach to Prevent COVID-19 Infection—Did This Really Happen?
Authored by: Venkat Rao This story consists of two parts: Part One is the sensational information widely circulated, in 2020, including a...
Venkat Rao
Aug 13, 20236 min read


Dogs Can Accurately Detect COVID-19 in Humans
Authored by: Venkat Rao A team of British scientists working with the Medical Research Council in Gambia went to a local school and...
Venkat Rao
Jun 17, 20236 min read


Origin of SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus—Part 2: Interpret New Findings
Authored by Venkat Rao Part 1 of my report on the origin of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus examined that question in light of a new study...
Venkat Rao
May 6, 20238 min read


Origin of SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus—Part 1:New Developments
Authored by: Venkat Rao There are new developments on the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 global...
Venkat Rao
Apr 4, 20235 min read


The Silent Pandemic: Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs
Authored by: Venkat Rao The Nevada Public Health officials recently reported a case of a women who died in Reno from an infection that...
Venkat Rao
Feb 20, 20235 min read


What Caused Damar Hamlin's Cardiac Arrest?
Authored by: Venkat Rao A short answer is, ‘we do not know’. But a nuanced answer is a bit more troublesome. Here is what happened on...
Venkat Rao
Jan 14, 20236 min read


Health Security Highlights of 2022
Authored by: Venkat Rao There was no dearth for health security challenges during 2022. To name a few, Omicron variants known by various...
Venkat Rao
Dec 31, 20223 min read


COVID-19 Pandemic Year 3: 2022 Lessons Learnt
Authored by: Venkat Rao As 2022 draws to a close, it is a good time to take stock of the two years of COVID-19 pandemic: what went well...
Venkat Rao
Dec 20, 20229 min read


Origin of Omicron—The Most Contagious Virus In Human History
Authored by: Venkat Rao Leaving aside for at least now the source and origin of the Wuhan SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, more...
Venkat Rao
Dec 7, 20225 min read


NFL Games Linked to a Spike in COVID-19 Cases?
Authored By: Venkat Rao Were National Football League (NFL) games a source for spread of COVID-19? A study just published in the Journal...
Venkat Rao
Nov 26, 20226 min read


War Against Malaria Rages On
Authored by: Venkat Rao I was at the just concluded Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) held...
Venkat Rao
Nov 13, 20226 min read


COVID-19 Impact on Life Expectancy in the United States Most Severe Since World War II
Authored by: Venkat Rao Breakthrough health research and innovations in biotechnology and medicine doubled the life expectancy of human...
Venkat Rao
Oct 27, 20225 min read


Superbugs in Stock for Sale at the Grocery Stores
Authored by Venkat Rao Are the nation’s largest grocery chains stocked with food products at-risk of exposure to superbugs? A new report...
Venkat Rao
Oct 18, 20226 min read


What is “Flurona,” and Why it Should Concern us?
Authored by Venkat Rao Early in 2020 an unvaccinated teenager in Los Angeles tested positive for Flu and COVID-19 infections at the same...
Venkat Rao
Oct 11, 20225 min read


Psychiatric and Neurological Risk Burden Imposed by COVID-19
Authored by: Venkat Rao Iceberg comes as a good analogy to what we currently know about the neurological and psychiatric disease burden...
Venkat Rao
Oct 4, 20225 min read
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